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ARAB AFFAIRS - Sept 28 - Syria Echoes Arab Calls For Israel To Join NPT.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Syria says Israel must comply with the demands of the International Atomic Energy Agency if the Mideast is to become a region free of weapons of mass destruction. Syria's FM Walid Al Mua'alem echoed calls by many Arab nations at the UN General Assembly for Israel to comply with the IAEA's ...
ARAB EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Sept 29 - Iran 'Has Secret Nuclear Arms Plan'.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Britain's intelligence services say that Iran has been secretly designing a nuclear warhead "since late 2004 or early 2005", an assessment that suggests Tehran has embarked on the final steps towards acquiring nuclear weapons capability. As world powers prepare to confront Iran on Oct 1 on ...
ARAB ISRAEL RELATIONS - Sept 30 - Israel To Free 20 Palestinian Women Prisoners.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Israel says it will free 20 Palestinian women from its jails in exchange for a videotape from Hamas proving that Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier kidnapped by the Islamist group more than three years ago, is alive. The announcement may signal a possible breakthrough in talks that are ...
ARAB ISRAEL RELATIONS - Oct 2 - US Wins Delay Of UN Gaza Report.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Washington pulls off an unexpected diplomatic success in the United Nations human rights council, when the council deferred action on a controversial UN report that accuses both Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza of war crimes. Diplomats said the decision by the 47-member council ...
ARAB US RELATIONS - Sept 30 - Clinton Presses Arabs On Israel Ties.
Oct 03, 2009; ... The US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, has called on Arab nations to take steps towards normalising ties with Israel, in an effort to restart stalled Middle East peace talks. Clinton made her case with her counterparts from Oman, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE on the ...
IRAN - Sept 27 - Iran Faces Talks Or Sanctions, Say Diplomats.
Oct 03, 2009; ... European diplomats say Iran will face new international sanctions unless it enters into detailed and substantive negotiations on its nuclear programme before the end of this month. The diplomats preparing for the talks in Geneva on Oct 1 said they did not expect a ground-breaking agreement ...
IRAN - Sept 29 - Iran Takes Nuclear Programme Off Table.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Iran's leading nuclear official has ruled out any discussions over the country's nuclear programme during the upcoming talks with the world's big powers, while disclosing that a new uranium enrichment site had initially been built by the elite Revolutionary Guards as an ammunition depot ....
IRAN - Sept 29 - Ahmadi-Nejad Wins Approval Of Key Cabinet Slots.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Iran's Parliament approves all but three of President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's 21 nominees for his cabinet on Oct 1, handing a victory to the beleaguered president, who now has close allies overseeing the crucial oil, interior and intelligence ministries. Iran's new government will include ...
IRAQ - Sept 30 - US Speeds Iraq Withdrawal, 4,000 Troops To Head Home.
Oct 03, 2009; ... The top American commander in Iraq says the US is speeding up its military withdrawal, sending 4,000 more troops home next month. The reduced number of troops in Iraq from 124,000 to 120,000 by the end of October marks the latest US step in winding down the six-year war. The reduction will ...
ISRAEL - Sept 30 - Hizbullah Outshines Israel Army: Officials.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Twenty-four senior Israeli defense officials say that Hizbullah had better intelligence information than Israel and better control of its forces during the July 2006 war against Lebanon, according to an official Israeli Army scorecard compiled recently by a top navy officer. The Hebrew ...
PALESTINE - Sept 30 - Fatah Movement Rules Out Peace Talks Without Settlement Freeze.
Oct 03, 2009; ... Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been told by his Fatah movement that he must not resume peace talks unless Israel freezes its settlement construction. Fatah's position could help Abbas stand up to US pressure to return to talks with Israel. Last week, President Barack Obama told ...
ARAB AFFAIRS - Oct 15 - Naif Urges Arab Action To Save Iraq.
Oct 17, 2009; ... Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif urges Iraq's neighbors to stand together with Iraq in its fight against terrorists who destabilize the country. He also told a meeting of interior ministers from countries neighboring Iraq to identify problems facing the war-torn ...
ARAB ISRAEL RELATIONS - Oct 12 - Netanyahu Stands By His Hardline Terms On Peace.
Oct 17, 2009; ... Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu gives no ground on peace with the Palestinians in a speech, reasserting they must recognize Israel as a Jewish state if they wanted a deal for a state of their own. In the policy speech, Netanyahu again attacked a UN report that accused Israel, along with ...
ARAB US RELATIONS - Oct 11 - US Envoy Leaves Mideast Without Deal On Peace Talks.
Oct 17, 2009; ... Washington's special Mideast envoy wrapped up his latest round of shuttle diplomacy in the region, again having failed to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks. The envoy, George Mitchell, met Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for a second time after talks on Oct 16 and ...
ARAB US RELATIONS - Oct 11 - Clinton Warns Iran On Nuclear Negotiations.
Oct 17, 2009; ... US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says that international powers would not wait forever for Iran to prove it was not developing nuclear bombs. British FM David Miliband, whom Clinton met in London, said Iran would never have a better opportunity to establish normal ties with the rest ...
LEBANON - Oct 12 - Aoun Says His Talks With Hariri Were 'Extremely Positive'.
Oct 17, 2009; ... Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun describes his talks with PM-designate Saad Hariri in Rabieh as "extremely positive". Meanwhile, well-informed sources close to the deliberations told that a national unity cabinet would see the light "very soon". "A government gathering all groups ...
ARAB ISRAEL RELATIONS - Oct 22 - Israel Signals Concern On Iran Talks.
Oct 24, 2009; ... The Israeli defense minister, Ehud Barak, says that Iran must cease all uranium enrichment, a statement that reflected Israeli concern over a draft agreement taking shape in Vienna, where earlier this week Iran took part in nuclear talks with the US, Russia and France. Under the agreement, ...
IRAN - Oct 20 - Talks On Iran's Nuclear Programme Stall.
Oct 24, 2009; ... Talks between Iran and three world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme are stalledafter the Iranian delegation put a range of obstacles in the path of an agreement to reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium. Although negotiations between Iran, the US, Russia and France will resume ...
TURKEY - Oct 19 - Eight Kurdish Rebels Surrender To Turkish Army.
Oct 24, 2009; ... A group of Kurdish rebels crosses the border from Northern Iraq and surrenders to the Turkish army, in a gesture intended to spur government efforts to extend the rights of Kurdish citizens. Thousands of people gathered near the Habur gate on Turkey's south east border to welcome the eight ...
