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Thursday Jun 25 | IWPR

On Seeing the Death of Neda

Syrian journalist tells of being moved by the death of a woman in a Tehran street.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Electronic, Iran

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Groong Armenian News Network

Review & Outlook

From : Armenian News Network Date : Mon, 22 Jun 2009 0:14:36 PDT A GUEST FROM THE "SECOND HOMELAND" By David Petrosyan June 22, 2009 High-ranking officials, heads of foreign states have been leaving Armenia out of attention in the past six months.

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Related Topix: World News, Asia, Armenia, Turkey, Middle East, Syria, Electronic

Haaretz

Mossad chief kept on for another year to monitor Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday extended the tenure of Mossad chief Meir Dagan for an eighth year, a testament to the spymaster's perceived success in waging shadow wars against Iran and its allies.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Syria, Electronic

Thu May 28, 2009

The Daily Star

'A love-making in public through instruments'

BEIRUT: A letter of introduction can be a valuable thing. The same is true of liner notes.

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Sun May 24, 2009

All About Jazz

Saeed Meerkhan

Saeed Meerkhan studied piano and classical music theory under various teachers in Damascus, and then went on to study oriental and jazz independently.

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Related Topix: Classical, Electronic, Syria, World News, Middle East

Fri May 22, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Israeli tourism poster withdrawn after complaints - AP

A A A' An Israeli tourism poster is being pulled from the London subway after the Syrian Embassy complained that the map on it appeared to show the Golan Heights and Palestinian territories within Israel's boundaries, officials said Friday.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Travel, United Kingdom Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel, Syria, Electronic, Israel Travel, Palestinian Territories

Thu May 21, 2009

Monday Morning

Lebanese-Syrian military talks Constitutional Council appointments still blocked

Building facades in the Bab al-Tebbane neighborhood of Tripoli, capital of North Lebanon, are festooned with election posters At a Beirut news conference, a masked secret service operative shows the media a can of motor oil used to camouflage electronic devices found with Lebanese arrested on charges of spying for Israel With the legislative ...

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Tue May 19, 2009

Al-Siyasa Al-Dawlia

Human Rights in the Arab WorldBy Bahey Eddin Hassan

Issue File Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies The status of human rights in the Arab world has been in recent decline both at the civil and political level.

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Related Topix: Electronic, Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Hamas (Palestine)

Fri Apr 17, 2009

Ynetnews

Assad: Syria supports Hizbullah because it fights Israel

"We support Hizbullah because it fights Israel , and our relations with Iran are strategic," Syrian President Bashar Assad was quoted as saying by the Lebanese daily Al-Akhbar. In an interview published on Friday, Assad also addressed the Shebaa Farms dispute, saying the border between Syria and Lebanon will be demarcated only after Israel ...

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Electronic, Qatar

Tue Mar 31, 2009

South Asian Media Net

Arab leaders back 'wanted' Bashi

DOHA: Arab leaders have concluded their annual summit by showing their support for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir who is wanted for war crimes.

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Related Topix: World News, Qatar, Middle East, Electronic, Africa, Libya, Israel, North Korea,

Mon Mar 30, 2009

Ynetnews

Assad says still believes in peace with Israel

" Syrian President Bashar Assad referred in a recent interview to the New Yorker weekly to the possibility of peace with Israel , clarifying that he is interested in continuing the negotiations .

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Syria, Electronic, Hamas (Palestine)

Wed Mar 18, 2009

Oxford Business Group Economic Briefings

Oil Under Pressure

While Syria will face the twin challenges of falling domestic oil production and lower crude prices this year, the government has moved to reinforce the competitiveness of the national energy sector by improving efficiencies within the country's oil industry and encouraging domestic conservation.

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Related Topix: The General, Country, Electronic

Fri Mar 13, 2009

The Independent

The West should feel shame over collusion with torturers

I invited Abdullah Almalki to breakfast in Ottawa but he only took coffee. And while I wolfed down my all-English breakfast in the Chateau Laurier Hotel , he sipped gingerly at his cup with much on his mind.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Syria, Middle East, Electronic, Texas, Opinion

Tue Mar 10, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Syria launches stock exchange

Reporting from Beirut -- Syria launched its first stock exchange in decades today in a bid to upgrade its financial system and attract much-needed foreign investments to its growing economy.

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Wed Mar 04, 2009

IRIN News

SYRIA: Drought exacerbates economic woes

A record three-year drought which has decimated the agriculture sector, which accounts for 23 percent of Syriaa s gross domestic product , is compounding the countrya s economic woes, including thousands of job ...

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Agriculture, Science, Electronic, Marketing

The Toronto Star

Syrian refugee out of jail, but not free

For two hours each day, Hassan Almrei sits tethered to an electrical outlet as he charges the clunky GPS bracelet permanently affixed to his right ankle.

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Related Topix: Prison, Electronic, North America, Canada, World News,

Wed Feb 25, 2009

San Diego Magazine

Life in the Hooches

Editor's note: s.d. liddick, a nationally acclaimed investigative reporter and regular contributor to San Diego Magazine , has gone international.

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Related Topix: San Diego Metro, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Electronic, US Military, US Marine Corps, Chico Metro

Sat Feb 21, 2009

IWPR

New Stock Exchange Launched Amid Tough Global Conditions

The Syrian authorities are hoping that the country's first-ever stock exchange will give a boost to the emerging private sector, although some experts say it could hardly have started up under more adverse ...

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Related Topix: Electronic

Thu Feb 19, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

UN agency finds new uranium traces at Syria site - AP

A A A' The U.N. nuclear agency says it has found new traces of uranium in samples taken from a Syrian site being investigated for possible hidden nuclear activities.

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Related Topix: Nuclear Energy, Electronic

Fri Jan 30, 2009

Earth Times

Syria officially launches first stock exchange next March

Syria's first stock exchange, which is currently operating in pilot trading, will be officially launched on March 9, media reports said on Friday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Syria, World News, Electronic

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