Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 | 2 comments
BEIRUT, Sept. 25 — Hezbollah and its political allies on Tuesday blocked the election of a new president in Lebanon by boycotting parliament, deepening the fierce power struggle between the U.S.-backed government and the pro-Syrian opposition.
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 | 11 comments
Oct. 1, 2007 issue – In his report to Congress earlier this month, Gen. David Petraeus claimed that Iran has a deadly new ally in its proxy war against U.S. forces in Iraq: a secret unit of the militant Lebanese Hizbullah movement called Department 2800.
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 | Post a comment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Al-Qaida continues to recruit Europeans for explosives training in Pakistan because Europeans can more easily enter the United States without a visa, the nation’s top intelligence officer said Tuesday.
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007 | Post a comment
As if the heightened security and worse-than-usual traffic snarling in midtown Manhattan isn’t clue enough, it’s that time of year again; when former President Bill Clinton gathers power brokers and problem solvers at the Sheraton near Central Park for his Global Initiative conference
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Monday, September 24th, 2007 | 4 comments
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military accused Iran on Sunday of smuggling surface-to-air missiles and other advanced weapons into Iraq for use against American troops. The new allegations came as Iraqi leaders condemned the latest U.S. detention of an Iranian in northern Iraq, saying the man was in their country on official business.
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Monday, September 24th, 2007 | 2 comments

Man has a larger skull capacity than other primates
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | 5 comments
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel agreed on Sunday to free another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | One comment
The United States will invite members of an Arab League panel that includes Syria and Saudi Arabia to a Middle East peace conference this year, a senior US official said.
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | One comment
JERUSALEM, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raised the alert level on Sunday morning in the north after suspicions that Syria might attack Israel, or other Jewish targets around the world via international terror networks, Israel Radio reported.
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007 | 14 comments

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will speak at Columbia University Monday, despite protests. (Atta Kenare, AFP/Getty Images)
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