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NYT Middle East
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| 02/04/2012 12:25 AM |
| Damascus Avoids Syrian Uprising’s Blood, but Not Pain |
| Life is growing harder in the Syrian capital, President Bashar al-Assad’s stronghold, as residents complain about electricity rationing, shortages of food and gas, and soaring prices.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f36a6daa07d656a0308a729ef01b531ap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f36a6daa07d656a0308a729ef01b531ap=1//a |
| 02/04/2012 12:23 AM |
| In Homs, Syrian Forces Are Said to Have Killed Hundreds |
| The reports could not be independently confirmed, but the attacks Friday night in Homs appeared to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, opposition activists said.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1ba9609b86f00c039f25a87d9b01f80ep=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1ba9609b86f00c039f25a87d9b01f80ep=1//a |
| 02/04/2012 12:06 AM |
| Waiting in the Wings, a Survivor of Three Decades of Syrian Politics |
| Farouk al-Shara, 74, vice president and loyal disciple of President Bashar al-Assad, would almost certainly become temporary president under an Arab League peace proposal.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=579de4037d1ca69cd4a8f8f975b54a83p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=579de4037d1ca69cd4a8f8f975b54a83p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 11:58 PM |
| As Clashes Continue, Egypt Soccer Riot Becomes Metaphor for Government Failure |
| Five people were killed on the second day of clashes between protesters and the police as demonstrators questioned the ruling military council’s ability to run the country.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=a6f58bb263fffe47e64ad7b25126c04fp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=a6f58bb263fffe47e64ad7b25126c04fp=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 11:57 PM |
| Nuclear Inspection Visit to Iran Deemed a Failure |
| The assessment came as Iran’s supreme leader lashed out at the United States, vowing to retaliate against oil sanctions and threats of military action.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=7f9885d80050655eedab2e8adccb4dd2p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=7f9885d80050655eedab2e8adccb4dd2p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 11:50 PM |
| Two American Tourists Kidnapped in Egypt, Officials Say |
| Gunmen stormed a bus in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Friday, kidnapping two American tourists and an Egyptian tour guide, Egyptian officials said.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3653e53952e3030c70e96d8a63ff5d21p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3653e53952e3030c70e96d8a63ff5d21p=1//a |
| 02/04/2012 12:23 AM |
| World Briefing | Middle East: Kuwait: Opposition Wins Parliament |
| The Islamist-led opposition won control of Parliament in a snap election, according to results on Friday.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=35eefb5e378f8179f0ee1c2ef67250aep=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=35eefb5e378f8179f0ee1c2ef67250aep=1//a |
| 02/04/2012 12:06 AM |
| Russia Rejects Draft U.N. Resolution on Syria |
| Russia said it still had a “number of concerns” over a tentative plan by the United Nations Security Council aimed at stemming the bloodshed in Syria.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=b8943efe5ac1fc4d4697c08e1599f7ebp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=b8943efe5ac1fc4d4697c08e1599f7ebp=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 02:50 PM |
| Gaza Protesters Throw Shoes and Sticks at Ban Ki-moon |
| Demonstrators in the Gaza Strip threw sticks and slippers at a vehicle carrying the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on Thursday, accusing him of bias, witnesses said.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=421ca92fe1d3cfa5fc03e5a815212817p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=421ca92fe1d3cfa5fc03e5a815212817p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 02:50 PM |
| Israeli Says Iranian Missiles Might Threaten U.S. |
| A senior official tried to make the point that the Iranian nuclear program is not a threat only to Israel but, as he put it, “a nightmare for the free world.”br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=010223ddcfc4e6f0faf80f378777ee28p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=010223ddcfc4e6f0faf80f378777ee28p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 02:50 PM |
| Tough Iran Penalty Clears Senate Banking Panel |
| The legislation approved by the Banking Committee is aimed at forcing the expulsion of Iran’s banks from the global telecommunications network that nearly all banks rely on.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=bd3dd61cd858b4e202a318aa74a5da6ep=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=bd3dd61cd858b4e202a318aa74a5da6ep=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 02:40 PM |
| U.N. Tentatively Backs a Plan for Syria |
| Ambassadors worked Thursday on a revised Syria resolution, as negotiations focused on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to step down.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=aca7ccda36d45195a6f51de297edcea5p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=aca7ccda36d45195a6f51de297edcea5p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 12:38 AM |
| World Briefing | Middle East: Yemen: U.N. Aid Workers Are Freed |
| The seven workers were freed on Thursday, two days after they were kidnapped according to the organization.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=bcb333def102a7f584de4b879fba2897p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=bcb333def102a7f584de4b879fba2897p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 02:39 PM |
| Egyptian Protesters Unleash Anger After Soccer Violence |
| Egypt began three days of official mourning after at least 73 people were killed in a soccer brawl that underscored the interim government’s failure to re-establish order.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4e681c74c341a444cc74cd05ccb5b777p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4e681c74c341a444cc74cd05ccb5b777p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 12:00 PM |
| Effort to Rebrand Arab Spring Backfires in Iran |
| Iran invited young activists to Tehran for a conference on the “Islamic Awakening,” but the fact that no one from Syria’s opposition was invited disrupted the whole script.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=bca01c65524fc47a8878105e8ccca7f5p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=bca01c65524fc47a8878105e8ccca7f5p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 03:00 AM |
| Humble Museum Aims for Rebirth |
| The Egyptian Museum of Modern Art houses works by more than 1,500 Egyptian artists but has been overshadowed by the country's pharaonic and medieval Islamic heritage.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3f58eb6a05b80dc0de4ea1031e5cc339p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3f58eb6a05b80dc0de4ea1031e5cc339p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 11:40 AM |
| World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Charges in Plot to Aid a Qaddafi |
| Three people were formally charged in connection with an unsuccessful plot to smuggle Saadi el-Qaddafi into Mexico, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4a05560c701f740978edfff74a309958p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4a05560c701f740978edfff74a309958p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 07:07 AM |
| Iran Warns Its Citizens to Avoid Bus Trips to Syria |
| The warning came after Iran’s government confirmed reports that 11 Iranian citizens, whom it described as pilgrims, had been kidnapped last week while visiting Syria.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4467ff14a3487eef0d5d3deed7dfa4a1p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4467ff14a3487eef0d5d3deed7dfa4a1p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 11:40 AM |
| Ban Ki-moon Urges Israelis and Palestinians to Resume Talks |
| The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, also called on both Israelis and Palestinians to offer goodwill gestures during a visit aimed at revitalizing the peace process.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=fe052c916ef60356a93f5d570e2aa7e5p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=fe052c916ef60356a93f5d570e2aa7e5p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 12:00 PM |
| Diplomats at U.N. Haggle With Russia Toward a Compromise on Syria |
| Security Council ambassadors on Wednesday began trying to negotiate a compromise resolution on Syria, with the bartering focused in good part on the conditions under which President Bashar al-Assad could be asked to cede power.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=9f7a30ddede0e8bd5b6d3f3ed7db23bbp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=9f7a30ddede0e8bd5b6d3f3ed7db23bbp=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 11:40 AM |
| IAEA Nuclear Inspectors to Visit Iran Again in February |
| Inspectors will return to Iran on Feb. 21, suggesting that some common understanding had been reached regarding the country’s position regarding scrutiny of its nuclear program.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1002a21b18e1580827954bbeac865588p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1002a21b18e1580827954bbeac865588p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 03:00 AM |
| Julian Assange Appeals Extradition at Britain’s Supreme Court |
| Julian Assange was set to appear on Wednesday at Britain’s Supreme Court to appeal an order approving his extradition to Sweden.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=8135d969491e7cd265e0fb3ca4de46adp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=8135d969491e7cd265e0fb3ca4de46adp=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 09:54 PM |
| Egyptian Soccer Riot Kills More Than 70 |
| At least 73 people died in a brawl, refocusing attention on the failure of the government to re-establish order and threatening to provoke a new crisis during a political transition.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=26a0ad55c7eeade3eb86e0c2919baaa3p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=26a0ad55c7eeade3eb86e0c2919baaa3p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 03:21 PM |
| New Twists and Turns in Turkey's Head-Scarf Debate |
| A television program featuring a woman in a head scarf driving a car set off a storm in Turkey.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=88e1fdcd252c0607fe5859ec0434ac3ap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=88e1fdcd252c0607fe5859ec0434ac3ap=1//a |
| 02/01/2012 12:17 PM |
| At U.N., Pressure Is on Russia for Refusal to Condemn Syria |
| As Arab and Western states confronted Russia over its refusal to sign on to a call for President Bashar al-Assad to leave power, violence continued without pause in Syria.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=14810a45bb3a35f217e7729daab7afaep=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=14810a45bb3a35f217e7729daab7afaep=1//a |
| 02/01/2012 02:20 PM |
| World Briefing | Middle East: Egypt: Chinese Workers Kidnapped in Sinai Are Freed |
| Bedouins in the Sinai kidnapped 25 mostly Chinese cement factory workers on Tuesday, demanding that the authorities free fellow tribesmen from prison, officials said.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=99064555c6ac89e0a3225aea005bba0fp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=99064555c6ac89e0a3225aea005bba0fp=1//a |
| 02/04/2012 12:51 AM |
| The Lede Blog: Scenes of Violence in Syria Ahead of U.N. Vote |
| Activists say at least 200 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in the Syrian city of Homs amid a barrage of mortar shells and heavy machine gun fire that began Friday night.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=59f2703e0f67ce7bbefff209500a7be8p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=59f2703e0f67ce7bbefff209500a7be8p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 05:44 PM |
| The Lede Blog: Activists Document Street Battles in Cairo |
| Amid reports that the Egyptian police, firing tear gas, birdshot and live ammunition, killed at least four demonstrators on Friday, bloggers filed a series of vivid reports.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=e914fc76011a43cb76b7f8e7d63939bcp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=e914fc76011a43cb76b7f8e7d63939bcp=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 02:28 PM |
| The Lede Blog: Cardboard Cutout of Khomeini Prompts Online Satire |
| A day after the anniversary of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's return from exile, the cardboard cutouts that stood in for the dead Iranian leader during bizarre ceremonies have spawned Internet satire in Farsi and English.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=5f1536ab8aa59ce31da6d4c0ca4facf0p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=5f1536ab8aa59ce31da6d4c0ca4facf0p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 08:08 PM |
| At War Blog: Name the Cluster Bomb, an Update |
| After a day of comments from readers via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook, questions still remain about cluster bombs in Libya. Who made the dual purpose improved conventional munition bombs, when and where?br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=f1bac6c35df862ef384ad7b8ae3ab5ccp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=f1bac6c35df862ef384ad7b8ae3ab5ccp=1//a |
| 02/01/2012 06:37 PM |
| At War Blog: Coverage Roundup: Afghanistan and Pakistan |
| Leon E. Panetta announced a date for the end of the American combat role in Afghanistan; NATO played down a leaked internal report on collaboration between the Afghan government, the Taliban and Pakistan; Pakistan revealed an anthrax plot; and a NATO solider was killed by a man in an Afghan Army uniform.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=3ca212c78947cbebcb3b7b39aae8f811p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=3ca212c78947cbebcb3b7b39aae8f811p=1//a |
| 02/02/2012 11:20 AM |
| At War Blog: Can You Name This Cluster Bomb? |
| At War journeys into crowd-sourcing to ask for readers' help identifying a weapon found on the battlefields of Libya last year.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=cdf5f5b8211cc2570895d326299e5e4ap=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=cdf5f5b8211cc2570895d326299e5e4ap=1//a |
| 01/31/2012 04:30 PM |
| Opinion: Saudi Women Break a Barrier: the Right to Sell Lingerie |
| No longer will only men be allowed to sell a bra to a woman clothed head-to-toe in an abaya.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=1da24ad5dd41769f17846734b9ba3c26p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=1da24ad5dd41769f17846734b9ba3c26p=1//a |
| 01/31/2012 01:50 PM |
| Fighting Intensifies in Syria |
| An anti-Assad group known as the Free Syrian Army, composed partly of army defectors, has attacked and violently resisted loyalist forces.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=4ff71c3ea70996eddcff27378b4514ccp=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=4ff71c3ea70996eddcff27378b4514ccp=1//a |
| 12/07/2010 11:13 AM |
| WikiLeaks Documents: State’s Secrets |
| Examining U.S. diplomatic cables as a window on relations with the rest of the world in an age of war and terrorism.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=c8fc79ded8eb636317cad1111a2961a3p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=c8fc79ded8eb636317cad1111a2961a3p=1//a |
| 02/04/2012 12:15 AM |
| The Hard Way Out of Afghanistan |
| Winding down the war means pushing deeper into Taliban country every day.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=6202339cb0005b6f80983a75e4403ec1p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=6202339cb0005b6f80983a75e4403ec1p=1//a |
| 02/03/2012 10:50 PM |
| Protesters Continue to Clash With Police |
| Rock-throwing protesters fought riot police officers through clouds of tear gas near Egypt’s Interior Ministry, on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths at a soccer riot in Port Said.br clear=both style=clear: both;/ br clear=both style=clear: both;/ a href=http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?s=78dcd7afa1b711725fe58f6609e5fed4p=1img alt= style=border: 0; border=0 src=http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?s=78dcd7afa1b711725fe58f6609e5fed4p=1//a |