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• WASH POST: Iranian police fire tear gas, use electric batons to attack student protestors

  
  The Information Paradox — Authority: 446
  WASH POST: Iranian police fire tear gas, use electric batons to attack student protestors:...
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• Building peace without Obamas interference | Tom Gross

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 988
  A promising, independent Palestine is quietly being developed, with Israeli assistance It is difficult to turn on a TV or radio or pick up a newspaper these days, without finding some pundit or other deploring the dismal prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace or the dreadful living conditions of the Palestinians. ...
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• Blast at Iraqi school kills four children - Summary

  
  The Earth Times Online Newspaper — Authority: 724
  Baghdad - Four children were killed in a bomb blast at a primary school in Iraq on Monday, security officials in Baghdad said. At least 24 pupils were injured in the explosion in Baghdads predominantly Shiite Muslim suburb of Sadr City. ...
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• Abbas in Beirut for talks on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

  
  The Earth Times Online Newspaper — Authority: 724
  Beirut - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks Monday in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman and other officials that focused on relations and the issue of some 367,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon. Abbas, who was accomp...
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• Dubai stock market falls to 20-week low

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 514
  The Dubai stock market fell 5.8 percent to 1,745 points on Monday, it’s lowest in four months, with property stocks seeing the biggest drops. Shares of Emaar Properties fell 10 percent, Union Properties fell 9.3 percent and Emirates NBD fell 4.8 percent. Analysts say that investors are still concerned about the ...
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• Dubai World, not Dubai, may sell assets

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 514
  Government-owned Dubai World may sell off some of its assets to raise cash and resolve its debt problem, Abdul Rahman al-Saleh, the director-general of Dubai’s Finance Department told Al Jazeera television. “It is premature to announce any plans now, but the main goal is that Dubai World will continue in the ...
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• Flood death toll in Saudi increases to 116

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 514
  Three more bodies have been found in Jeddah since a flash flood hit the city on November 25, increasing the death toll in Saudi to 116, the official news agency SPA said on Monday. Mohammed al-Qarni, a civil defense official in Jeddah told SPA that 47 people are still missing and more than 22,000 people have been ...
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• News Corp could buy 10 percent stake in Rotana

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 514
  US-based News Corp may approve a deal to buy a 10 percent stake in Saudi Arabia’s Rotana Media later this week, sources familiar with the matter told Zawya Dow Jones. News Corp, owned by Rupert Murdoch, will have the choice to increase its stake to 20 percent later, says the report. Executives from both the ...
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• Regional merger deal values fall 54 percent in Q3

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 514
  Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals announced in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region fell to $7.14 billion during the third quarter of the year, a 54 percent drop compared to the same period last year, according to a report by Ernst & Young. The number of announced M&A deals has also dropped ...
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• Iraqi government hails lawmakers approval of election law - Summary

  
  The Earth Times Online Newspaper — Authority: 724
  Baghdad - The government of Iraq on Monday welcomed parliaments adoption of a new law that clears the way for elections, saying it helped the country to move forward during a difficult phase . The Iraqi people are invited to benefit from this expe...
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• Anti-government protests in Tehran, police fire tear gas - Summary

  
  The Earth Times Online Newspaper — Authority: 724
  Tehran - Protests were held again Monday in Tehran against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and are still ongoing in several universities in the capital, witnesses said. Police fired tear gas against protestors near Tehran University, trying to ...
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• Deadly bombing at Baghdad school

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 174
  A bomb blast has killed at least seven students, and injured 30, at a school in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, reports say.
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• 10 Days in Egypt & Israel – Day 1-2

  
  Where's the Travel Answer Man — Authority: 473
  Touring two countries in under two weeks is not for the weak, weary or faint of heart. It is for those who want to ramble through cities, villages and the occasional ancient necropolis to acquire a mere taste for each destination. Ten days or more could easily be spent in each.Our journey begins on a [...]
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• Latest Iran Video: The Marches of 16 Azar – 2nd Set (7 December)

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 571
  Khaje Nasir University “The Iran Flag Without the Islamic Coat of Arms” Click here to view the embedded video. Amir Kabir University “Showing Money to the Basiji” Click here to view the embedded video. Tehran University “Breaking Through” Click here to view the embedded video. ...
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• Is Syria Obama’s sword for the regional Gordian Knot?

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 129
  While we would love to claim prescience, we were not alone in predicting Syria as the potential key to the current regional quagmire. We have probably mentioned the more regularly, but there were several other analysts who recognized the same thing. The Bush Administration missed the strategic significance of Syria ...
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• Leo Sterling Offers New Franchise Program In Middle East, CIS UK And Europe

  
  Franchise Talk — Authority: 133
  Zawya : Driven by strong demand from its network of close business partners, Leo Sterling , UAE’s premier property portfolio managers, has announced that it has recently launched a new franchise program, offering a highly cost-effective start-up to individuals in the Middle East, UK and Europe who are looking to ...
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• Iran: Students chanted slogans against regime

  
  Global Voices Online — Authority: 712
  Iranian students demonstrated against Islamic regime in Tehran and chanted slogans such as “death to dictator”. Watch the video here .
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• ‘Tear gas’ at Iran protest rally

  
  bibisi news — Authority: 174
  Iranian police move to disperse opposition supporters in central Tehran ahead of an officially sanctioned rally, witnesses say.
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• Iran opposition leader says reform movement alive

  
  Talk Vietnam — Authority: 167
  Irans opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Sunday thereform movement was alive despite pressure from the clericalestablishment which he said was suppressing students, his websitereported. Mousavis remarks, a day before Iran plans to commemorate thekilling of three students in 1953 under the former Shah, ...
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• Latest Updates on New Protests in Iran

  
  The Lede — Authority: 677
  The Lede is following anti-government protests in Iran on Students Day, an annual commemoration of the killing of three students at a protest at Tehran University on Dec. 7, 1953, in the aftermath of a coup supported by the American and British governments to restore the Shah to power.
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