Lebanese News

  • The Middle East's hair trigger (Mmegi)
    TEL AVIV - Across the Middle East, a fatalistic conventional wisdom is taking hold: war is unavoidable. Some see war as a way of resolving an increasingly deadlocked situation, shaking up a dysfunctional regional order whose main actors are not only at loggerheads, but are also incapable of resolving the legitimacy deficits of their respective regimes.
  • IMF holds Middle East youth roundtable in Amman (MENAFN)
    IMF holds Middle East youth roundtable in Amman
  • Sunnis Who Fled Iraq Remain In Exile (NPR)
    Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, about 4 million Iraqis have fled their homes. Another 2 million have fled the country entirely. Throughout the war, NPR's Deborah Amos has spent much of her time with Iraqis who fled to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. She has a new book out: Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile and Upheaval in the Middle East.

 

Middle Eastern News

  • Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' state (AP)

    U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas past the honor guard, ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state.


  • Israel supermarket chain uses Dubai killing in ad campaign (AFP)

    A handout picture posted on the website of Hamas' Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades armed wing in January 2010 shows Mahmud al-Mabhuh. An Israeli supermarket chain is using the alleged assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai by a hit squad from the Mossad intelligence agency as the basis of a marketing campaign.(AFP/HO/File)AFP - An Israeli supermarket chain is using the alleged assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai by a hit squad from the Mossad intelligence agency as the basis of a marketing campaign.


  • Biden scolds Israel over settlement plan (Reuters)
    Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks.
 

United States News

  • CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella (AP)

    In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Raymond Cirimele, 55, displays his Costco membership card outside his home in Chicago. Cirimele is one of at least 245 people in 44 states who have been sickened by a recent salmonella outbreak. Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries and followed the trail of grocery purchases to a Rhode Island company that makes salami, then zeroed in on the pepper used to season the meat. He said no one asked for his shopper card data, but he would have provided it if someone had. 'I don't have any secrets, so I'm not worried about it,' he said. 'It's kind of like the whole airport security and all that. I'd rather fly on a safe plane.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)AP - As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries.


  • Study: Law officers struggle to readjust after war (AP)

    In this frame grab from video provided by the MIlwaukee County District Attorney's office, Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Krause is seen punching a handcuffed suspect in the face in the back of his squad car. On Friday, March 5, 2010, Krause, 38, who served two combat tours before leaving the Army 17 years ago, was sentenced to 18 months for the incident. A study has found that law officers struggle to readjust following combat deployments. (AP Photo/MIlwaukee County District Attorney's Office)AP - Many law enforcement officers called up to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan are finding it difficult to readjust to their jobs once home, bringing back heightened survival instincts that may make them quicker to use force and showing less patience toward the people they serve.


  • Analysis: Greece's crisis could presage America's (AP)

    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou walks away after talking to the media in front of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, following a meeting with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Greece is a financial basket case, begging for international help. Is America heading down that same road?



 
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