“Olmert Steps Down As Premier of Israel”

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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“U.S. student, husband among dead in embassy attack in Yemen”

Posted on September 19th, 2008 by mideast

Article Title: “U.S. student, husband among dead in embassy attack in Yemen”
Newspaper Name: CNN
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/yemen.american/index.html
 
Summary:
            On September 17, 2008, bombers attacked the U.S. Embassy in Yemen. Among the seventeen who died was eighteen-year-old Susan El-Baneh from Lackawanna, New York– the only American to die in the attack. Just a senior in high school, Susan excitedly [...]

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