Ahmadinejad has begun clearing Iran's universities of "secular, progressive" professors. For what can we suppose he is preparing the way?   more »

Recent faux-pas is evidence that Canada needs to get its convictions - and loyalties - in order.   more »

Iran's foreign ministry will host an international conference in Tehran next week that will ask if the Holocaust in World War II actually happened.   more »

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Police have arrested an American, 11 Europeans and several others from Arab countries for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Middle Eastern countries including Iraq, the Interior Ministry said Monday.   more »

Pope Benedict proves again during his Turkey trip last week, that he is thoughtful, shrewd, and skilled in working with the flow of a changing political landscape.   more »

John Bolton resigned as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations on Monday, admidst predictions that the Senate would block his nomination.   more »

Crisis talks scheduled in Jordan today between President Bush and Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, have been delayed at Bush's request until Thursday.   more »

For what is expected to be the strictest ban on veils to date on the European continent, Dutch cabinet officials say Friday they will instigate a ban on face-covering veils in all public places, including in the streets, on buses and on trains.   more »

Iraqi officials said Thursday that many of the 70 hostages who have been released from the mass kidnapping in Baghdad early in the week were tortured. Although it was originally estimated that 50 had been kidnapped, the head of the Higher Education Ministry Abed Theyab, from where the hostages were taken, now says that in addition to the 70 freed, some 80 remain in captivity.   more »

Amidst growing international fears that the budding civil war in Iraq will bloom into a large scale Middle Eastern military conflict involving neighboring Arab countries, the U.S. is sending 2,200 additional troops Thursday to the Anbar province for what is termed a “short measure” to curb rising conflict in the area.   more »

A warrant has been issued in Iraq Thursday for the arrest of mullah Harith al-Dhari, a prominent Sunni religious figure.   more »

FROM: Telegraph News (UK)
November 15, 2006

Iran tried to obtain uranium from Somalia in return for supplying weapons to ...   more »

FROM: Associated Press
November 15, 2006
WASHINGTON - The top U.S. commander in the Middle East warned Congress Wednesday against setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, putting him at odds with resurgent Democrats pressing President Bush to start pulling out of the violence-torn country.
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FROM: BBC News
November 15, 2006
Al-Jazeera is one of the best-known TV stations in the world - yet its new channel's first few hours on air may have surprised those who know it only from the headlines.    more »

FROM: BBC News
November 15


Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz has said Palestinian militants will pay a heavy price for ...   more »

FROM: BBC News

A banned cleric is still preaching support for terrorism to young British Muslims by appearing incognito on the internet, the BBC has learned.

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FROM: BBC News
November 14, 2006

Saudi Arabia will press ahead with the construction of a security fence to seal off the border with Iraq, the interior minister has said.

Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz said it would prevent the entry of Islamic militants and illegal immigrants.
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Arab news Aljazeera to launch English language channel . . .   more »

Chicago man arrested by FBI in the act of terror bombing at shopping mall.   more »

THE GUARDIAN, Nov 24 : A barrage of car bombs and mortar rounds aimed at three street markets in Sadr City, Baghdad's biggest Shia district, brought carnage to one of the most densely populated suburbs of Iraq's capital yesterday and the heaviest loss of life on a single day in the country's sectarian war.   more »