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Iran Tensions Loom Over Israelis on Jewish New Year
Jews around the world are observing Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. In Israel, the mood is sober.
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Gulf states see Obama's hand in rise of Muslim Brotherhood
Gulf Arab states have detected a U.S. role in the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the region.
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Al-Qaeda urges Muslims to purge their countries of Americans as revenge for anti-Islam film
Al-Qaida's branch in North Africa on Tuesday called for attacks on U.S. diplomats.
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Nasrallah: We'll sacrifice our blood for Mohammed
Hezbollah's leader left his bunker and made a rare public appearance at a rally in Beirut denouncing an anti-Islam film.
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Indyk: Without an agreement, Iran war in 2013 likely
Without a negotiated solution over the Iranian nuclear program, 2013 will likely see a military confrontation with Iran.
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EU's Catherine Ashton to meet Iran nuclear negotiator
EU foreign affairs representative Catherine Ashton is to hold talks with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili.
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Chinese General: Prepare for Combat
China's most powerful military leader, in an unusual public statement,
last week ordered military forces to prepare for combat.
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Obama's Security Breach In Libya Is Ignored By American Media
Throngs of foreign press and few American outlets tell the real story
involved with the White House's role in the incidents that we now know
could have been prevented.
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Iran deploys submarine in Gulf as Western nations hold large naval exercise nearby
Tehran has deployed one of its Russian-made submarines in the Persian Gulf.
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Ministers call for stronger EU foreign policy chief
A brainstorming group of 11 EU foreign ministers has called for a more
powerful EU foreign policy chief and less power in general for EU
countries.