Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
Title of Newspaper Article: Gaza-Egypt Border crossing opens
Newspaper: BBC News
Summary:
The border between the Gaza Stripe and Egypt, which had been closed since the Hamas rule the territory of Gaza in June 2005, is being opened for two days. Students, Pilgrims and medical cases are allowed to leave to country. About 3000 Gazan want to leave [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
Article Title: “Bomb Kills 3 Near Sports Field in Northern Iraq”
Newspaper Name: New York Times
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/world/middleeast/21iraq.html?_r=1&ref=middleeast&oref=slogin
Summary:
Saturday, September 20 in Baghdad many people were injured and three were killed by a car bomb that had exploded in the town of Tal Afar, which is in northern Iraq. The bomb was ended off being set off near [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
“Troubled Situation in Critical Yemen”
Middle East Times
http://www.metimes.com/International/2008/09/22/troubled_situation_in_critical_yemem/2062/
Summary:
Jihadists encourage their follower to use suicide bombing violence during Ramadan. Many Muslims are fearful of attacks this month because Ramadan is in September. Al-Qaida are said to have been behind two attacks, one of which was in Pakistan and the other in Yemen.
In 2003 Yemen and al-Qaida [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/23/world/middleeast/23awake.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
Summary:
In recent months, violence in some sections of Baghdad including the Adhamiya neighborhood has dropped and the streets have become safer. Although shootouts and car bombing still occur, the violence has decreased. The American military credits this to the members of the Awakening Councils. The Awakening Councils are groups of Iraqis, predominantly Sunni Muslims, who [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
Title: We pay you to write happy Iraq stories
Artist: Signe Wilkinson
Date: September 22, 2008
Link: http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/IraqNews/1.asp
Issue: Soldiers are telling reporters and speechwriter of the White House to say only good things about Iraq and the war.
Key people: American soldiers, news reporters and U.S.A speechwriter.
Exaggeration: The cartoon shows how U.S. soldiers bribe reporters and speechwriters [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
“Iraq to Begin Paying Sunni Volunteers Next Month”
Yahoo! News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_iraq;_ylt=AmSmUadUKnPGiKtcwlUyoQlX6GMA
Summery:
In this article they are talking about starting to pay Sunnis that fight against the insurgency. About 54,000 Sunni troops are going to start getting paid in an effort to help the insurgency to go down and make an actually army. The Shiites however believe that doing [...]
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by mideast
Article Title: “US to return 1,000 smuggled Iraqi artifacts”
Newspaper Name: Middle East Times
Link:http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/09/22/us_to_return_1000_smuggled_iraqi_artefacts/afp/
Summary:
American authorities are returning more than 1, 000 Iraqi artifacts that were smuggled out of the country after the US invasion five years ago. Saddam Hussein’s regime fell in April 2003 after the US led invasion and massive looting occurred in museums and [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mideast
Article Name: Troops Hurt In Jerusalem Attack
News Source: BBC
URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7630534.stm
Summary:
On September 23rd, 2008 a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem drove his car into a group of IDF soldiers, two of which were critically injured. The man was shot and killed by a near by IDF soldier after the Palestinian man had crashed into a wall. This [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mideast
Article: “Olmert Steps Down As Premier of Israel”
Newspaper: Washington Post
URL: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2008/09/21/AR200809210 0200.html?hpid=topnews
Summary:
On September 21, 2008, Ehud Olmert, the Prime Minister of Israel, left his post. Almost three years ago, Olmert took over for Ariel Sharon after he suffered a stroke. Olmert had been the mayor of Jerusalem before becoming the Prime Minister.
Throughout his [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by mideast
“New Cholera Outbreak Hits Iraq”
Sept. 8, 2008
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/iraq/main4425330.shtml
At least 20 cases of cholera were confirmed in southern Baghdad on Monday. Health officials have said about 90% of cases are just diarrhea, however in the Babil province of Iraq there have been over 300 cases reported with 10 dead Iraqis. Many have blamed the outbreak on [...]
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