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The Christian Science Monitor
India - Pakistan tensions renew over Keshmir - - Indian officials accuse Pakistan of violence in the disputed Himalayan border region. The allegation coincided with bombings in Jaipur
By Mian Ridge

The Washington Post
Gates: U.S. should engage Iran with incentives - - The United States should construct a combination of incentives and pressure to engage Iran
By Karen DeYoung

The New York Post
Lebanon at the edge - - If President Bush really wants to do more to help Lebanon, he will need to talk with Hezbollah’s masters in Syria and Iran
By Editorial

The Wall Street Journal
Maliki's victory - - the Basra campaign is a sign that Iraqis are in fact "standing up" for their own security
By Editorial

The New York Times
The new cold war - - The right question for the next U.S. president isn’t whether we talk or don’t talk with Iran. It’s whether we have leverage or don’t have leverage
By Thomas L. Friedman

The Washington Post
U.S. colonel says Iran is assassinating Iraqi officials - - has also armed large numbers of militia members in Iraqi cities such as Basra, Diwaniyah, Nasiriyah and Sadr City, in Baghdad
By Ann Scott Tyson

The Christian Science Monitor
Iran shifts attention to brokering peace in Iraq - - Details from a secret meeting between top Iranian and Iraqi officials signal Iran's aim to 'stop arming' militias
By Scott Petersen & Howard LaFranchi

The Washington Times
Hezbollah 'redrawing' Mideast map - - Hezbollah's dramatic gains in Lebanon last week are just part of a regional process that began last year in the Gaza Strip and will continue in Jordan and Egypt, a Hamas official in the West Bank told The Washington Times
By Joshua Mitnick

The New York Times
Drive in Basra by Iraqi army makes gains - - Three hundred miles south of Baghdad, Basra has been transformed by its own surge, now seven weeks old
By Stephen Farrell & Ammar Karim

The Christian Science Monitor
As Pakistan changes, should U.S. policy ? - - The US is increasingly out of sync with Pakistan's newly-elected government, say analysts
By Gordon Lubold

The Washington Post
Spread of nuclear capability is feared - - Global Interest in Energy May Presage A New Arms Race
By Joby Warrick

The New York Times
As Bush term vans, Mideast peace appears as elusive as ever - - Shiites in Parliament and in the Sadrist movement agreed to a truce that would end fighting in the vast, crowded Sadr City section of Baghdad
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

The New York Post
Iran's winning Latin power play - - Tehran has signed contracts worth $40 billion with Caracas - in Media: The first step here has come in a $1 billion Iranian investment in developing a Spanish-language TV network
By Amir Taheri

The Christian Science Monitor
Lebanon unrest widens amid government, Hizbullah tensions - - A strike originally called over high food prices and low wages spirals into confrontation and violence
By Julien Spencer

The Washington Post
Islamic divorce ruled invalid - - Custom Allowing Men to End Marriage With Oral Declaration Lacks 'Due Process'
By Ruben Castaneda

The New York Times
Iranian exiles are not terrorist group, British court says - - A British court said the government was wrong to include the People’s Mujahedeen on a list of banned terrorists
By David f. Burns

The Washington Post
Lebanon's political conflict turns violent - - Supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah blocked main roads in the Lebanese capital with blazing tires, old cars and heaps of earth, paralyzing the city
By Laila Bassam

The New York Times
The democratic recession - - We need to do everything possible to develop alternatives to oil to weaken the petro-dictators
By Thomas L. Friedman

The New York Times
Hezbollah trains Iraqis in Iran, officials say - - An American official said the account of Hezbollah’s role was provided by four Shiite militia members who were captured in Iraq late last year and questioned separately
By Michael R. Gordon

The Christian Science Monitor
Is the Sunni - Shiite rift mostly politics & media hype ? - - A panel discussion Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, was dominated by the perception that the Western media hypes up tensions by focusing too much on the minority of radicals
By Nicholas Blanford

The National Review
Cleaning up Mesopotamia - - General Petraeus's promotion is good news for us, and bad news for the radical Islamists
By Peter Hegseth

The Washington Post
Global food crisis: Siphoning off corn tofuel our cars - - As farmers feed ethanol plants, a costly link is forged between food and oil
By Steven Mufson

The Christian Science Monitor
In Saudi Arabia, moderate article on Islam draws death fatwa - - The response to threats against Abdullah Bejad al-Oteibi exposes a shifting balance between moderate and extremist versions of Islam in Saudi society
By Caryle Murphy

The Yahoo News
U.S. envoy slams Iran's alleged destabilizing role in Iraq - - Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, known as Qods Force, "continues to arm, train, and fund illegal armed groups in Iraq."
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The Christian Science Monitor
U.S. pushes utilities to counter Moqtada al - Sadr - - US general in Baghdad says bringing basic services to Sadr City to weaken Sadr and his militia can work this time
By Howard LaFranchi

The Washington Post
McCain's radical proposal - - his speech McCain proposed that the United States expel Russia from the G8, the group of advanced industrial countries
By Fareed Zakaria

The New York Times
Pariah diplomacy - - It is counterproductive for Washington to isolate governments that refuse its mandate, as exemplified by recent events in Nepal and the Middle East
By Jimmy Carter

The Washington Post
A full plate Today, uncertanity Tomarrow - - Scenes from the ground in the global fight to feed a family
By Faith D'Aluisio & Peter Meznel

The Washington Post
Try 'Pakistan first' - - Pakistan, with its two dozen nuclear weapons, popular and official support for Kashmiri and Taliban terrorism, and political instability, is ultimately a greater threat to world peace than Afghanistan and Iraq combined
By Jim Hoagland

The Asharq Alawsat
Why Ahmadinejad want Russian troops in Iran ? - - Motakki has gone further by suggesting that Iran abandon the Persian name for the Caspian Sea, that is to say the Sea of Mazandaran, and adopt the Russian name mentioned in the treaties
By Amir Taheri

The Washington Post
Iranian Americans raise profile - - Lobbying Group Seeks to Promote Heritage, Build Political Clout
By Pamela Constable

The Christian Science Monitor
With Syria 'reactor' video, U.S. sends a warning - - It lets potential nuclear proliferators Iran and North Korea know it's watching
By Peter Grier

The Christian Science Monitor
Iraq's simmering ethnic war over Kirkuk - - Tensions are rising between Kurdish, Arab, and Turkmen factions over power and populations in the province, the heart of northern Iraq's oil industry
By Sam Dagher

The Washington Post
Israelis claim secret agreement with U.S. - - Americans Insist No Deal Made on Settlement Growth
By Glenn Kessler

Christian Science Monitor
British ex - Jihadis form ranks for tolerance - - The Quilliam Foundation was launched Tuesday as a counterweight to political Islam among young Muslims
By Mark Rice - Oxley

The Asharq Alawsat
Yesterday & Tomarrow: the wrong debate on Iraq - - It is what is happening now that makes new Iraq worth fighting for, not only for the Americans but also for all those who dream of a free, pluralist and prosperous Middle East
By Amir Taheri

The Christian Science Monitor
Roots of Asia's rice crisis - - Tight supplies reflect population boom and neglect of farming
By David Montero

The New York Post
Murder's mess for Muqtada Sadr - - Iraq has said goodbye to rule by fiat and is in no mood to succumb to rule by fatwa. The militias must be disarmed so that the new Iraqi state can grow
By Amir Taheri

The Christian Science Monitor
In Zambabwe, bread costs Z$10 million - - With inflation at 100,000 percent, few can afford even basic goods
By Scott Baldauf

The Washington Post
Why I have new hope for the Middle East - - The issue in the Middle East is no longer whether to seek political change. It's how to make it happen
By Robin wright

The Washington Post
5% of new cases of tuberculosis worlddwide don't react to some drugs - - Some Regions of Former Soviet Union Have Higher Resistance Rate
By David Brown

The Washington Post
Two winnabale wars - - We either need long-term commitments, effective long-term resources and strategic patience -- or we do not need enemies. We will defeat ourselves
By Anthony H. Cordesman

The Washington Post
Hearts and minds on the Durand line - - To defeat extremism, we need a global response -- an independent public and private partnership aimed at improving the lives of the people in the region
By Ashley Bommer

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As temperture rise, health could decline - - Health risk of global warming

Facing a threat to farming & food supply

How science is rewriting the book on genes

Scientists track time & place of HIV's arrival

Simple and inexpensive means of filtering arsenic from well water

Scientists say they have found a code beyond genetics in DNA

Prostate cancer cholesterol link - - Scientists have produced evidence linking high cholesterol level to a raised risk of prostate cancer

World's strongest glue! available only from nature!

Scientists see progress in prostate cancer test

Barbecue meats linked with prostate cancer - -

Muscle stem cells transformed into cartilage

Gene increases diabetes risk, scientists find - -

Preventing cancer: Slowly, cancer gens tender their secrets - -

Fish helps pinpoint human skin color gene

Does stress cause cancer ? probably not, research finds

Scientists finding out what losing sleep does to a body - -

Alzheimer's damage may be reversible - study - -

Data highlights genetic changes - - minor differences increase with age



Study links middle - age belly fat to demintia

New gene linked to Alzheimer's identified

A surprising secret to a long life: Stay in school

Possible fingerprint of Alzheimer's found

New artery stents raise safety concerns

Using a 2nd network, Iran raises enrichment ability - -

Security council is given Iran resolution - -

Lymphatic Filariasis, a disease causing swollen limbs - -

Study shows how alcohol damages bones

Afghan fragments - -

Vaccine prevents most cervical cancer

Common virus kills cancer, study finds

Human X chromosome coded

Busy Minds may slow Alzheimer's

Longtime expert on A.L.S now knows it all too well

Sunshine may ward off Lymphoma

Beware complications linked to diabets

New vaccine sharply cuts malaria risk

Heart disease differs in women - - Usual tests, drugs may not work well

Frozen to life - - Cryoablation -- the Freezing of Heart Tissue Can Stop Some Arrhythmias Cold

New Rules target surgery errors

Study finds early ovarian cancer symptoms

Newer treatments advised for Epilepsy

Nerve fibers regrown in spines of rats

Possible causes of sudden cardiac death found

Diet, alcohol linked to nearly 1/3 of cancer cases

Diabetes linked to higher alzheimer's risk - study

Breastfed babies less likely to die, study finds

Americans over 40 warned over vision loss

Studing hyperlexia may unlock how brains read

FDR approved a new type of cancer drug, Avastin, that starves tumors by blocking their blood supply

Oral sex shown to be linked to mouth cancer

Vertex drug reverses cancer in animal study




A talk at lunch shifted the stance on Iran - -

Aussie, UK scientists claim pest control breakthrough

Farm-raised fish study raises new concern

U.N. touts biotech to boost global food supply

Fish Farming

Genetically Modified food and the poor


    
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