Middle East News – Israeli navy seizes weapons ship bound for Lebanese Hizballah or Syria (DEBKAfile)
Israeli navy seizes weapons ship bound for Lebanese Hizballah or Syria (DEBKAfile)
Israeli seamen boarded an Antigua-flagged ship on the Mediterranean 100 miles from land early Wednesday Nov. 4. DEBKA file ’s military sources report that while the ship’s lading documents listed civilian freight, its holds were crammed with crates of heavy weapons including a large quantity of anti-tank missiles.
Christianity and Islam: An Egyptian View (New York Times)
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Clinton in Cairo to meet with Egyptian leaders (AP via Yahoo! News)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding hastily arranged meetings with Egyptian leaders to discuss the stalemate over restarting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
Clinton in Egypt as Middle East talks drive flags (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought her flagging effort to revive Middle East peace talks to Cairo on Tuesday with little sign that her round of diplomacy has helped break the impasse.
UAE plans nuclear investment
The United Arab Emirates is setting up an investment vehicle to take stakes in the global nuclear industry as it prepares to award a contract to develop the first civilian nuclear plants in the Arab world
Moody’s downgrades Dubai companies
Moody’s has downgraded five Dubai government-related issuers, citing the tigher conditions under which the government is likely to extend financial support
Iranian opposition and police in fresh clashes
Iranian police have clashed with supporters of Iran’s opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi who had gathered in a Tehran street as the country marks the 30th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy
US shift increases Abbas isolation
The latest shift in US policy towards the Middle East peace process has delivered a fresh blow to the standing of the Palestinian leader, leaving him increasingly isolated as he battles conflicting political pressures at home and abroad.
Israel urges resumption of peace talks
Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday urged Palestinians to resume the stalled peace process after Washington endorsed the Israeli prime minister’s stance that a renewal of…
UN nuclear chief urges Iran to engage
El-Baradei indicates dissatisfaction with Tehran’s response to proposals aimed at establishing full dialogue over its nuclear programme
Amin Huweidi, Egyptian Official, Dies at 88 (New York Times)
Mr. Huweidi was the Egyptian defense minister who oversaw the so-called War of Attrition with Israel that followed the loss of the Sinai Peninsula in the 1967 war.
Saad chief in fight to have US case dismissed
Maan al Sanea says his rancorous battle with fellow conglomerate Ahab, which has accused him of fraud, has ‘no business’ being heard in New York and should be fought in Saudi Arabia instead
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