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IRAQ: Seculars Gain as Religious Parties Lose Ground Mohammed A. Salih WASHINGTON - Iraq's largest secular bloc appears to be the biggest surprise of the parliamentary elections at a time when some of the most well-known religious groups and figures have sustained great losses, preliminary election results so far indicate. MORE >>
MIDEAST: 'Day of Rage' Engulfs Palestine Mel Frykberg QALANDIA, West Bank - On Tuesday tens of hundreds of Palestinians of all political persuasions took to the streets, alleys and sidewalks as widespread rioting and protests spread across East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza and into Israel proper. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Israel-U.S. Tensions Continue to Percolate Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON - Despite assurances by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday that the United States and Israel share a "close, unshakeable bond", the week-old crisis between the two allies continued to percolate here Tuesday. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Israeli Raids Target Children Nora Barrows-Friedman SILWAN, EAST JERUSALEM - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinian protesters in the occupied eastern part of the city. Nearly 40 Palestinians were wounded and treated at nearby hospitals, as 25 were arrested during intense clashes. MORE >>
MIDEAST: U.S.-Israeli Tensions Escalating Quickly Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON - The crisis touched off by last week's announcement of Israel's plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jews in Arab East Jerusalem during a high-profile visit by U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden appears to be escalating rapidly. MORE >>
MIDEAST: An Unlikely Collision Takes Place Analysis by Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM - In the middle of last week, it seemed that the old cliché about the light at the end of the dark Middle East tunnel was being confirmed: the U.S. had successfully cajoled both Israel and the Palestinian Authority into beginning to talk again. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Israel Lands in Public Relations Nightmare Mel Frykberg JERSUSALEM - Israeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50. MORE >>
US-ISRAEL: Tiff or Tipping Point? Analysis by Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON - "Condemn" is not a word that rolls trippingly off the tongue of a U.S. politician addressing anything having to do with actions, however objectionable, by Israel. MORE >>
IRAQ: Women Miss Saddam Abdu Rahman and Dahr Jamail* BAGHDAD - Under Saddam Hussein, women in government got a year's maternity leave; that is now cut to six months. Under the Personal Status Law in force since Jul. 14, 1958, when Iraqis overthrew the British-installed monarchy, Iraqi women had most of the rights that Western women do. MORE >>
EGYPT: Population Growth Overtakes Literacy Rise Cam McGrath LUXOR - Literacy programmes are teaching millions of Egyptians to read, but are struggling to keep up with the country's high population growth. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Building Settlements, Not Peace Jerrold Kessel and Pierre Klochendler JERUSALEM - "The best laid-schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gley" (Scottish for 'going wrong'). MORE >>
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