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350 trucks carrying commodities enter Gaza Strip via Kerm Abu Salem

Date: 2013-09-16 10:01:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:291459

Palestine/Crossing 350 trucks carrying commodities enter Gaza Strip via Kerm Abu Salem GAZA CITY, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces on Monday reopened Kerm Abu Salem commercial crossing, south of Gaza Strip, to allow the access of ....

Top Afghan female police officer dies after gun attack

Date: 2013-09-16 10:01:03 GMT - Afghanistan - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:291427

Afghanistan/Shooting Top Afghan female police officer dies after gun attack KABUL, Sept 16 (MENA) – The top female police officer in Afghanistan's restive Helmand province died on Monday, a day after she was shot, in an attack that ....

Ban receives report from team probing possible chemical weapons use in Syria

Date: 2013-09-16 09:21:47 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:13 - ID:291367

UN/Syria/Report Ban receives report from team probing possible chemical weapons use in Syria NEW YORK, Sept 16 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received the report of the UN team probing the possible use of ....

Germany/US 2 last Washington...Rumsfeld criticizes Obama’s Syria policies

Date: 2013-09-15 23:54:19 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:131 - ID:291252

Germany/US 2 last Washington...Rumsfeld criticizes Obama’s Syria policies The former defense secretary also shared his opinions on the National Security Agency spying scandal, expressing a surprising amount of sympathy for Europeans who have been ....

Rumsfeld criticizes Obama’s Syria policies

Date: 2013-09-15 23:52:08 GMT - Germany - Middle East - SN:130 - ID:291251

Germany/US Rumsfeld criticizes Obama’s Syria policies BERLIN, Sept 15 (MENA) - Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has strongly criticized President Barack Obama's Syria policies. "I believe the reason he has had difficulty gaining ....

Steinitz: Israel can see if Assad is moving Syria's chemical weapons

Date: 2013-09-15 21:48:42 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:120 - ID:291194

Israel-Syria-Chemicals Steinitz: Israel can see if Assad is moving Syria's chemical weapons GAZA CITY, Sept 15 (MENA) - Israel has "good capabilities" when it comes to tracking potential attempts by the Syrian regime to transfer its chemical ....

Obama swaps letters with Iran’s Rohani... US/Syria/Iran 2 Washington

Date: 2013-09-15 21:42:28 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:113 - ID:291164

Obama swaps letters with Iran’s Rohani... US/Syria/Iran 2 Washington Obama argued that the choices he’s made — including a renewed partnership with Putin — have already created a desired deterrent effect, making it less likely the Syrian ....

Obama swaps letters with Iran’s Rohani... US/Syria/Iran 3 last Washington

Date: 2013-09-15 21:41:37 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:114 - ID:291168

Obama swaps letters with Iran’s Rohani... US/Syria/Iran 3 last Washington Obama said he is optimistic but cautious that Putin will be a reliable partner. “I don’t think that Mr. Putin has the same values that we do,” Obama said in response to ....

Lieberman offers tentative support for Syria arms deal

Date: 2013-09-15 21:41:09 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:118 - ID:291185

Israel/Syria Lieberman offers tentative support for Syria arms deal GAZA CITY, Sept 15 (MENA) - Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman has offered a tentative support for a US-Russian deal on disarming Syria’s chemical weapons. Lieberman told ....

Obama swaps letters with Iran’s Rohani

Date: 2013-09-15 21:12:16 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:112 - ID:291043

US-Syria-Iran Obama swaps letters with Iran’s Rohani WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama has confirmed that he has exchanged letters with Iran’s President Hasan Rohani In an interview with ABC News’”This Week”, Obama ....