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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Beirut</title>
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		<title>Iranian FM expects speedy trial of 3 Americans who crossed border from Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeina Karam</dc:creator>
		
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Iran expects speedy trial of 3 American hikers

BEIRUT — Iran&#8217;s foreign minister said Monday he expects a speedy trial for three American hikers who have been jailed since crossing the border from Iraq nearly five months ago.
Manouchehr Mottaki declined to specify what charges the Americans faced. Last month, Iran&#8217;s chief prosecutor said the Americans are ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-fm-expects-speedy-trial-of-3-americans-who-crossed-border-from-iraq-246955/">Read more : Iranian FM expects speedy trial of 3 Americans who crossed border from Iraq</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran  military  court  charges 12 over death  of  protesters  in prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A military court in  Iran  has charged twelve prison officials with murder and other crimes  for the  death  of  at least three protesters  in  prison  after  the disputed presidential election in June.

A New York Times report said that the court&#8217;s statement  followed .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-military-court-charges-12-over-death-of-protesters-in-prison-246480/">Original article &nbsp;: Iran  military  court  charges 12 over death  of  protesters  in prison</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese army: 4 dead so far in sinking of cargo ship, dozens of crew members missing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Lebanon: 4 dead so far in cargo ship sinking

BEIRUT — The Lebanese army says at least four people have died and dozens are still missing after a Panamanian-flagged cargo ship carrying cattle sank in stormy weather.
The army said Friday that 38 of the 83 crew members have been rescued and that four bodies have been ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-army-4-dead-so-far-in-sinking-of-cargo-ship-dozens-of-crew-members-missing-245926/" title="Lebanese army: 4 dead so far in sinking of cargo ship, dozens of crew members missing">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Twenty sailors rescued after ship sinks off Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - At least 20 crew members were rescued from a ship that sank off the northern Lebanon port of Tripoli Thursday, Lebanese security and UN sources said.

&#8220;The rescue mission is ongoing amid very bad weather conditions,&#8221; the UN&#8217;s Andrea Tennenti told DPA.	 	
The Panama-flagged ship Danny 2, which was transporting livestock, overturned some 10 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/twenty-sailors-rescued-after-ship-sinks-off-lebanon-245839/" title="Twenty sailors rescued after ship sinks off Lebanon">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ship sinks off Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A ship carrying 87 passengers sank in bad weather off the northern Lebanon port of Tripoli on Thursday, Lebanese security sources said.

The Lebanese army and members of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) launched an operation to rescue those on board, the sources added.
.... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ship-sinks-off-lebanon-245776/">Ship sinks off Lebanon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ship carrying dozens of crew members sinks off Lebanese coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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Ship carrying dozens sinks off Lebanese coast

BEIRUT — A senior Lebanese army officer says a ship carrying 83 crew members has sunk off the Lebanese coast in stormy weather.
The officer says the Panama-flagged ship sent a distress call Thursday afternoon and a Lebanese navy ship was dispatched, but by the time rescuers arrived the ship  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ship-carrying-dozens-of-crew-members-sinks-off-lebanese-coast-245767/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon&#8217;s new Cabinet endorses Hezbollah&#8217;s right to keep its weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Lebanese Cabinet lets Hezbollah keep its weapons
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon&#8217;s new government has endorsed Hezbollah&#8217;s right to keep its weapons.
The decision came Wednesday in a statement that lays out the government&#8217;s goals for the next four years.
Lebanon&#8217;s government is a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant group Hezbollah and its allies.
Wednesday&#8217;s move ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanons-new-cabinet-endorses-hezbollahs-right-to-keep-its-weapons-238766/">Original article on  : Lebanon&#8217;s new Cabinet endorses Hezbollah&#8217;s right to keep its weapons</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Elizabeth Kennedy named chief of bureau in Beirut for The Associated Press</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Elizabeth Kennedy named AP bureau chief in Beirut

NEW YORK — Elizabeth Kennedy, The Associated Press&#8217;s bureau chief for East Africa until last month, has been named the news cooperative&#8217;s chief of bureau in Beirut.
The appointment was announced Monday by Senior Managing Editor John Daniszewski.
Kennedy will supervise AP news coverage of Lebanon and Syria and the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/elizabeth-kennedy-named-chief-of-bureau-in-beirut-for-the-associated-press-237718/">Source article &nbsp;: Elizabeth Kennedy named chief of bureau in Beirut for The Associated Press</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>DNA proves remains found in Lebanon are of British journalist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A British forensic team in Lebanon said DNA results proved that the body found last week in eastern Lebanon is that of a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinian militants 24 years ago.

A British embassy spokeswoman in Beirut said the body belonged to Alec Collett, who was abducted in 1985.	 	
According to the spokeswoman, ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/dna-proves-remains-found-in-lebanon-are-of-british-journalist-234761/">DNA proves remains found in Lebanon are of British journalist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Remains of British hostage who worked for the UN in Lebanon in 1985 identified</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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UK hostage&#8217;s remains identified in Lebanon

UNITED NATIONS — The remains of British hostage Alec Collett, who disappeared in 1985 during Lebanon&#8217;s civil war while working for the United Nations, have been positively identified, the U.N. announced Monday.
Experts began searching for Collett&#8217;s remains last week in the eastern Bekaa Valley, which during the 1975-90 civil war ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/remains-of-british-hostage-who-worked-for-the-un-in-lebanon-in-1985-identified-234711/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Remains of British hostage who worked for the UN in Lebanon in 1985 identified</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese mother confesses to wiping out family</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A Lebanese mother found dead with her three daughters left a videotaped confession that she poisoned the family, local media reported Saturday.

Grace Jalakh, 40, said she had poisoned herself and her three young daughters because her husband has been working in Bahrain for years and she &#8220;cannot take it any more&#8221;.	 	
The taped .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-mother-confesses-to-wiping-out-family-234084/">Lebanese mother confesses to wiping out family</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah&#8217;s leader for a sixth term</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hassan-nasrallah-re-elected-as-hezbollahs-leader-for-a-sixth-term-232543/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader

BEIRUT — The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group&#8217;s leader for a sixth term.
A Hezbollah statement did not say when the group&#8217;s top officials voted to re-elect Nasrallah, who has held the post since an Israeli helicopter gunship killed .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hassan-nasrallah-re-elected-as-hezbollahs-leader-for-a-sixth-term-232543/">Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah&#8217;s leader for a sixth term</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists protesting political turmoil</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/culture-clash-in-iran-as-government-tries-to-rein-in-artists-protesting-political-turmoil-229493/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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Iran artists in tug of war with government

BEIRUT — Iran&#8217;s greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country&#8217;s ruling hard-line clerics.
So it was a bombshell when Shajarian — so revered that his audiences pelt him with roses — demanded state radio and TV stop broadcasting his music as .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/culture-clash-in-iran-as-government-tries-to-rein-in-artists-protesting-political-turmoil-229493/">Culture clash in Iran as government tries to rein in artists protesting political turmoil</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon&#8217;s new Cabinet faces tough challenges on keeping unity, tackling Hezbollah&#8217;s weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hussein Dakroub</dc:creator>
		
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Lebanon&#8217;s new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute

BEIRUT — Lebanon&#8217;s new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah, is unlikely to tackle the chief challenge the country faces — a buildup of the Iranian-backed group&#8217;s weapons — even as the rockets cause sharp new tensions with neighboring Israel.
On Wednesday, Israel released documents .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanons-new-cabinet-faces-tough-challenges-on-keeping-unity-tackling-hezbollahs-weapons-229262/">Source article &nbsp;: Lebanon&#8217;s new Cabinet faces tough challenges on keeping unity, tackling Hezbollah&#8217;s weapons</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hezbollah leader in scathing attack on Obama, accuses him of absolute bias for Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Hezbollah leader lashes out at Obama
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah&#8217;s leader is accusing President Barack Obama of absolute bias in favor of Israel and disregard for the dignity of Arabs and Muslims.

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah says Obama has gone even farther in his military support for the Jewish state than his predecessor, George W. Bush.
Nasrallah&#8217;s remarks are .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hezbollah-leader-in-scathing-attack-on-obama-accuses-him-of-absolute-bias-for-israel-226102/">Source &nbsp;: Hezbollah leader in scathing attack on Obama, accuses him of absolute bias for Israel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon&#8217;s prime minister unveils new Cabinet including Hezbollah and militant group&#8217;s allies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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Lebanon premier unveils new Cabinet with Hezbollah

BEIRUT — Lebanon&#8217;s prime minister formed a Cabinet Monday that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the deeply divided nation without a government for months and threatened to ignite violence.
Saad Hariri unveiled the 30-member Cabinet after more than four months of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanons-prime-minister-unveils-new-cabinet-including-hezbollah-and-militant-groups-allies-223511/">Source article &nbsp;: Lebanon&#8217;s prime minister unveils new Cabinet including Hezbollah and militant group&#8217;s allies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hezbollah agrees to Lebanon&#8217;s new unity government ending months-long deadlock</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hezbollah-agrees-to-lebanons-new-unity-government-ending-months-long-deadlock-221629/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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Rival Lebanon factions agree on unity government

BEIRUT — Lebanon&#8217;s Syrian-backed factions finally agreed on a unity government proposed by their pro-Western rivals on Saturday, ending a four-month deadlock in the deeply divided country.
The announcement by the opposition coalition dominated by the militant Hezbollah group came after a meeting late Friday night between the groups&#8217; leaders ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hezbollah-agrees-to-lebanons-new-unity-government-ending-months-long-deadlock-221629/">Original article on  : Hezbollah agrees to Lebanon&#8217;s new unity government ending months-long deadlock</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>A student challenges Iran&#8217;s supreme leader with taboo-breaking criticism at public speech</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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Student stuns Iran by criticizing supreme leader

BEIRUT — An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country&#8217;s most powerful man to his face.
Mahmoud Vahidnia has received an outpouring of support from government opponents for the challenge — unprecedented in a country where insulting supreme ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/a-student-challenges-irans-supreme-leader-with-taboo-breaking-criticism-at-public-speech-219663/" title="A student challenges Iran&#8217;s supreme leader with taboo-breaking criticism at public speech">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese-American denies Emirates&#8217; terrorism charges, says his confession came under torture</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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American deported to Lebanon denies terror charges

BEIRUT — An American citizen convicted on terrorism charges in the United Arab Emirates said on Thursday he confessed under torture and suspected that U.S. authorities played a role in his detention and prosecution in the Gulf country.
Naji Hamdan, an American of Lebanese origin, was deported to Lebanon last  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-american-denies-emirates-terrorism-charges-says-his-confession-came-under-torture-219334/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah denies links to arms ship seized by Israeli commandos</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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Hezbollah denies links to seized arms ship

BEIRUT — Hezbollah is denying any links to a ship carrying hundreds of tons of weapons that Israel says was bound for the Iranian-backed guerrilla group.
Israel intercepted the ship Wednesday and said the vessel was carrying weapons from Iran for Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah guerrillas.
In a statement faxed to The Associated .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanons-hezbollah-denies-links-to-arms-ship-seized-by-israeli-commandos-218560/">Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah denies links to arms ship seized by Israeli commandos</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al Qaeda group claims rocket fire on Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A group linked to Al Qaeda claimed Thursday to have fired a Katusha rocket from southern Lebanon into northern Israel without causing any damage.

The Brigades of Abdullah Azzam, Ziad Jarrah&#8217;s Battalion, said it was responsible for Tuesday&#8217;s attack, according to a statement released by a site close to al Qaeda called al-Fajr.	 	
The ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-qaeda-group-claims-rocket-fire-on-israel-211943/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Al Qaeda group claims rocket fire on Israel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Qaida-linked group claims responsibility for rocket attack into Israel from Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Qaida-linked group claims rocket attack on Israel

BEIRUT — A Lebanon-based al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility Thursday for a rocket attack against Israel this week, saying it was in retaliation for the Jewish state&#8217;s crackdown on protesters at a Jerusalem shrine.
The claim from a group calling itself the Battalions of Ziad Jarrah came two days after a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/qaida-linked-group-claims-responsibility-for-rocket-attack-into-israel-from-lebanon-211292/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Qaida-linked group claims responsibility for rocket attack into Israel from Lebanon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese army finds, dismantles 4 rockets in south area near Israel after border flare-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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Lebanese army dismantles 4 rockets near Israel

BEIRUT — Lebanese troops found and dismantled four rockets near the border with Israel on Wednesday, a day after a brief flare-up across the tense boundary, a Lebanese military official said.
The Katyusha rockets, three of them ready to be fired, were discovered placed in a building under construction in ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-army-finds-dismantles-4-rockets-in-south-area-near-israel-after-border-flare-up-209483/">Lebanese army finds, dismantles 4 rockets in south area near Israel after border flare-up</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanon, Israel exchange fires</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A Katyusha rocket launched from southern Lebanon Tuesday hit Israel but no one was hurt, an official said. The Israeli forces retaliated with artillery fire.

The UN interim forces in Lebanon confirmed the rocket was fired from the Houla area in southern Lebanon and it landed near the Kiryat Shemona area of northern Israel, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanon-israel-exchange-fires-209129/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Lebanon, Israel exchange fires</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese break Israeli record with huge Hummus plate in bid to reaffirm ownership over dip</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeina Karam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — Lebanese chefs prepared a massive plate of hummus weighing over two tons Saturday that broke a world record organizers said was previously held by Israel — a bid to reaffirm proprietorship over the popular Middle Eastern dip.

&#8220;Come and fight for your bite, you know you&#8217;re right!&#8221; was the slogan for the event — ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-break-israeli-record-with-huge-hummus-plate-in-bid-to-reaffirm-ownership-over-dip-205957/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Lebanese break Israeli record with huge Hummus plate in bid to reaffirm ownership over dip</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reviving after 2006 destruction, Hezbollah&#8217;s Beirut stronghold a symbol of Shiite strength</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — The sprawling Shiite suburb of south Beirut has made a comeback after the destruction wreaked by Israel during 2006 fighting, a symbol of the community&#8217;s resilience at a time when its political patron, Hezbollah, is seeking a greater voice in Lebanon&#8217;s government.

The district, called simply Dahiyah — meaning &#8220;the suburb&#8221; in Arabic — .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reviving-after-2006-destruction-hezbollahs-beirut-stronghold-a-symbol-of-shiite-strength-204444/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Reviving after 2006 destruction, Hezbollah&#8217;s Beirut stronghold a symbol of Shiite strength</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese army says exploding shell caused blast at Hezbollah member&#8217;s home in south</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — A blast at a Hezbollah member&#8217;s home in southern Lebanon was caused by an exploding shell and injured one person, Lebanon&#8217;s army said Tuesday.

Monday night&#8217;s explosion occurred in a garage, and Lebanese security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons — a violation of the U.N. resolution that ended ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-army-says-exploding-shell-caused-blast-at-hezbollah-members-home-in-south-194836/" title="Lebanese army says exploding shell caused blast at Hezbollah member&#8217;s home in south">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Explosion rips through garage of Hezbollah member&#8217;s home in southern Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeina Karam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — An explosion ripped through the garage of a Hezbollah member&#8217;s home in southern Lebanon on Monday, and security officials said the building might have been used to store weapons.

One senior security official said the blast killed one person, but the other officials could not confirm that. The Hezbollah militant group that holds sway ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/explosion-rips-through-garage-of-hezbollah-members-home-in-southern-lebanon-194095/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Explosion rips through garage of Hezbollah member&#8217;s home in southern Lebanon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hezbollah says official was wounded, not killed in blast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - Lebanon&#8217;s Shiite movement Hezbollah denied late Monday that a member of the group was killed when a bomb left behind from the 2006 war with Israel exploded near his house.

Saeed Nasser, a Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon, &#8220;was wounded and not killed&#8221; in the blast in the village of Tayr Filsi on the ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hezbollah-says-official-was-wounded-not-killed-in-blast-194092/">Hezbollah says official was wounded, not killed in blast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Blast kills Hezbollah official in Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - A Hezbollah official was killed late Monday when a bomb left behind from the 2006 war with Israel exploded near his house, Lebanese police said.

Saeed Nasser, a Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon, died in the blast in the village of Tayr Filsi on the southern bank of the Litani river, police said.	 	
The .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/blast-kills-hezbollah-official-in-lebanon-194055/">Blast kills Hezbollah official in Lebanon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Explosion in south Lebanon building that might have housed arms cache kills at least 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeina Karam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — An explosion went off Monday in a building in southern Lebanon that might have been used as a weapons depot, killing at least one person, security officials said.

The blast occurred in the village of Tayr Filsay near the port city of Tyre, about six miles (10 kilometers) from the border with Israel, the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/explosion-in-south-lebanon-building-that-might-have-housed-arms-cache-kills-at-least-1-194041/">Explosion in south Lebanon building that might have housed arms cache kills at least 1</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clashes erupt in Lebanon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - Clashes erupted Wednesday evening in the northern port city of Tripoli between followers of Lebanon&#8217;s parliamentary majority and others loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, leaving eight people wounded, Lebanese police said.

The violence started when a rocket-propelled grenade hit Al Ashkar cafe in the Jabal Mohsen neighborhood, followed by a hand grenade that was .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clashes-erupt-in-lebanon-189773/">Clashes erupt in Lebanon</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Syria seen regaining its influence in Lebanon years after its military pullout</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hussein Dakroub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — When Syria&#8217;s vice president recently boasted that his country is now stronger than ever in Lebanon, many Lebanese dismissed his words as wishful thinking. Months of political stalemate in Beirut may show how right he was.

Lebanon&#8217;s pro-Western politicians have been unable to form a government since winning June elections, and many of them  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/syria-seen-regaining-its-influence-in-lebanon-years-after-its-military-pullout-184766/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese allege they were deported from UAE because they refused to spy on Hezbollah</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-allege-they-were-deported-from-uae-because-they-refused-to-spy-on-hezbollah-184208/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — A Lebanese businessman alleged Thursday that he and several hundred other Lebanese were expelled from the United Arab Emirates country because they refused to spy on the Shiite militant group Hezbollah and other fellow citizens.

Hassan Alayan said more than 300 Lebanese — mostly Shiites — have been forced to leave the Emirates over ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-allege-they-were-deported-from-uae-because-they-refused-to-spy-on-hezbollah-184208/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Lebanese allege they were deported from UAE because they refused to spy on Hezbollah</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Clarification: Lebanon-Israel story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — In a story Aug. 14 on the anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, The Associated Press reported that 1,200 people were killed in Lebanon during the month-long conflict. The story should have said that facts about these casualties remain in dispute. Lebanon says most of those killed were civilians. Israel says 600 of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/clarification-lebanon-israel-story-174518/" title="Clarification: Lebanon-Israel story">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With absence of lawyers, Iran prisoner families forced to handle complicated bureaucracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — The middle-aged woman demanded to know the fate of her daughter, Fariba Pajooh, who had been picked up by three Intelligence Ministry agents a few days earlier.

&#8220;She will be with us for a few days,&#8221; the prosecutor told her calmly. &#8220;Don&#8217;t worry, she&#8217;s in a good place.&#8221;
&#8220;What&#8217;s the charge against her?&#8221; the mother .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-absence-of-lawyers-iran-prisoner-families-forced-to-handle-complicated-bureaucracy-173209/">With absence of lawyers, Iran prisoner families forced to handle complicated bureaucracy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hariri accepts re-nomination for Lebanese premiership</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - Saad Hariri Wednesday accepted re-nomination for the post of Lebanese prime minister after getting backing from 71 MPs of his majority party and two from the opposition Armenian Tashnag party.

His nomination for the second time since the June parliamentary elections was sure to restart the debate between opposition groups and the majority over ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hariri-accepts-re-nomination-for-lebanese-premiership-170137/">Hariri accepts re-nomination for Lebanese premiership</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese opposition shies from renaming Hariri as premier</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - Lebanon&#8217;s Hezbollah-led opposition Tuesday refrained from renaming the head of the ruling majority, Saad Hariri, as prime minister on the first day of parliamentary consultations.

The head of the Free Patriotic Movement, Christian leader Michel Aoun, Speaker Nabih Berri and also Hezbollah all said they had &#8220;reservations on renaming Hariri to become prime minister&#8221;.	 .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-opposition-shies-from-renaming-hariri-as-premier-169178/">Lebanese opposition shies from renaming Hariri as premier</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Despite prolonged quiet, Lebanese and Israelis fear renewed fighting</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeina Karam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — Despite one of the quietest periods in decades along the Israel-Lebanon frontier, people on both sides of the border seem to fear that another eruption of violence is only a matter of time.

Sporadic flare-ups — like the exchange of fire on Friday — remind residents how easily fighting can be sparked. And an .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/despite-prolonged-quiet-lebanese-and-israelis-fear-renewed-fighting-166566/" title="Despite prolonged quiet, Lebanese and Israelis fear renewed fighting">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Rockets from Lebanon draw Israeli artillery response, hiking border tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — Two rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into Israel on Friday, prompting Israel to respond with artillery fire, Lebanese security and military officials said.

The exchange, in which no casualties were reported by either side, was the latest in persisting tensions between the two countries. It was the fourth time rockets have been fired .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/rockets-from-lebanon-draw-israeli-artillery-response-hiking-border-tensions-165939/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Rockets from Lebanon draw Israeli artillery response, hiking border tensions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese militants fire missiles into Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT - Three missiles were fired Friday into northern Israel from southern Lebanon, without causing casualties, Lebanese security sources said.

The missiles were fired from Qlaileh near the southern port city of Tyre, the sources said.	 	
According to Hezbollah-backing television channel Al Manar, Israel fired one rocket in retaliation, targeting the area where the original fire ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-militants-fire-missiles-into-israel-165917/" title="Lebanese militants fire missiles into Israel">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese official: 2 rockets fired from inside Lebanon toward Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:20:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — A senior Lebanese military official says two rockets have been fired toward Israel from inside Lebanon.

The official says the rockets were fired Friday from the town of Qlaileh, near the Lebanese port city of Tyre.
He says it&#8217;s clear if the rockets landed inside Israel. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-official-2-rockets-fired-from-inside-lebanon-toward-israel-165877/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Lebanese official: 2 rockets fired from inside Lebanon toward Israel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese PM-designate quits trying to form government after opponents reject his Cabinet list</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-pm-designate-quits-trying-to-form-government-after-opponents-reject-his-cabinet-list-164711/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — Lebanon&#8217;s prime minister-designate abandoned efforts Thursday to form a new government, throwing the country into more political uncertainty after the Hezbollah-led parliament minority rejected his proposed Cabinet.

Saad Hariri&#8217;s move — two days after his proposed 30-member Cabinet list was turned down — prolongs the paralysis in the country, with President Michel Suleiman now ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-pm-designate-quits-trying-to-form-government-after-opponents-reject-his-cabinet-list-164711/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Lebanese PM-designate quits trying to form government after opponents reject his Cabinet list</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad pushes for women Cabinet ministers despite hard-line opposition</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ahmadinejad-pushes-for-women-cabinet-ministers-despite-hard-line-opposition-163263/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — After securing one woman on his Cabinet, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is pushing for a second, defying opposition from hardline Islamic clerics who say women have no place in leadership positions.

His push for the first female Cabinet members since the 1979 Islamic Revolution may say more about Ahmadinejad&#8217;s peculiar renegade position in Iran&#8217;s .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/irans-ahmadinejad-pushes-for-women-cabinet-ministers-despite-hard-line-opposition-163263/">Source article &nbsp;: Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad pushes for women Cabinet ministers despite hard-line opposition</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide attacker strikes mosque north of Baghdad as bombings kill at least 17 in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Gamel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — Suicide attackers struck near a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad and a checkpoint west of the capital on Monday as bombings killed at least 17 people nationwide.

The violence was concentrated in former Sunni insurgent strongholds that have seen a sharp decline in violence after local tribal leaders turned against al-Qaida in Iraq. Despite ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-attacker-strikes-mosque-north-of-baghdad-as-bombings-kill-at-least-17-in-iraq-162012/" title="Suicide attacker strikes mosque north of Baghdad as bombings kill at least 17 in Iraq">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide car bomb kills 8 at checkpoint near former insurgent stronghold in western Iraq</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-car-bomb-kills-8-at-checkpoint-near-former-insurgent-stronghold-in-western-iraq-161874/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamid Ahmed</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BAGHDAD — A suicide attacker drove an explosives-packed car into a line of vehicles at a checkpoint in western Iraq on Monday, killing eight people and wounding 16, police and hospital officials said.

The car exploded as it approached a checkpoint near the provincial capital of Ramadi, setting half a dozen other vehicles ablaze. The dead .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/suicide-car-bomb-kills-8-at-checkpoint-near-former-insurgent-stronghold-in-western-iraq-161874/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Suicide car bomb kills 8 at checkpoint near former insurgent stronghold in western Iraq</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jailed, beaten and interrogated: Woman&#8217;s ordeal reflects treatment of protesters in Iran</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jailed-beaten-and-interrogated-womans-ordeal-reflects-treatment-of-protesters-in-iran-160701/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scheherezade Faramarzi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — The interrogator politely apologized for grilling the prisoner about her role in the mass protests over Iran&#8217;s disputed presidential election.

Then the prisoner was made to sit facing a wall in the courtyard of Iran&#8217;s Evin Prison, blindfolded, handcuffed and covered in an all-enveloping chador for four and a half hours under the blazing .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jailed-beaten-and-interrogated-womans-ordeal-reflects-treatment-of-protesters-in-iran-160701/">Source &nbsp;: Jailed, beaten and interrogated: Woman&#8217;s ordeal reflects treatment of protesters in Iran</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears in Lebanon that indictment in former PM assassination will spark sectarian violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:26:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — No one knows when an international court will issue its first indictments in the assassination of Lebanon&#8217;s former prime minister, but Lebanese are already afraid it could spark a wave of violence between its Shiite and Sunni communities.

The Netherlands-based tribunal has kept silent on who it might charge in the 2005 slaying of ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fears-in-lebanon-that-indictment-in-former-pm-assassination-will-spark-sectarian-violence-149897/">Fears in Lebanon that indictment in former PM assassination will spark sectarian violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Lebanese army recaptures fugitive Syrian after militant prison break</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bassem Mroue</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — Lebanese commandos recaptured Wednesday a fugitive from an al-Qaida-inspired group, a day after he broke out of a high-security prison in a spectacular escape.

The army said Taha al-Hajj Suleiman of the Fatah Islam group was caught in the woods in the Bsalim area, just north of the Roumieh prison east of Beirut. An .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/lebanese-army-recaptures-fugitive-syrian-after-militant-prison-break-143546/">Lebanese army recaptures fugitive Syrian after militant prison break</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian militant from al-Qaida inspired group flees Lebanon&#8217;s central prison, officials say</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/syrian-militant-from-al-qaida-inspired-group-flees-lebanons-central-prison-officials-say-142703/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:27:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zeina Karam</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIRUT — Eight members of an al-Qaida-inspired group sawed bars off their cell windows in a high-security Lebanese prison Tuesday, scaled down the building using blankets tied together, then stood on each other&#8217;s shoulders to help one jump over a wall and escape, security officials said.

Prison guards scrambled and stopped seven from fleeing, but one .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/syrian-militant-from-al-qaida-inspired-group-flees-lebanons-central-prison-officials-say-142703/">Syrian militant from al-Qaida inspired group flees Lebanon&#8217;s central prison, officials say</a>.]]></description>
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