 Egypt says stability key to fixing economy - PM
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said on Tuesday that political stability was crucial to luring back foreign investors and tourists to help plug a yawning budget deficit and heal the country’s... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Khaleej Times
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 They can't handle the truth: Why Israel can't get over its ongoing leadership crisis
Friends of former Shin Bet security service head Yuval Diskin say he is so disappointed with the quality of political leadership that he is expecting a protest vote of blank ballots. I gave a book I... (photo: AP / amany) Ha'aretz
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 New poll shows Israel's leader losing altitude
JERUSALEM - A new poll shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poised for an election victory but losing support to a rival who opposes Palestinian statehood. Enlarge... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner, Pool) Herald Tribune
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 Thousands enjoy Christmas in Bethlehem
Thousands of Christians from the world over have packed Manger Square in Bethlehem to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born. For their Palestinian hosts, this... (photo: AP / Adel Hana) Stuff
Bethlehem Christmas Festival Photos Wikipedia: Bethlehem |
 Turkey lifts objection to NATO cooperation with Israel
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has given approval for Israel to participate in non-military NATO activities in 2013, withdrawing an earlier objection driven by an ongoing dispute between the former... (photo: AP / Umit Bektas, Pool) Daily Press
Diplomacy Israel NATO Photos Turkey Wikipedia: Israel–Turkey relations |
 UN envoy worried after talks with Syria's Assad
Click photo to enlarge In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, meets with UN Arab League deputy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi in Damascus,... (photo: AP / SANA) Denver Post
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 Syria: UN-Arab League Envoy Holds Talks on Crisis
Tuesday, 25 December 2012, 7:31 am Press Release: United Nations Syria: UN-Arab League Envoy Holds Talks on Crisis with President Bashar Al-Assad New York, Dec 24 2012 11:00AM The Joint Special... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Scoop
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 Russia says Syria is acting to secure its chemical weapons
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said he doesn't believe Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government would use chemical weapons in the country's civil war, saying in... (photo: AP Photo / Keystone, Sandro Campardo) Reuters
Defense Photos Syria Weapons Wikipedia: Sergey Lavrov |
 Govt air strike on Syria bakery kills 'more than 60'
Zeenews Bureau Moscow: A deadly air strike by Syrian government on a bakery in Halfaya of Syria’s Hama on Monday killed more than 60, even as international envoy Lakhdar Barhimi is in the country to... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) Zeenews
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 Air strike ‘kills 60’ in Syria
More than 60 people were killed in a regime air strike on a bakery in a rebel-held town on Sunday, monitors said, as peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi launched a new bid to resolve Syria’s brutal 21-month... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras) Khaleej Times
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