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NYT > Middle East
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| 07/03/2008 11:12 PM |
| Obama Fuels Pullout Debate With Remarks |
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The changing dynamics in Iraq have posed a challenge for Barack Obama, who said Thursday that he might ?refine? his policies but later held a second news conference to clarify his first statement. |
| 07/03/2008 05:35 AM |
| Panel Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal |
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Bush administration officials knew that an oil company with close ties to President Bush planned to sign an oil deal with the Kurdistan government, counter to U.S. policy. |
| 07/02/2008 08:28 PM |
| Iraq Hints at Delay in U.S. Security Deal |
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Sticking points in the negotiations include the extent of Iraqi control over American operations and the right of American soldiers deployed here to detain suspects. |
| 07/02/2008 10:53 PM |
| Palestinian Kills 3 With Construction Vehicle |
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A Palestinian driver in Jerusalem rammed several cars and two buses before a police officer shot him dead. |
| 07/02/2008 08:39 PM |
| World Briefing | Middle East: Hezbollah Leader Confirms Exchange Deal With Israel |
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Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, confirmed that the group would hand over two captured Israeli soldiers in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners in Israel. |
| 07/01/2008 10:54 PM |
| Softer Tone From Iran Has Experts Guessing |
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Two top Iranian officials sounded conciliatory notes about the prospects of breaching the impasse between the West and Tehran over the country?s nuclear ambitions. |
| 07/01/2008 08:05 PM |
| U.S. Agrees to Lift Immunity for Contractors in Iraq |
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The concession could make private security companies, like Blackwater USA, subject to prosecution under Iraqi law. |
| 06/30/2008 09:35 PM |
| After Deaths, U.S. Inspects Electric Work Done in Iraq |
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Gen. David H. Petraeus told Congress of the new inspections while also disclosing that at least 13 American personnel had been electrocuted in Iraq since the war began. |
| 06/30/2008 09:35 PM |
| Iraq to Open Oil Fields for 35 Foreign Companies; Initial No-Bid Contracts Delayed |
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The contracts are aimed at helping the country to double its production, to 4.5 million barrels of oil a day over the next five years from the current 2.5 million barrels. |
| 06/30/2008 10:50 PM |
| RAND Releases Delayed Iraq History |
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The study chronicles a wide range of factors that hampered the American effort to stabilize Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. |
| 07/01/2008 02:32 PM |
| Guantánamo Detainee Faces War Crimes Charges in Attack on Destroyer |
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A Pentagon official announced war crimes charges against a detainee suspected of helping to plan the attack on the Navy destroyer Cole in 2000. |
| 06/30/2008 10:10 PM |
| Iraq Sues Companies Over Oil-for-Food Program |
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The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies that it said paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein?s government under the United Nations oil-for-food program. |
| 06/30/2008 12:30 AM |
| U.S. Advised Iraqi Ministry on Oil Deals |
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The disclosure, on the eve of the contracts? announcement, is the first confirmation of direct American involvement in deals to open Iraq?s oil to commercial development. |
| 06/30/2008 02:33 PM |
| Israel Agrees to Exchange Prisoners for Dead Soldiers |
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After a wrenching national debate, the Israeli cabinet voted to trade a Lebanese murderer for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers. |
| 06/29/2008 09:54 PM |
| Iraq Criticizes Attacks by American Troops |
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Iraqi government officials on Sunday criticized the American military for two recent attacks in which soldiers killed people who the government said were civilians. |
| 06/29/2008 07:04 AM |
| Occupation Plan for Iraq Faulted in Army History |
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In a broad study, the Army has documented a number of problems that hampered its ability to stabilize Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. |
| 06/29/2008 04:53 AM |
| Athletes Disabled by Wars Lead Iraqi Team in World Games |
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War and hardship have not destroyed all of Iraq?s dreams for international competition. The country, which has been in three wars in two decades, has a robust Paralympic team. |
| 06/29/2008 07:51 AM |
| Group Claims Responsibility for Iraq Attack |
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The insurgent group Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia claimed responsibility on Saturday for a suicide bombing in Anbar Province that killed 20 Iraqis and three American marines on Thursday. |
| 06/28/2008 09:53 PM |
| The World: For Iraq?s Oil Contracts, a Question of Motive |
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Officially, Iraqis are in control. But critics suspect that Americans pull the strings. |
| 06/27/2008 09:17 AM |
| Israel?s Identity Crisis |
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Bernard Avishai proposes an egalitarian democracy for Israel, unencumbered by Jewish privileges. |
| 06/30/2008 11:25 AM |
| Essay: Cultural Crossoads of the Levant |
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An Israeli publisher reprints a controversial novel about the evacuation of a Palestinian village in 1948. |
| 06/27/2008 09:50 PM |
| Citing Weather Forecast, U.S. Postpones Transfer of Authority for Anbar Security to Iraqis |
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American officials said forecasts of dusty weather compelled them to delay the ceremonial handing over of power. |
| 06/27/2008 09:45 PM |
| World Brief | Middle East: Israel: More Cracks in Truce |
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Israel refused to fully open crossings with the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian militants attacked Israel with artillery, further testing a fragile truce. |
| 06/27/2008 09:45 PM |
| World Brief | Middle East: Iran: Execution of Minors Opposed |
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The European Union urged Iran not to execute a teenager who was convicted of committing a murder when he was 15. |
| 06/27/2008 01:07 AM |
| Iran Fights Scourge of Addiction in Plain View, Stressing Treatment |
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Iran?s government has been more supportive of drug treatment than any other government in the Islamic world, according to the U.N. |
| 06/26/2008 11:00 PM |
| 3 U.S. Marines and More than 30 Iraqis Die in 2 Bomb Attacks |
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The bombings extended a pattern of attacks that are clearly intended to kill local Iraqi leaders, in particular those believed to have worked with American forces against insurgents. |
| 06/26/2008 11:04 PM |
| Truce Is Strained as Militants Launch Rockets and Israel Keeps Goods Out of Gaza |
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A truce between Israel and Hamas frayed when militants launched two rockets against Israel and Israel prevented goods from entering Gaza for a second day. |
| 07/01/2008 10:07 AM |
| Wounded Iraqi Forces Say They?ve Been Abandoned |
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Iraqi veterans described their government?s treatment of them as at best indifferent and at worst vindictive. |
| 06/30/2008 11:14 PM |
| Khurais Oil Field Journal: Saudi Oil Project Brings Skepticism to the Surface |
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Khurais, one of the planet?s last giant oil fields, could hold the key to the soaring price of gasoline around the world. |
| 06/28/2008 08:12 PM |
| Tiny Voices Defy Child Marriage in Yemen |
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Two girls? stories have helped spur a movement to put an end to child marriage, which is increasingly seen as a crucial part of the cycle of poverty in Yemen. |