Israeli settlements not' constructive': US
February 22, 2012
| AFP
The United States said Wednesday that Israel's settlement activity was not'' constructive'' for Middle East peace after a committee approved a plan for 500 new homes in the...
Israel calls for tougher Iran sanctions
February 18, 2012
| Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday a nuclear-armed Iran would trigger an arms race in the Middle East and nations should impose'' crippling''...
Summary Box: Grains, beans rise on demand hopes
February 17, 2012
| AP
BARRELING HIGHER: Oil prices topped $103 per barrel as investors speculated that inventories could tighten this spring if supplies from the Middle East slow down due to tensions...
NY Times reporter Anthony Shadid dies in Syria
February 17, 2012
| AFP
New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose richly crafted dispatches captured more than a decade of Middle East turmoil, has died in Syria...
New York Times correspondent Shadid dies in Syria
February 16, 2012
| AP
New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who strove to capture untold stories in Middle East conflicts from Libya to Iraq, died Thursday in...
Asia plugs European aircraft lending gap
February 17, 2012
| Reuters
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian banks are filling the void in the aircraft financing market left by squeezed European lenders, but Middle East tensions and the sheer scale of Asia...
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