Syrian leader: Syria to wait before judging Obama

Syria offers to help Obama pull troops from Iraq

Lebanon press says PLO bomb 'settling of scores'



Kurdish rebels: We won't stop fighting in Iraq

Video: Iraqi Christians in peril

Four Iraqi children killed in bomb blast

Maliki says Iraq no place for PKK, Iranian rebels

For troops in Iraq, shower may be fatal

Kidnappers claim deal struck to free British hostages seized in Iraq



Iran-Armenia oil pipeline construction work begins

Yemen arrests al-Qaeda suspects

yemen: Sanaa eyes financial windfall from first gas plant

Saudi woman launch lingerie shop boycott

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Netanyahu: Palestinians Have 'Partner for Peace'
Surrender.

Obama Pushes Two State Solution For Israel and Palestinians

Obama, Abdullah talk two-state solution

Assad: Peace possible with Netanyahu

Barkat: Jerusalem must stay united
It won't.


Muslim Leader Arrested for Assaulting Police

‘Land of Milk and Honey’ Praised as ‘Land of Opportunity’

Israel slams UN rights report on Gaza

Situation at Gaza crossings is "intolerable" - U.N.

Calm returns to Israeli town after riot
Rioting in Umm el-Fahm highlights tension

Israel successfully tests 'Iron Dome' anti-rocket shield

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Egyptian police seize 560 smuggled sheep
Too. Many. Jokes.

Egypt says adoptive moms were human smugglers

Sudan's Bashir in Egypt on second trip since warrant

Egypt reports new human case of bird flu: WHO

Egypt tries to hang up on killer SMS rumours

Egypt says mediating Mideast prisoner swap talks

Egypt's EFG-Hermes says buys back 900,000 own shares
Egypt's largest investment bank by market value.

Amos Gilad: Egypt our ally against Iran, Hamas
'Egypt still views Israel as relative threat'


Radio: Somali pirates hijack yacht from Seychelles
Wife of murdered yachtsman describes ordeal at hands of pirates

Pirates seize tankers off Somalia


Sudanese officials confirm convoy strike
Sudanese minister: US carried out raid
Olmert hints at Sudan strike: 'No place Israel can't reach'


India, Libya enter into pact to promote investment


The African Axis
As the world watches the governments of the Middle East divide into two competing blocs based on their allegiance to Iran, a similar Iron Curtain is being created in Africa. The Iran-Syria Axis is teaming up with rogue countries like Sudan, Eritrea, and Zimbabwe, and even radical Islamic forces in Somalia. Opposing this Axis is Ethiopia and Djibouti, although many more countries will enlist themselves in either bloc in the years ahead.


Sarkozy to Push for French Investment in Congo During Visit

Congo assembly speaker quits in fall-out with Kabila

Angola stealing DR Congo oil, says minister

Zimbabwe Gets 60,000 Carats of Gems From Chiadzwa, Times Says

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Report: Brazil invited to join OPEC

Petrobras Oil Union Says It May Extend Strike

Police arrest Brazil builders' directors for fraud

'Blue-eyed bankers' to blame for crash, Brazil's Lula tells Gordon Brown


Gazprom, Lukoil, TNK and Rosneft to operate in controversial Venezuela zone


Police Officer Slain in Western Mexico
U.S. marshal's body found in Mexico

Mexico arrests 'top trafficker'

Cartels' guns flow from U.S.

Clinton, Mexico, Immigrants and Narcotics

Scientists Say Herbicide Used on Mexican Border is Safe