Britain’s Daily Mail, Jan. 29, 2007, reported in the article “Multiculturalism drives young Muslims to shun British values”: Multiculturalism has alienated an entire generation of young Muslims and made them increasingly radical, a report has found. In stark contrast with their parents, growing numbers sympathize with extreme teachings of Islam, with almost four in...
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In 2003, the Federal Protective Service was transferred from the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and is currently tasked with providing physical security and law enforcement services to about 8,800 facilities owned or leased by GSA. To accomplish its mission, FPS currently has a workforce of about 1,100 employees and...
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Egypt has closed the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 11 days of unrestricted movement for Palestinians. Egyptian security forces used barbed wire and metal barricades to seal the last remaining gaps in the barricade along the border. Egyptians who were in Gaza are being allowed to return home, and Palestinians on the Egyptian...
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Service to millions of Internet users in the Middle East and Asia has been disrupted, following damage to undersea cables. The cables, SEA-ME-WE 4 and FLAG, which provide communications services for various countries – including India, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia – are believed to have been damaged by a ship attempting to moor...
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Lebanese officials say a car bomb blast in a Christian suburb of the capital Beirut has killed at least six people, including a top security official. The bombing has been criticized by the US Embassy in Lebanon. Red Cross ambulances evacuated at least a dozen casualties, after a powerful explosion tore through rows of...
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Thousands of Palestinians entered the Egyptian territory from the Gaza Strip, after the border wall at the Rafah passage was destroyed. Palestinians say that this was to allow them to get food and fuel. The Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announced that his government allowed Residents of Gaza to enter Egypt, on the condition that...
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KANSAS CITY, MO — A federal grand jury in the Western District of Missouri has returned a superseding indictment that charges the Islamic American Relief Agency (IARA) and several of its former officers with eight new counts of engaging in prohibited financial transactions for the benefit of US-designated terrorist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. The indictment also...
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The 2006 United States National Security Strategy stated that this nation faces challenges from Iran, including Iran’s proliferation efforts and involvement in international terrorism. To address these concerns, the United States employs a range of tools, including diplomatic pressure, a military presence in the Gulf, and economic sanctions. A U.S. sanction is a unilateral...
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President Bush ended his Middle East tour after a show of support for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. President Bush began his Middle East tour in Israel, where he sought to encourage the peace process. He ended it in Egypt, one of only two Arab states that recognizes the state...
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While visiting Saudi Arabia, President Bush called on the world’s major oil-producing countries to increase their output. Mr. Bush also issued another warning to Iran. President Bush is publicly urging OPEC to increase oil supply on international markets, and he is doing it while in the world’s largest oil producing country. Speaking to a...
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The Bush administration officially notified Congress Monday of its intention to sell sophisticated precision-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia. The action, coinciding with President Bush’s visit to Saudi Arabia, is part of a broader U.S. effort to bolster Gulf allies in the face of a more assertive Iran. VOA’s David Gollust reports from the State...
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U.S. President George Bush has arrived in Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to attempt to encourage support for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and U.S.-led efforts to contain Iran. Mr. Bush is using this tour of the Middle East to ask Arab allies of the USA to provide diplomatic and financial backing to Palestinian leaders...
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One of the leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement on Friday said President Bush’s visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories would only end up hurting Palestinians. Hamas militants and their supporters in the Gaza Strip staged noisy demonstrations over the past few days as President Bush held talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials,...
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Thaicom, a Thai satellite company has begun airing Hezbollah network Al-Manar, much to Israel’s discontent. Al-Manar now can be viewed in Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and most of Europe, a blow to Israel who is trying to fight Hezbollah. Many fear this will increase support and recruiting for Hezbollah, which the United...
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President Bush has arrived in Israel – the first stop on a Middle East journey designed to bolster the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and foster unity on Iran. Israel’s leaders were waiting at Ben Gurion Airport, as Air Force One taxied to a stop. They formed a long welcoming line as George W. Bush set...
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Along with technology writers for Slate, PC Magazine, USA Today, BusinessWeek, Aviation Weekly and other publications, Wikinews was invited by the America-Israel Friendship League and the Israeli Foreign Ministry to review Israel’s technology sector as part of a campaign to ‘re-brand the country.’ To show that there is more to Israel than the Palestinian...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a final meeting Tuesday before their separate talks with United States President Bush this week during his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. Just hours before President Bush is due to touch down in Israel, Mr. Olmert and Mr. Abbas met in...
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Israel is gearing up for the visit of U.S. President George Bush this week. But as Robert Berger reports, the high-profile visit comes amid escalating tension between Israel and the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will welcome President Bush with “open arms.” Mr. Olmert told the Cabinet...
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Israel is gearing up for the visit of U.S. President George Bush this week. But as Robert Berger reports, the high-profile visit comes amid escalating tension between Israel and the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will welcome President Bush with “open arms.” Mr. Olmert told the Cabinet...
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President Bush travels to the Middle East in the coming week in hopes of urging U.S. allies in the region to support Israeli-Palestinian peace talks The president’s first stop is Israel where he says he will encourage Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to move forward with peace talks they began...
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