  Iran's Two-Edged Bomb
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bottom second left, visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan 255 mile (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant's opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to fuel the heavy-water research reactor, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 or 2010....
Iran Mideast Nuclear Photos Politics
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| Hamas sees 'no prospects' for Mideast peace
Khaled Mashaal, the leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas speaks at the opening session of Palestinian conference, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008. The exiled leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas on Sunday denounced Hebrew-language newspaper ads outlining a proposed Arab peace deal published by the Palestinian president in Israeli papers. 
Hamas Mideast Moscow Peace Photos | | In Northern Iraq, a Vote Seems Likely to Split
| QARAQOSH, Iraq - There was a hope, not long ago, that democracy would mean peace and stability for Nineveh, a place where cultures and armies have clashed since biblical times. Instead, democracy is hardening...
Iran's Two-Edged Bomb
| Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. | WITH Iran having notified the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency on Monday that any day now it will begin enriching its stockpile of uranium in order to power a medical reac...
Palestinians, Israelis to talk on border
| Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki said on Monday that the proposed US talks with Israel should focus on border issues. Israel's Haaretz Newspaper previously confirmed Palestinian Authority President...
Letters: Parliamentary privilege
| Harriet Harman has stated that the criminal law relating to theft, false accounting and obtaining by deception "applies to MPs like anyone else" and that before bringing charges against three MPs and one peer...
Jumblatt: Don't let public staff run for office
| Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Monday that allowing the employees of public institutions to run for office ...
Israel's de facto veto power
| M. Salahuddin | Al-Madinah | The United States and Europe used to reward Israel whenever its forces massacred the Palestinians and trampled United Nations decisions on Palestine and charters of human rights. ...
Identity Found: On West Side via West Bank
| Najla Said's "Palestine," a one-woman Off Broadway show that began previews on Saturday, is a coming-of-age story about Ms. Said's journey to become an Arab-American on her own terms. | The daughter of Edward...
Hamas leader says U.S. blocking Palestinian unity
MOSCOW - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Monday accused the United States of undermining Palestinian unity efforts and said he saw no chance for peace in the Middle East under Israel's current leadership. | Shun...
Israel supreme court backs inquiry into Gaza war
JERUSALEM - Israel's supreme court president, Dorit Beinish, on Monday came out in favour of a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war as called for by the United Nations in its Goldstone report. | 'I believe I...
Hamas sees 'no prospects' for Mideast peace
MOSCOW ' The leader of Hamas said Monday he sees 'no prospects' for a Mideast peace settlement, a stand that could reduce Russia's chances of holding a Middle East peace conference that includes the Palestinian...
Making Peace: No More of the Same
Senator George Mitchell recently concluded yet another unsuccessful bid to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. President Barack Obama acknowledged that he had underestimated the difficulties in Jeru...
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