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August 31
Janessa Gans: How to bridge two views of success in Iraq
Dan Murphy: Firefights mark further splintering in Iraq
Geopolitical Diary: Replacing Al-Zarqawi
Analysis: The New Threat in Sinai
Feature: Making friends at last? US troops meet nervous Iraqis
Robert Hunter: Mideast peace: Bush has a job to do
Ronald Rumsfeld: The will to win
Obituary: Naguib Mahfouz
David Ignatius: Ahmadinejad's High-Stakes Game
Analysis: Iran confident of seeing off Western nuclear pressure
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August 30
Airline Incidents: Fear as Force Multiplier
Avi Azrieli: Talking to the neighbors: It's time Israel embraced the Mideast
Fact File: Iran's nuclear progress to uranium enrichment
Chrono: Iran nuclear standoff: four years of rising tension
Scene: Iranians unfazed by looming risk of UN sanctions
Walid Phares: TV team release: What is the message?
Welcome to world peace - Charles Kurzman and Neil Englehart
John Hughes: To curb Iran nuclear aims, US can go beyond carrots and sticks
Howard LaFranchi: The likely US course on Iran: Go slow
Sarah Gauch: At new resorts, Egyptian women find a place in the sun
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August 29
Howard LaFranchi: The likely US course on Iran: Go slow
Turkey: The Bombing Wave and the Toll on Tourism
Geopolitical Diary: Reshuffling in Iraq
Katherine Zoepf: Islamic Revival Led by Women Tests Syria’s Secularism
Alex Vatanka: Embargo pain for Iran's Robin Hood
Brad Knickerbocker: In Iraq, fewer killed, more are wounded
Yigal Schleifer: Turkey sharpens response to upsurge in Kurd violence
David Montero: Pakistan struggles to identify Taliban
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August 28
David Francis: Numbers show a second-rate US
Editorial: Squeezing Iran
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August 27
Laura Blumenfeld: In Israel, a Divisive Struggle Over Targeted Killing
Imagine the bombs had gone off: how would Britain have changed?
Feature: The curtain falls on Baghdad movie theatres
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August 26
Robert Kuttner: The Cheney presidency
Derrick Jackson: Prolonged war wasn't in the deal
Geopolitical Diary: An Iraqi Cleric's Diminishing Clout?
Somalia: Islamists at a Crossroads
Victor Davis Hanson: Relearning lessons in the war on terror
Joel Mowbray: A professor's Islamic ties
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August 25
Azadeh Moaveni: Inside the Creeping Restrictions in Iran
Jeffrey Shaffer: Learning from Iraq: In a war, think big - at least at first
By Daniel Schorr: Iran's Islamic influence in the Mideast
U.S.: Iran's Khatami and the Challenge of Orchestrating a Smooth Visit
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August 24
Profile: Moshe Katsav: Israel's president thrust into sex scandal
Scene: Thousands of displaced Iraqi Kurds struggle to survive
Muddling Mullahs
Al Qaeda Recordings: Semantic Noise and Signals
U.S. Marines: Tapping the Individual Ready Reserve
Brad Knickerbocker: US Marine call-up signals a long war
The Irania paradox: to gain victory the West must first concede defeat
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August 23
John Hughes: US fails on security scorecard
David Ignatius: Al-Jazeera's Tricky Balancing Act
Ilene Prusher: Kidnapping signals rising threat in Gaza
Helene Cooper: Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition
Analysis: The Windfall of Evidence in the U.K. Airliner Plot
Iran: The Romanian Oil Rig Move
Feature: Poverty threatens to blight new Palestinian school year
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August 22
Fact File: Iranian nuclear sites
Iran: A date with destiny
The Arab world's silence has left the last word to those we call extremists
An interview with an Iraqi insurgent
Howard LaFranchi: Iran nuclear gauntlet in US court
The Plot Against German Passenger Trains
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August 21
Fact File: Uranium enrichment at heart of Iran nuclear dispute
Fact File: Defendants at Saddam's genocide trial
Danny Rubinstein: This is no way to make a deal
Feature: Sun, sand and 'decompression' for stressed out Canada troops
David Montero: Pakistan eyes Afghan link in foiled London plot
Iran: Power and the people
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August 20
Steven N. Simon: Paying closer attention to Pakistan
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August 19
Analysis: Frustration dogs Iraq politics
Joseph S. Nye Jr.: In Mideast, the goal is 'smart power'
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August 18
Cal Thomas: The real teachings of the Koran
David Ignatius: Are We Fighting 'Islamic Fascists'?
Dan Murphy: A new generation of jihad seekers
Ilene Prusher: War unresolved for families of abducted Israeli troops
Fact File: Defendants at Saddam's genocide trial
Background: Anfal: Saddam's alleged genocide against the Kurds
Profile: Chemical Ali: Saddam Hussein's most infamous hatchet man
Profile: Greying but unrepenting, Saddam back in the dock
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August 17
Nigeria: The Growing Risk to Oil Companies in the Niger Delta
Linda Feldmann: Bush hopes terror war trumps Iraq in '06
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August 16
Dan Murphy: Evidence points to one ring for five abductions in Iraq
Rob Crilly: Somalia's refugees stream into Kenya
David Montero: British bomb plot spotlights charities
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August 15
Julia Sweig: Why They Hate Us
Shahid Malik:Why Muslims must rise up now and join battle against extremism
H.D.S. Greenway: 50 years ago, peace was also near
Harry Mount: The UN has its place, but does it merit a building?
Michael Nazir-Ali: Multiculturalism is to blame for perverting young Muslims
Feature: Iraq ain't no Peru, say South American mercenaries
Feature: Aden's openness lures Gulf Arab tourists
Feature: Free from Saddam's yoke, Kurdish vineyards bear fruit once more
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August 14
Janet Daley: 'Fascistic' is the right word for Islamic fundamentalism
Peter Grier: Why Bush embraces Israel's hard line
British Muslims, Pakistan, face scrutiny - Susan Sachs and David Montero
Feature: Modern Iraq better known for looting than luting
Jean Bricmont: The De-Zionization of the American Mind
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August 13
Richard Perle: We should not tolerate the preachers of jihad
Laura Rozen: Islamic radical groups are not all alike
Michael Rubin: An Arrow in Our Quiver
Niall Ferguson: Chaos, conflict, tyranny: would we do better without the UN?
Niall Ferguson: Chaos, conflict, tyranny: would we do better without the UN?
Feature: Iraqi healer soothes horrors of war with Koran and herbs
Gaza: impoverished smaller half of future Palestinian state
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August 12
Jacob Neusner: Three religions, one God
Saul Singer: The war we forgot to fight
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August 11
Mark Rice-Oxley: Foiled terror plot on scale of 9/11
Ron Scherer: New focus on passenger carry-ons
Feature: Baghdad bloodshed holds no fear for last of Iraq's Jews
Red Alert: The Plot to Attack British Airliners
U.K.: The Thwarted Airline Bombing Plot
Special Report: The Tactical Side of the U.K. Airliner Plot
U.K.: The Threat from the Missing Suspects in the Airliner Plot
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August 10
Rising unease in Congress over Iraq war
Helena Cobban: For a lasting Middle East peace, look back to 1967 UN plan
Karen DeYoun: A Fight Against Terrorism -- and Disorganization
Fred Burton: Al Qaeda's Egyptian Bet
Algeria, Russia: Europe's Natural Gas Dilemma
Canada: A Spreading Militant Activist Tactic
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August 9
Feature: Archaeological finds in Syria -- looters and a tomb
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August 8
Yossi Alpher: New political realities
US troop scandals: Is Iraq different?
Russia: Striking Back at U.S. Sanctions
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August 7
Feature: Rocks and tomatoes, but no bombs yet for US in Sadr City
Nadav Morag: A tale of two failed Mideast states
Jeff Jacoby: A tale of 2 stories about anti-Semitism
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August 6
Henry Porter: Tyrant who stands between peace and catastrophe
Ilya Bourtman: Israel and Azerbaijan's Furtive Embrace
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August 5
Bombings in Turkey: TAK, Not Hezbollah, Tops the Suspect List
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August 4
Timeline of Mideast crisis
Somalia's transitional government on the verge of collapse - Rob Crilly
Why Europe, US differ on Mideast - Howard LaFranchi
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August 3
Why US effort to rebuild Iraq came up short - Peter Grier
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August 2
Geopolitical Diary: Reopening the Iraqi Cabinet
Cuba: A New Castro Assumes the Old Power
Somalia: Islamists and Clan Politics
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August 1
Where the bin Laden trail goes cold - David Montero
Attacks in Seattle: War as a Stressor for the Mentally Disturbed
Timeline of Mideast crisis

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