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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/940f2bfd509e743b/ en-us Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 30 Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514934/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:30:37 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514934/cs/1/ Qatar Airways will begin operating flights to Australia before Christmas and in time for the holiday season. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514948/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:53:36 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514948/cs/1/ Twenty seven retail food outlets in a Saudi Arabian city have been shut down by health authorities. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514952/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:19:54 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514952/cs/1/ Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514932/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:38:08 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514932/cs/1/ North Korea fired six missiles from its eastern coast Saturday, the South Korean defence ministry said. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515121/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:00:04 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515121/cs/1/ The Myanmar junta Saturday snubbed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's requests to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, or even to visit the Nobel peace laureate, who is currently in a Yangon jail, sources said. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515087/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:06 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515087/cs/1/ Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514801/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:02 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514801/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 4 : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will contribute 500,000 dollars to the United Nations (UN) Trust Fund, for a UN commission enquiry into the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515124/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:10:02 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515124/cs/1/ London, Jul 4 : Brit singer Peter Andre has revealed that even though he has gone through many troubled times, he found his split from wife Katie Price, aka Jordan, to have been "the worst few months" of his life. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515095/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:50:12 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515095/cs/1/ Lahore, July 4 : A travel agency scam has stranded as many as 800 Pakistani pilgrims in Saudi Arabia after their travel agents refunded their tickets in Pakistan. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515016/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:17 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515016/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of NAM summit in Egypt would be an opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514891/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:40:03 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514891/cs/1/ Bahraini officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and an Israeli official said. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863036/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:18:46 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863036/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said on Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible cr... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863026/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:16:57 -0400 The Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863026/ By the end of this week, customers can become members of UrFilez, the first only on-line and Mobile Phone Social Community devoted to the rich, local music of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862937/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:18:04 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862937/ Priority Banking at Emirates NBD, one of the largest banks in terms of assets in the region, organized a networking event at the Regus Business Centre for highly placed professionals working in their ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862688/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:18:03 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862688/ TEHRAN - A leading Iranian daily called on Saturday for Mir Hossein Mousavi to be tried for treason, as hardliners stepped up their attacks on the opposition leader over the unrest that followed last ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863031/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:43:46 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863031/ The New York TimesBy MICHAEL SLACKMANPublished: July 3, 2009 CAIRO — Iranian leaders say they have obtained confessions from top reformist officials that they plotted to bring down the governmen... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862872/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:42:38 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862872/ Paris - Yemenia is suspending all flights to the Comoros in the aftermath of Tuesday's crash of an Airbus A310 near the islands' capital Moroni in which 153 died, the airline said Saturday. "In lig... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862924/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:03:22 -0400 IOL http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862924/ By Fisnik Abrashi and Rahim Faiez Associated Press Writers Kabul - Militants exploded a vehicle outside the gates of a US coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, sparking a two-hour g... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863029/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:03:22 -0400 IOL http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863029/ Last updated: 2:34 amJuly 4, 2009 Posted: 2:17 amJuly 4, 2009 Iran will stage a show trial of British Embassy staffers arrested for allegedly instigating postelection chaos, a top cleric announced yes... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863033/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:32:28 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863033/ The latest hangings bring to at least 141 the number of people executed in the Islamic republic so far this year, according to a count based on news reports. In 2008, Iran executed 246 people, based ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862890/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:05:16 -0400 News.com.au http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862890/ '); As anti-American protesters nearby burned a U.S. flag, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. vowed in Iraq on Friday that those seeking to destroy progress will fail but warned the United States w... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862893/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:39:14 -0400 Washington Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862893/ Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari and a number of reformist leaders in Iran are to face trial accused of "acting against national security," their lawyer Saleh Nikbakht told http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863037/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:49:15 -0400 Hindustan Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863037/ WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and those differences appeared to... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862692/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:43:38 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862692/ June 18: Although many in Iran didn't know Mir Hossein Mousavi a month ago, millions of protesters took to the streets Thursday in support of the man they believe is entitled to the presidency. NBC's ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862898/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:14:15 -0400 MSNBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862898/ U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday discussed American mission in Iraq with U.S. officials, following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq's cities and towns. Biden met with U.S. chief c... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862889/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:20:21 -0400 People's Daily http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25862889/ Syrian President Bashar al-Assad expressed his willingness to improve bilateral ties with Washington on the occasion of the U.S. independence anniversary. In his congratulatory message sent to U.S. Pr... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863034/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:20:19 -0400 People's Daily http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25863034/ (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Yemeni Minister of Transport Khaled Ibrahim Al-Wazeer was in Brussels Friday afternoon to meet European Commission officials to discuss aviation safety standards f... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861236/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:56 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861236/ (MENAFN - The Peninsula) The National Human Rights Committee has laid emphasis on employers and sponsors strictly adhering to Law No.14/2004, which regulates the working hours of labourers during peak... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861235/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:50 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861235/ (MENAFN - Times of Oman) he banking sector in Oman has been shielded from the adverse effects of the global slowdown and continues its resilience by drawing support from the expansionary fiscal policy... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861239/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:09 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861239/ The Iraqi prime minister tells visiting Vice President Joe Biden that Iraqis must overcome their political differences on their own and that U.S. involvement would not be welcome. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861230/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861230/ (MENAFN - The Peninsula) The United States is exploring new proposals to expand collaboration in education, technology, economic development and healthcare with Qatar, the US Ambassador to Qatar said ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861240/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:38 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861240/ (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Qatar Investment Promotion Department (IPD) is planning to establish an office in China next year to facilitate mutual investments between the two countries, s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861241/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:34 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861241/ DUBAI, UAE, July 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emirates has scored a double as two of its A380 super jumbos jetted off from Dubai to the opposite ends of the globe, marking the aviation world's first... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861234/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:53:08 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861234/ Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- Missile attacks believed to be carried out by U.S. drone aircraft Friday targeted a training center and a communications base run by one of Pakistan's most wante... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861231/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:38 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861231/ Panasonic, the global industry specialist in Plasma and LCD televisions, has introduced an additional 9 LCD and 8 Plasma high definition Viera TVs for the growing Middle East market in 2009. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861080/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:15 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861080/ MXN Middle East FZ-LLC has been appointed as the Value Added Reseller (VAR) for the Middle East and North Africa regions by CS Software Holdings LLC, maker of the CoolSign digital signage software sui... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861078/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:33 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861078/ International consultants BroadGroup and Globeron have announced the new programme of Data Centre CSOEP Bootcamps that will take place in Europe and the Middle East in the second half of 2009. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861079/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:34 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861079/ Marines take cover as a bomb hits a suspected militant compound in Main Poshteh, in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The force met little resistance. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861233/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:36 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861233/ The GSLI, which is published every two years by international management consulting firm A.T. Kearney analyzes and ranks the top 50 countries worldwide for locating outsourcing activities. Accordin... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25860848/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:21 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25860848/ (MENAFN - Times of Oman) The Sultanate of Oman has pledged $10 million for the relief and rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the instructions of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861238/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:05 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861238/ (MENAFN - The Peninsula) Two more bigger data centres will be established by MEEZA within the next few years in Qatar to complement its existing centre at Qatar Science and Technology Park in preparat... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861237/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:00 -0400 MENAFN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861237/ By Brian Ellsworth and Denise LunaRIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will yield disappointing results, a company direct... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861088/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:31 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861088/ The Bahrain All Share Index closed 0.09% higher at 1,590.57 points in a very lacklustre trading day. While only Salam Bank gained 6.19%, closing at BD0.120, bank NBB and Ahli United Bank remained flat... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861135/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:05:38 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861135/ Nakilat and Qatargas announce the delivery of LNG ... Iran to invest $70bn in gas IPIC completes $5.0bn fund raising International Petroleum to borrow $5bn Taqa cuts Standard and Poor's link http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861220/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:05:29 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861220/ Multan, July 3 : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet in the Egyptian resort city of Sharam-el-Sheikh July 16, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859378/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:57:58 -0400 New Kerala http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859378/ Qatar lending falls by QR15.5bn Standard Chartered announces new appointment to its ... Citi Foundation, Injaz-Lebanon launch JA Banks in ... HSBC Private Bank wins at Banker Middle East ... B... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859376/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:44:35 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859376/ EU capitals to hear formal protests and visas to Iranian officials are not being issued. One diplomat said with-drawing EU ambassadors from Tehran was "very much on the table".(© The Times, http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859460/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:54:16 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859460/ JERUSALEM: An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defence sources said yesterday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strategic reach ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859457/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:23 -0400 The Peninsula http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859457/ Matt Cavanaugh, center, is running in a series of races this year to raise money to help wounded veterans. After surpassing his original goal of $25,000 in 2009, Cavanaugh hopes to raise $50,000. He p... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859339/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:38 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859339/ "A whole year has passed, and yet no one knows what has happened to these people...The Syrian government should end the anguish of the prisoners' families, disclose the names of those injured or ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859456/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:47:39 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859456/ Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, Adjutant General, Oregon National Guard, and Col. Dan Hokanson, 41 IBCT commander, conduct a pass and review of the 41 IBCT as they prepare t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857643/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:26 -0400 KATU 2 http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857643/ SARAH PALIN- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said this afternoon that she is stepping down from her office July 26. She didn’t give a reason why she was resigning. No hyperbole from David Wright on WORL... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857661/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:03:39 -0400 ABC News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857661/ (AP) — As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure include... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857644/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:37 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857644/ Syrians walk next to a vendoru0092 stickers of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Friday July 3, 2009. Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857781/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:17:57 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857781/ (CNN) -- Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reform... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:16:14 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857384/ The Vatican has opened the path to the beatification of 19th-century English cardinal John Henry Newman and Palestinian nun Maria Ghattas following decrees signed by Pope Benedict XVI. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857773/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:23:59 -0400 SBS http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857773/ Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement, made... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855845/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:28 -0400 Times Online http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855845/ July 3, 2009 · Iraq's military pilots once enjoyed elite status in the country's armed forces. Then Saddam Hussein blundered: He flew the entire fleet to Iran for safekeeping during the 1991 Gu... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855900/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:52:10 -0400 NPR http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855900/ British nationals have told Sky News they are being held in "atrocious conditions" in an Israeli prison after their boat was seized as they tried to take aid in to the Gaza Strip. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855843/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:29:43 -0400 Sky News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855843/ Merkel turning into a bit of a character Divisions in Ahmadinejad’s ranks add uncertainty to a lack of consensus, writes JEFFREY FLEISHMAN and BORZOU DARAGAHI in Cairo and Beirut IRAN’... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855855/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:54 -0400 Irish Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855855/ JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defence minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855863/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:04 -0400 The Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855863/ As in, who's the best? Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, a four-time NBA champion? Or the basketball legend to whom he is most often compared, Michael Jordan, who retired as a six-time champ with t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855899/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:12 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855899/ BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria - the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855862/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:59 -0400 Find Law http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855862/ WARSAW — Israel has pledged to pay compensation for material damage it caused by shelling UN property during its Gaza offensive more than six months ago, a UN official said yesterday. A UN inquiry s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853598/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:40 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853598/ The European Union is "ready to take action" if Iran does not free the remaining UK embassy staff held in Tehran, This warning was made Thursday by the Swedish EU presidency. European nations have b... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853603/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:16 -0400 Novinite http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853603/ TEHRAN: Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently - some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised pi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853504/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853504/ for 444 students from 124 countries and regions at the Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide Finals. Now in its seventh year, Imagine Cup is an annual Microsoft Corp. competition that challenges students around ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853601/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:27:37 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853601/ MORONI: Comorans began 30 days of national mourning on Friday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline over safety concerns. "From today, our country i... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853476/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853476/ SIRTE, Libya: African leaders reached a compromise early Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies but have little power to act without a mandate from member s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853477/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853477/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 LONDON: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he would be willing to meet US President Barack Obama in Syria to discuss Middle East peace efforts, in a British television inte... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853596/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:09 -0400 The News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853596/ Israel's Defense Ministry has recommended a partial lifting of the embargo on the Gaza Strip as a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinians to spur talks to free a long-held captive soldier, an Israeli... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853509/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:04 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853509/ As U.S. military forces withdraw from the urban front lines of a six-year war in Iraq - and prepare to pull out of the country altogether by 2011 - Vice President Joe Biden said today in Baghdad that ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:12 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853384/ Published Date: July 02, 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853483/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:59 -0400 Kuwait Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853483/ (IDM) PARIS (AP) - Protesters have been trying to block an entrance to Paris' main airport as they accuse a Yemeni airline of ignoring complaints about dangerous flight conditions. They've been warn... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853594/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:19:24 -0400 Fox 23 http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853594/ CALGARY - TAQA North, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, has acquired two large land blocks in the Horn River Basin of northeastern British Columbia, it announced Friday.The sale r... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853383/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:25 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853383/ WASHINGTON: Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853508/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853508/ BEIRUT: If by naming Beirut as the 2009 World Book Capital the United Nations wishes to encourage the Lebanese to study more, its latest report should be a must-read. Lebanon's fourth National Human D... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853597/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853597/ BAGHDAD — Hours after US troops handed over full control of Iraq’s cities to its domestic security forces, a car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 30 people yesterday, police sai... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853382/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:35 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853382/ KHARTOUM: Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional government, both sides said on Friday, a move that w... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853478/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853478/ TEHRAN — Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, yesterday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on Tehran’s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853600/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:36 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853600/ TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Honduras' interim leader said he was open to early elections if it resolves an impasse with the world community, as a top diplomat headed to the Central American nation to deman... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853511/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853511/ Call it pulpit diplomacy. While Western politicians agonise over how to rebuke Iran without undermining talks on its nuclear aspirations, hardline mullahs use their Friday sermons to bullhorn their de... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853450/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:28 -0400 Times Online http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853450/ OCCUPIED RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces have significantly widened a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank in the past month. They have doubled the number of d... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853506/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:10 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853506/ In 1901 a group of French archaeologists uncovered a 2,700-year-old Babylonian tablet in what is now Iran. Not only is the Hammurabi codex the first example of a written legal code; it is also the old... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853378/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:53 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853378/ DAMASCUS: Syria's leader praised President Barack Obama's outreach for dialogue and invited him to visit Damascus in remarks released Friday just days after the United States said it plans to return i... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853505/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853505/ Cynthia McKinney was captured by Israeli forces aboard a relief boat en route to Gaza.Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remain in an Israeli prison after ref... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853604/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:23:10 -0400 Palestine Chronicle http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853604/