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US leaves cultural imprint on Iraq

Written by Sammy Ketz - BAGHDAD
Friday, 26 June 2009 00:00
Sipping tea and smoking from a water pipe at Shahbander, a favoured haunt for Baghdad's intelligentsia, Jafaar Bairga neatly summed up the contradictions of Iraqi views of the United States.
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Needle sharing rife among Egypt drug users

Written by watan
Friday, 26 June 2009 00:00
The prevalence of HIV among intravenous drug users (IDUs) in Egypt is relatively low, but needle sharing is rife among this group, putting them at risk of contracting the virus, experts say.
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Gaza story: boy and artificial leg

Written by Ramzy Baroud - SEATTLE
Saturday, 13 June 2009 04:05
His room is ready; the walls have fresh paint and my kids prepared a basket of chocolates and other treats to place beside his bed. They hung a poster on his door that has been decorated with colored pens and glitter that says “Welcome Shobhi!” I hav [ … ]
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The 1967-war revisited

Written by Khalid Amayreh
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 03:01
In June 1967, when Israel launched the 6-day-war on Egypt, Syria and Jordan, Khalid Amayreh was 10 years’ old. In the following two-part article, he recollects the war, whose outcome and ramifications continue to trouble Palestine, the [ … ]
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Too many Syrians!

Written by watan.com
Tuesday, 09 June 2009 02:50
DAMASCUS - When Sheikh Abu Abbas addresses worshippers in a mosque in the north-eastern coastal city of Latakia after Friday prayers, the cleric does not confine himself to giving advice on religious matters.
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Gaza beach the only vent for blockaded Gazans to zest

Written by Saud Abu Ramadan
Thursday, 04 June 2009 00:00
GAZA, June 3 (Xinhua) -- Ramadan Malaka and four other young workers had just finished building up their summer cafeteria west of Gaza city on the 40 kilometer long beach of the Hamas-ruled blockaded Gaza Strip. The cafeteria was built out of old tim [ … ]
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Struggling to survive: Homeless in Gaza and a feat of clay

Written by watan
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 06:04
GAZA CITY - All of Amer Aliyan's hopes of rebuilding his life are placed in a carefully folded sheet in his wallet, a document that for the foreseeable future in Gaza is nothing but a worthless piece of paper.
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King Abdullah II goes undercover

Written by watan
Wednesday, 27 May 2009 05:00
AMMAN - Jordan's King Abdullah II disguised himself on Wednesday in a black dishdasha or thob and traditional red-and-white keffiyeh to inspect services at a health ministry centre in Amman, an official said.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 23:21
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Over 20% of Iraqis live below poverty line

Written by IRIN
Monday, 25 May 2009 00:58
BAGHDAD - Some 20-25 percent of Iraq’s estimated 27 million population lives below the country’s poverty line, a government survey released on 21 May has found. Though wide disparities were found between northern and southern provinces, the governmen [ … ]
Last Updated on Wednesday, 27 May 2009 23:23
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Syria moves to educate poor children

Written by Syria News Briefing
Friday, 22 May 2009 02:41
DAMASCUS - For five months, Ahmad Dahdoush, 12, stopped attending classes. Instead, he went to work as a delivery boy in a grocery store to support his family in Al-Gharebeh, an impoverished village in the north of the country.
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For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN Ramzy Baroud From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can ...	US Republicans drift to the right Dr James J Zogby The contest has begun to determine who will be the Republican candidate to square off against President Obama in 2012 national ...

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