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Egypt pushes back against Senate resolution on elections, human rights
A Senate resolution condemning Egypt's record on human rights and free elections has sparked an aggressive Washington lobbying campaign by the longtime U.S. ally, which argues that the measure could harm the Middle East peace process and its relationship with the United States.
  
 Human rights - Egypt - Human Rights and Liberties - Africa - Advocacy Organizations
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Clinton declares 'new American moment' in foreign policy speech
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Wednesday that "a new American moment" has arrived in international relations, "a moment when our global leadership is essential, even if we must often lead in new ways."
United States - Foreign policy - President - History - Council on Foreign Relations
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Karzai's brother financed Dubai property purchases through embattled Kabul Bank
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai made nearly $1 million on a Dubai property deal financed with money from Kabul Bank, according to a person familiar with the transaction and a property sales registry.
Dubai - United Arab Emirates - Afghanistan - Kabul - Middle East
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Israel turns back clock for Yom Kippur, sparking debate
IN TEL AVIV Gil Leibowitz was heading down to the beach on a recent evening to "clear his head," as he put it, with a walk, a run and a sunset swim - the software engineer's after-work summer ritual.
Orthodox Judaism - History - Wars and Conflicts - Twentieth Century - Arab-Israeli Wars
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Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. troops
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. service members were killed and nine others were wounded when a Kurdish Iraqi soldier sprayed them with gunfire inside an Iraqi army commando base north of Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon, Iraqi and U.S. military officials said.
Iraq - United States - Iraqi Army - Middle East - Baghdad
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Car bomb kills 12 at Baghdad military HQ Iraq
BAGHDAD - Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said.
Iraq - Baghdad - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Suicide attack
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Hamas attacks show group is still strong in West Bank
JERUSALEM - Deadly drive-by shootings by Hamas gunmen this week proved that the Palestinian militant group can still operate in the West Bank when its leadership demands, despite a sustained crackdown by Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
West Bank - Middle East - Hamas - Hebron - Palestinian Territory
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As Mideast talks begin, Clinton urges Israelis, Palestinians to seek 'future of peace'
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton officially inaugurated a new Middle East peace process Thursday urging patience and leadership from the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, who soon after agreed to meet in less than two weeks for a second round of talks.
Barack Obama - Middle East - Israel - Peace - President
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After Iraq war, uncertainty and seemingly mixed messages
BAGHDAD - As President Obama declared Tuesday that it was "time to turn the page" in Iraq, Mahmoud Othman - tuning in to the Oval Office address here at 3 a.m. - listened in shock.
Iraq - Iraq War - United States - Warfare and Conflict - Barack Obama
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