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David Miliband said that his talks with Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, focused on ways of achieving a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres endorsed on Thursday the 'spirit' of a broad Arab initiative as an 'opportunity' that can bring peace to a Middle East, still torn by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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A Syrian court sentenced 12 prominent dissidents to two and a half years each in prison on for calling for democratic reforms and an end to the Baath Party’s monopoly on power.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday he believed that a Middle East peace settlement could come about "quickly" if the circumstances were right. Asked if a settlement could be negotiated soon, he told Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television: "I think
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Samples taken from a Syrian site bombed by Israel last year contained traces of uranium combined with other elements that merit further investigation, diplomats said.
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Traces of uranium found at a Syrian site bombed by Israel are not sufficient evidence of undeclared nuclear activity, the director of International Atomic Energy Agency said.
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In 2025, the Middle East will be at the center of an arc of instability, from the Maghreb across into Central Asia. Almost every problem that will challenge political leadership anywhere on the globe will be found there at a higher degree of severity or intensity.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas places an ad for peace in Israeli newspapers. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
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In his acceptance speech Wednesday in Oslo, Martti Ahtisaari, the former president of Finland, urged President-elect Barack Obama of the United States to give high priority to the Middle East during in his first year in office.
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As he received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Finnish diplomat Martti Ahtisaari said upcoming US president Barack Obama must "give high priority to the Middle East conflict during his first year in office" if peace is to be achieved in the region.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators says there is no turning back on Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, despite the fact that so far they have…
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Imams and rabbis, many of whom came from Israel and the Palestinian territories, met on Monday in Paris to discuss "new actions" to promote peace in the Middle-East.
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CNN's Zain Verjee looks at the challenges facing a quest for peace in the middle east for the Obama administration.
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Barack Obama will not have the luxury of time when he moves into the White House after being sworn in as president on Jan. 20. With tensions in the Middle East steadily rising, the situation is reaching critical mass once more.
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A good place for Obama administration policymakers to start in their efforts to improve conditions in the Middle East is to look at what the Bush administration did for its first six years in the region -- and then do exactly the opposite.
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An orchestra composed of Israeli and Arab musicians, led by Jewish conductor Daniel Barenboim, has called off its two concerts in the Middle East because of the violence in Gaza.
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The Wall Street crash has provoked undisguised gloating among the US's enemies in the Middle East who claim the global financial crisis is a further sign that the US has lost its superpower status
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A group of musicians and other performing artistes has arrived in Bolgatanga and Bawku in the Upper East Region to perform peace concerts together with another batch of local artistes, traditional rulers, religious bodies and the youth.
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Stock markets in the Middle East made a strong comeback Monday, led by bourses in the oil-rich Gulf following a series of local and international measures to try to ease the global financial crisis. The Saudi market, the largest in
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The number of people executed in Saudi Arabia quadrupled last year, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International.
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Two British citizens were found guilty of having sex in public and were sentenced to three months in prison to be followed by deportation.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Hollywood Reporter) - Oscar winner Susan Sarandon spoke about her role as an actress and activist Thursday during the second annual Middle East International Film Festival.
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A monument to tolerance was erected recently, seeming to encapsulate both the promise and the fragility of peace in a city increasingly on edge.
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Rolls Royce's new Phantom Coupe featuring more athletic performance and a "starlight" headliner, is now available to buyers in the Middle East market.
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Reform a necessity for the future, UAE's foreign minister tells delegates in Abu Dhabi.
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An image of Pope Benedict XVI with a swastika over his face appeared on a Web site run by supporters of Kadima, but was removed at the request of the party’s leader.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the Middle East is a better place for the policies of President Bush.