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AFGHANISTAN: Iraq Lessons Ignored at Kabul Power Plant

IRAQ: Allegations of Fraud Scheme at Agility of Kuwait – Part 2

U.S.: Obama Calls for More Development, Counterinsurgency Aid

IRAQ: Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges - Part 1

IRAQ: Kurdish Leader Voices Indirect Support for Mutlak

MIDEAST: Gazans Denied Justice as Rights Take a Beating

MIDEAST: Raze Illegal Buildings - Unless They Are Jewish

MIDEAST: Pro-Israel Lobbies Work on Europe

MIDEAST: Corrupt Arab Regimes - Who is to Blame?

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MIDEAST: Gaza Energy Crisis Averted - For Now
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Pressure exerted on the Palestinian Authority (PA) by international and regional officials has given Gazans a last minute reprieve, albeit temporary, from plunging into darkness and plummeting temperatures.
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RIGHTS: Group Urges Bahrain to Stop Torture of Detainees
By Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON - Bahrain's security forces should immediately cease the use of torture to elicit confessions from prisoners suspected of security offences, says the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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YEMEN: Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
By Mohammed A. Salih
WASHINGTON - Amid growing concerns here over the threat posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a consensus is emerging among U.S. experts that Washington and other donors to Yemen must place at least as much or greater emphasis on promoting sustainable development in the Arab world's poorest country as on counterterrorism.
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MIDEAST: Gazans Denied Justice as Rights Take a Beating
By Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel’s indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 - which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead - could be waiting in vain.
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EGYPT: Minimum Wage Not Enough
By Cam McGrath
CAIRO - A stalemate between labour unions and business associations is preventing Egyptian authorities from setting a minimum wage that could improve the lot of millions of citizens living in poverty.
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MIDEAST: Raze Illegal Buildings - Unless They Are Jewish
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
SILWAN, Occupied East Jerusalem - Backed by armed security men, the municipal inspectors race their jeeps through the narrow alleyways and up a hillside crowded with buildings.
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IRAQ: Allegations of Fraud Scheme at Agility of Kuwait – Part 2
By Pratap Chatterjee*
WASHINGTON - The Sultan family of Kuwait runs a variety of businesses alleged to be at the heart of a scheme to overcharge the U.S. military by as much as a billion dollars over the last seven years. The company is currently scheduled to face criminal arraignment on Feb. 8 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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MIDEAST: Pro-Israel Lobbies Work on Europe
By David Cronin
BRUSSELS - Defenders of Israel’s aggressive stance have for many years been recognised as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby has been making a concerted effort to strengthen its presence in Europe.
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MIDEAST: Corrupt Arab Regimes - Who is to Blame?
Analysis by Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH - The Mideast continues to be plagued by autocratic Arab regimes where human rights, democracy and freedom of speech are a pipe dream for the average citizen. But who is to blame and what can be done to amend this situation?
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IRAQ: Agility Attempts to Vault Fraud Charges - Part 1
By Pratap Chatterjee*
WASHINGTON - Agility, a Kuwait-based multi-billion-dollar logistics company spawned by the U.S. invasion of Iraq, is scheduled be arraigned on Feb. 8 on criminal charges of overbilling U.S. taxpayers for food supply contracts in the Iraq war zone that were worth more than 8.5 billion dollars.
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JORDAN: Palestinians Unfairly Stripped of Citizenship - Report
By Charles Fromm
WASHINGTON - The Jordanian government should halt the arbitrary revocation of nationality from its citizens of Palestinian origin, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Monday.
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MIDEAST: Helpless in Gaza
By Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler
JERSUALEM - Scores of Palestinian women and their children carefully sift through the desert sands. They are looking for hard nuggets.
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Q&A: ''Hamas Accepts Existence of Israel Within 1967 Borders''
Mel Frykberg interviews MAHMOUDI RAMAHI, secretary-general of the Palestinian Legislative Council
RAMALLAH - Palestinian politics are at an impasse. The four-year term of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) ended on Jan. 25 with no new elections planned. Presidential elections, meant to be held last year, were also postponed indefinitely.
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