Middle East

The Middle East is a loosely defined area that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. The most current CIA map of the area, as of April 2009, can be found here.

The history of the Middle East is diverse, depending on the country or territory. A good beginning source is the CIA World Fact Book.

The BBC has ongoing coverage of The Middle East. Major news magazines carry blogs about The Middle East, as do many major newspapers. Universities and colleges are a good source for comprehensive information, and there are a lot of personal blogs by people from The Middle East, Rantings of a Sand Monkey is one example.

You can search for information on The Middle East as a whole and by individual country, or look for blogs from The Middle East, by placing the word or words of our inquiry into the technorati search bar.

Tourism is big in The Middle East. If traveling from the United States check the Department of State travel advisories.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Middle East”

• The sorry state of Iraqi politics | Ranj Alaaldin

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  As political squabbling looks set to delay Januarys poll again, Iraqis will start to ask if more sinister plots lie behind this fiasco Iraqs long-debated new election law that was for months deliberated upon, delayed and then finally passed two weeks ago was hailed at the time as a monumental moment. Its approval ...
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• Four die in Israel ‘copter crash

  
  Blog :: rhinestonetshirts.com — Authority: 168
  Four people are killed in a civilian helicopter crash off the coast of northern Israel.
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• Netanyahus Syrian distraction | Chris Phillips

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  France-brokered talks between Syria and Israel are unlikely to provide an avenue for peace – neither is offering anything new A glimmer of hope in the moribund Middle East peace process surfaced in Paris recently when Nicolas Sarkozy separately hosted both the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, and the ...
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• Towards a New Middle East Policy

  
  Greg R. Lawson's Blog — Authority: 123
  Below are several comments I left at multiple websites including the Atlantic Council and Atlantic Community. They are the beginnings of what I think a new American posture in the Middle East may need to look like.  Indeed, with the coming likelihood of an Iranian nuclear capacity along with the rise of the Shia and ...
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• British tourist killed in Israeli helicopter crash

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 658
  Israeli police say four people were killed, including a British tourist, when a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast.
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• British tourist killed in Israeli helicopter crash

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 658
  Israeli police say four people were killed, including a British tourist, when a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast. Related Stories Irans plan to ditch Tehran echoed in Ancient World Gulf: A choice between liberalisation or recovery? Does this picture show British soldiers ...
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• British tourist killed in Israeli helicopter crash

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 658
  Israeli police say four people were killed, including a British tourist, when a helicopter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast.
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• Jews Say No To Dershowitz

  
  NLN — Authority: 120
  Protesters outside the 92nd Street Y (Photo: Bud Korotzer / NLN) NEW YORK — On Saturday, November 21, Alan Dershowitz was appearing at the 92nd Street Y in N.Y.C. to debate a person representing the new lobby, J Street, on the subject of what the future policies of Israel should be. Dershowitz supports ...
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• Saudi Arabia: Witchcraft and Sorcery Cases on the Rise

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 682
  (Kuwait City) - The cassation court in Mecca should overturn the death sentence imposed on Ali Sabat by a lower court in Medina on November 9 for practicing witchcraft, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Saudi government to cease its increasing use of charges of "witchcraft" which remains ...
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• Failures Stacking Up

  
  Thomas Jefferson Club Blog — Authority: 135
  One of Obama’s many campaign promises was to immediately close down Gitmo. His self-imposed deadline of closing it by January has now been acknowledged to be unattainable ( http://tinyurl.com/yg9byqc ). He also promised to remove our troops from Iraq. Instead, he has maintained our presence there and is on the verge ...
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• Iran Employing Nazi and Communist Tactics to Fight Opposition

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 129
  It is implanting 6,000 Basij militia centers in elementary schools across Iran to promote the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, and it has created a new police unit to sweep the Internet for dissident voices.
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• UN: Secretary-General Should Evaluate Gaza Inquiries

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 682
  (New York) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should provide an analytic, evaluative report on Israeli and Hamas investigations into alleged laws-of-war violations during the Gaza conflict, as requested by the General Assembly, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to the secretary-general made public ...
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• Dubai property sales values increase in October

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 516
  The total value of real estate sales in Dubai has increased considerably in October as compared to September, Hamad Buamim, director general of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry said during the Big 5 exhibition on Tuesday. According to figures published by the Land Department in Dubai, sales values of ...
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• Abu Dhabi plans to build largest sports stadium in UAE

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 516
  Abu Dhabi is planning to build a sports stadium with around 65,000 seats, the largest in the UAE,  The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The stadium is being developed by Mubadala Real Estate & Hospitality, part of investment company Mubadala, said the report. Interested construction companies, who have ...
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• Consumer prices in the UAE fall slightly in October

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 516
  Consumer prices in the UAE fell 0.4 percent in October as compared to the same period last year, reports  Bloomberg , citing information from the UAE economy ministry. Prices fell 0.1 percent in the month, with food and clothing seeing the main declines. October is the fourth consecutive month of deflation in the ...
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• Iraqs January election could be delayed, warns official - Summary

  
  The Earth Times Online Newspaper — Authority: 723
  Baghdad - Iraqs planned election for January was again in doubt Tuesday, after an election official said that the vice presidents rejection of an electoral law governing the poll left little hope of the vote taking place on time. It will be imposs...
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• Shorter Question Everything

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 442
  ChileChile has requested an estimated $665 million in arms and radar systems from the United States. Chile has had longstanding political and economic ties with the United States. As the country’s strongest trade partner, the United States has boosted bilateral trade ties by 154 percent in the last three years. The ...
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• Feeble excuses for Egypts football riots | Joseph Mayton

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 162
  Dont point the finger at deeper ills. The violence in Cairo was just thuggery cynically fomented by President Mubarak It really is about football. Local and international media can argue about the underlying reasons for the violence in Cairo that saw the Algerian embassy attacked, hundreds of riot police on the ...
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• Palestinians: Shalit negotiations hang on exile for Barghouti

  
  The Earth Times Online Newspaper — Authority: 723
  Cairo/Damascus/Gaza City - - Negotiations between Israeli officials and Hamas over a possible deal to release captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit now hinge on whether two imprisoned Palestinian leaders would be freed but allowed to remain in the oc...
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• Another Warning on Turkeys Islamist Slide

  
  Legal Insurrection — Authority: 707
  Last January, I warned of a dangerous slide by Turkey into the Islamist orbit, Turkey Looking Like The Next Iran . About a month ago, I further noted Caroline Glicks excellent article about Turkeys coziness with Iran and anti-democratic Islamism, Turkey is Lost to Islamists . In response to Glicks article, with a ...
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