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Syria Welcomes Pelosi, But Doubts Her Impact
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with a small delegation of other House members, paid a much-anticipated visit to Syrian president Bashad al-Assar Wednesday. But while Syrian officials embraced Pelosi's visit as a public signal that their current isolation may be diminishing, they do not think she can shape U.S. foreign policy.
NPR Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:43:00 EDT
United States Helps Reopen Iraqi Industrial Facilities
The U.S. Department of Defense, in partnership with the Iraqi government, is working to reopen idle Iraqi industrial facilities and connect them to international markets to create jobs and revitalize the country's economy, says a senior Defense Department official. The official, Paul Brinkley, tells reporters in Washington that under the initiative, teams of experts have identified some 200 idle Iraqi factories, 140 of which the United States believes are in good shape and could be put back into production.
USINFO.STATE.GOV Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:37:10 -0400
Yemen: From Nepotism to Internal Jihad
The Yemeni Ministry of Defense recently published a fatwa authorizing and obligating the use of deadly force against a small band of Shiite Zaidi rebels.
Worldpress Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:02:00 GMT
Four young lives snuffed out in the hell that is Iraq
IT IS the wasted potential that stands out. A 19-year-old still to complete her A-levels. An Oxford graduate already singled out for promotion despite her youth. A committed family man with two small boys, and a 19-year-old man remembered for always...
Scotsman
Army nurse is among the victims of latest atrocity
TWO female service personnel - a nurse and an intelligence officer - were killed in Iraq yesterday, taking to four the number of women to die in action in the country since the 2003 invasion.
Scotsman
Freed British personnel return to UK soil
THE 15 British Armed Services personnel freed by the Iranian government less than 24 hours ago today returned to the UK, but their arrival was muted by news of four British deaths in Iraq.
Scotsman
POLITICS: Bush's Bluster on Iran Was Cover for Direct Talks
WASHINGTON, Apr 5 (IPS) - When the George W. Bush administration launched a high-profile campaign in January and February accusing Iran of exporting armour-piercing bombs to Shiite militias in Iraq, seizing Iranian officials in Iraq, threatening cross-border raids against Iran and sending a second carrier battle group into the Gulf, it seemed that it was entering a much more aggressive phase of Middle East policy.
IPS
WORLD HEALTH DAY: How Much Can Iraq Survive
BAGHDAD, Apr 5 (IPS) - Iraqis surviving violence are not so sure they can also survive disease.
IPS
POLITICS-US: Civilian Court Sides With ''Conscientious Objector''
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 5 (IPS) - University of California Santa Cruz student Robert Zabala joined the Marine Corps thinking it would be a "place where he could find security" after the death of his grandmother in 2003.
IPS
McCain to Stake Bid On Need to Win in Iraq
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will launch a high-profile effort next week to convince Americans that the Iraq war is winnable, embracing the unpopular conflict with renewed vigor as he attempts to reignite his stalling bid for the presidency.
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