The Gulf News
Controversy over Al Abbar's visit to Palestine
Staff Report
Dubai: The visit by a senior Dubai official to the Occupied Territories last weekend to help Palestinians has been attacked in the Arab media because of reports he also met senior Israeli leaders.
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Palestinian premier wins deal for new cabinet
Reuters
Ramallah: Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei won the agreement of lawmakers for a new cabinet yesterday after a third successive day of crisis over demands for more reformers and fewer Yasser Arafat loyalists.
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Appointment of envoy to Israel draws flak
AP
Cairo: Egypt's largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, has condemned the country's decision to appoint a new ambassador to Israel.
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Iran is not Iraq, says Bush
Agencies
Mainz, Germany/Beirut: US President George W. Bush said yesterday that European diplomatic efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme were only just beginning and that comparisons with Iraq were wrong.
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Quake survivors spend night in the cold
Reuters
Zarand: Frightened of aftershocks and shivering from cold, thousands of Iranians spent the night in tents and temporary shelters after a powerful earthquake struck southeast Iran.
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Two women pulled alive from rubble
Reuters
Houdkan: Revolutionary Guardsmen pulled two women alive from the rubble in an isolated mountain village yesterday, over 24 hours after a powerful earthquake struck.
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Four people rescued alive from rubble in Khartoum
Reuters
Khartoum: Four people were pulled alive from the rubble of a hospital building site in the Sudanese capital Khartoum yesterday, a rescue worker said.
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Hariri: a visionary for Lebanon
By James J. Zogby
Rafik Hariri was larger than life. He was a political giant and a visionary whose accomplishments reflected both qualities - they were enormous in size and far-reaching in consequence.
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Iran is not Iraq, says Bush
Agencies
Mainz, Germany/Beirut: US President George W. Bush said yesterday that European diplomatic efforts to rein in Iran's nuclear programme were only just beginning and that comparisons with Iraq were wrong.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/RegionNF.asp?ArticleID=153350
Soothing Sunnis is a key strategic element in Iraq
By Amir Taheri, Special to Gulf News
As efforts to form a new coalition government gather pace, a new phrase is making the rounds in Baghdad's political circles: yuhada al sunnah, which means "soothing the Sunnis". This refers to Arab Sunnis who, though accounting for 15 per cent of Iraq's total population, dominated Iraq's ruling elite until the fall of Saddam Hussain in April 2003.
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