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It seems the only time the rest of the world hears about Yemen is when a crisis spreads beyond the borders of this ancient land tucked into the southwest corner of the Arabian peninsula.
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Israeli commandos seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas — the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered.
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More insurgent bombings in Iraq. More Taliban strikes in Afghanistan. What's up with these people? Just Wednesday, a deadly car bomb exploded in Peshawar, Pakistan, as Secretary of State arrived in Islamabad. Is Islam the problem?
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It used to be that when the U.S. State Department wanted to improve cultural relations overseas, they'd send the New York Philharmonic, or a production of Oklahoma or Porgy and Bess.
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Yemen denied any military action by Saudi Arabia inside its borders. But Yemen's president is a key ally of the Saudis, making it highly unlikely the kingdom would have launched the offensive without tacit Yemeni agreement.
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MAURITANIA: Despite a law enacted in 2007 criminalizing slavery, the practice still persists in the northwest African country of Mauritania. That’s according to an independent UN representative who recently toured the country.
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"It's a cargo certificate that shows that it was from a port in Iran," military spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich said. "All the cargo certificates are stamped at the ports of origin, and this one was stamped at an Iranian port."
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Consider the NBA and FOX part of Barack Obama’s new kinder-gentler strategy on Iran. Yes, the NewsCorp part of FOX that owns FOX News and runs the FOX owned and operated stations. Full Article at Debbie Schlussel
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Is it any wonder that ivy league Columbia Universitay welcomes the mass slaughterer and genocidal dictator Ahmadinejad like a returning king, but censures and bans brave truth tellers like Nonie Darwish? Full Article at Atlas Shrugs
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In October, Lebanon was elected to one of ten non-permanent member seats on the United Nations Security Council. Full Article at Middle East Strategy at Harvard
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Palestinians said Monday that negotiators were close to exchanging an Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Full Article at ABC News
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Two recent events focus the mind on the growing failure of Israeli grand strategy: the UN's endorsement of the Goldstone Report and the capture of the Francop cargo ship, laden with arms destined for Hizbullah. Full Article at Jerusalem Post
