Middle East

The destruction by NATO airstrikes of Libya's intelligence headquarters at the heart of Tripoli has transformed the once-feared building into a symbol of how Gaddafi's regime has been all but toppled.

Guarding the compound are dozens of armed rebel fighters, some of them told me their friends and families went missing as a direct result of "intelligence" gathered by those who worked in the building.

Tuesday, 21 September 2010 10:03

Quartet to urge Israel to keep settlement freeze

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The Quartet of Middle East peace mediators will on Tuesday call on Israel to extend its settlement moratorium, saying the freeze has had a positive impact as the two sides seek a peace deal within the next year, according to a draft statement seen by Reuters.   View article...

Sunday, 29 August 2010 13:43

Abbas and Palestinians should die: Israeli rabbi

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JERUSALEM — An influential Israeli rabbi has said God should strike the Palestinians and their leader with a plague, calling for their death in a fiery sermon before Middle East peace talks set to begin next week.

Friday, 20 August 2010 10:34

N.Y. mosque imam in Mideast for outreach tour

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The imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the Manhattan site of the Sept. 11 attacks arrived Thursday in the Middle East on a U.S.-funded outreach trip.


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