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September 28
Changes to Egyptian presidential succession plan?
In a computer worm, a possible biblical clue
Iran asks for outside help to stop rampaging Stuxnet malworm
Richard Cohen: Obama demands more than Israel can give
Insurgent Group in Iraq, Declared Tamed, Roars
Netanyahu to U.S.: Drop Dead
Shai Baitel: Turkey's Schizophrenia
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September 27
On Edge In The Holy Land
Fareed Zakaria: Rising powers need to rise up
Mideast talks teeter as the settlement freeze expires
Iraq's Awakening stripped of their police ranks
Iran's Global Ambitions
Feature: Who's behind the Stuxnet cyber attack on Iran?
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September 26
Iran: Weaker than a Worm
The Pope and Secularism: Five Mistakes
David Ignatius: A glimmer of hope for the economy
Analysis: The winner in the settlement row is Netanyahu
Hussein Shabokshi: Why is it so hard to believe that Nasser died naturally?
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September 25
The nuclear phobia lives on
Strenger than Fiction: Ahmadinejad’s lesson for the Free World
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September 24
Iran under cyber threat as Obama offers nuclear negotiations
Could Northern Iraq become a Popular Tourist Destination for Westerners?
Europe on high alert for Al Qaeda suicide attacks on transport hubs
Ben West: The Tajikistan Attacks and Islamist Militancy in Central Asia
Zionism: Let's talk about it
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September 23
Geopolitical Diary: Ahmadinejad reaches out to Washington
Tom Engelhardt: The Future’s Not Ours - and That’s Good News
Mustafa Fetouri: The Agony of Being a Palestinian
Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed: Sliding Toward Climate Catastrophe
Ibrahim al Marashi: As America Retreats, Narrative of Iraqis Still in Foreign Control
Iran’s limited enrichment plan can work: the West should take it seriously
Yemen goes on offensive against Al Qaeda
The Sunnis and the Shiites…the Knife has Cut to the Bone
Osman Mirghani: The Sudanese Divorce and the American Witness
Ali Ibrahim: Hamas and Dialogue
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September 22
Sefi Rachlevsky: When God holds the seat of power
Interview: Turkey's president on relations with Iran, Israel and the U.S.
David Ignatius: On red alert and perilously uninformed
Ramzi Baroud: Not ready for real deal
Fareed Zakaria: America is safer than we think
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September 21
Feature: The Changing Generations of Syrians in Israel
Information Warfare: Peace Talks As Propaganda
A Change of Course in Cuba and Venezuela? - George Friedman and Reva Bhalla
Scott Horton: Iran is not a nuclear threat
Eugene Robinson: Sharia as the new red menace?
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: As the economy Crumbles, Obama makes Middle East peace
Children of al-Qaeda in Iraq pay for sins of their fathers
Peace now flight highlights West Bank settlements
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September 20
Could Syria become a force for peace?
US and Iran battle for Syrian affections
Zvi Bar'el: So we're back to Oslo?
Merav Michaeli: Time for atonement
Editorial: An opportunity in Damascus
Adel Al Toraifi: Goodbye Ataturk
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September 19
Why Ayad Allawi is Iraq's greatest political survivor
Ballot-stuffing witnessed amid troubled Afghanistan vote
Is Turkey becoming more democratic, or less so?
Ray Takeyh: Domestic politics color Iran's susceptibility to Western courtship
Carline Glick: The perils of diplomatic theater
MJ Rosenberg: The obstacles that probably will kill any Israeli-Palestinian deal
Stephen Kinzer: New Turkey
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September 18
Anwar al Awlaki: the new Osama bin Laden?
Russia to defy US by selling anti-ship missiles to Syria
Iraq: End of War or Continuation?
Ghassan Rubeiz: Enduring pain for peace
David Pollock: What Arabs Really Think About Iran
Hamas security chief held in Cairo as counter-terror sweep expands
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September 17
Nicholad Blanford: Israeli-Palestinian peace talks under threat from Hamas. Can Syria help?
Mitchell to hand Assad Netanyahu's proposed Golan withdrawal map
Soner Cagaptay: Turkey's Choice
David Ignatius: The U.S. should test Iran's resolve to stabilize Afghanistan
Analysis: The questions of 9/11 are still unanswered
Yossi Sarid: Peace won't last if made just to cover up leaders' sins
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September 16
Robert Fisk: Freedom, democracy and human rights in Syria
Scott Stewart: The 9/11 anniversary and what didn't happen
US-Saudi Arabia: Beefing up military muscle
In Egypt, some see first salvo in Mubarak succession plan
Hamas and the Peace Process: New Talks Highlight Internal Tensions
Dan Lieberman: Driving the mullahs mad
Robert Satloff: Torn Turkey, European Turkey
Robert Satloff: Three Temptations on the Road to Mideast Peace
Grigory Nemyria: Europe vs the rising powers
Michael Oren: Why Israelis care about peace
Mafia's new tactics: putting dirty money into clean energy
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September 15
Iran Quietly Moves On Bahrain
Feature: No visible sign of progress after second peace round
Is There Really Another Secret Iranian Uranium-Enrichment Facility?
A New Weapon in the War on Terror
'Demographic timebomb' scare stories are skewing the debate over Israel's future
Nehemia Shtrasler: From Bush to Netanyahu
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September 14
George Friedman: Elections and Obama's Foreign Policy Choices
Analysis: Political Infighting in Iran Going Critical?
IAEA: Iran crosses critical line for nuclear-arming missiles
Analysis: Turkey's Constitutional Changes and the Path Ahead
Another War Zone: Social Media in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Riaz Hassan: What drives terrorism?
NY mosque could damage Islam's image
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September 13
Amir Taheri: Playing Russian Roulette in Tehran
Tony Karon: They took the pastor’s bait, just like they took bin Laden’s
Analysis: Victory in Turkey referendum makes Erdogan second only to Ataturk
Steve Clemons: Do Arab & Muslim Lives Matter?
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September 12
Webster Brooks: Obama's "Ghost Wars" in the Middle East and Central Asia
Succession gives Army a stiff test in Egypt
Zvi Rafiah: What makes Obama tick
Tariq Ramadan: Even now, Muslims must have faith in America
David Ignatius: A dubious battle for Afghan hearts and minds
Ted Koppel: Nine years after 9/11, let's stop playing into bin Laden's hands
Kathleen Parker: Dear Muslims, let's all agree to reject hatred
Nicholas Kristof: Is This America?
Thomas Friedman: We’re No. 1(1)!
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September 11
Faisal al Rafai: 9/11 is the Middle East’s war too, and nihilism is the common enemy
Nuclear experts watch for Iran’s first N-test after sanctions fail
Andrew March: What Shari'a Actually Says
Shaun Jacob Halper: Why Iran Hawks Are Obsessed with Hitler?
Turkey Braces for Key Vote Over its Future
Anders Rasmussen: Remembering the lessons of 9/11 in Afghanistan
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September 10
Gauging the Threat of an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
The Tip of the Jihadist Spear
U.S. urges Iraqis to try new plan to share power
Charles Krauthammer: Your move, Mr. Abbas
Michael Herzog: Challenges Facing Israeli-Palestinian Talks
L. Craig Johnstone: What we owe the Iraqis
Nicholas Kristof: The Healers of 9/11
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September 9
Israel could drag out peace deal over decades
Can Turkey Defuse Iran's Nuclear Challenge?
US church's plans to burn Qur'an berated across Muslim world
Koran Burning: Taking a Cue from Osama bin Laden?
Joseph Nye: Can Russia Be Great?
Alan Hart: Obama Completes His Surrender
Islamophobia: An Ugly Rhetoric – Again
Iraq: Lies and the War that Has Not Ended
America's Grand Strategy: Militarizing Space
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September 8
George Friedman: 9/11 and the 9-Year War
Obama, Iran and 'Middle East Peacemaking'
Thomas Friedman: Saudi Time
The real costs of the Iraq war
The Situation with Iran
Main points from latest IAEA report on Iran
Weird Weather in a Warming World
Aluf Benn: Give us a border!
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September 7
Daoud Kuttab: Even if peace talks fail, Palestine's independence is inevitable
Yedioth Ahronoth: A Thank You to Hamas
Bilal Hassen: Palestinians revisit the illusion of “agreement on principles”
Feature: Abbas vs. Ahmadinejad
Yossi Beilin : A two-pronged approach to peace
Thin line for group of Muslims in Egypt
Michael Lewis: Taking the side of targeted terrorists
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September 6
Akiva Eldar: Land or a nuclear umbrella?
Strategic Survey for Israel 2010
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September 5
How to avoid killing the peace process again
US: Democrats threatened by economic woes
Mohamad Bazzi: Is the Iraq mosaic any different?
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September 4
Hamas attacks show group is still strong in West Bank
Israel, Palestinian Territories: A Possible Iranian Hand in Attacks
Robert Merry: Afghanistan and the War Legend
Scott Stewart : Militancy and the U.S. Drawdown in Afghanistan
Egypt: Brotherhood Struggles Against Shut Doors
Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu
Analysis: Pessimistic About Peace, Yet…
MJ Rosenberg: A New Netanyahu
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September 3
Hamas Attacks: Deja Vu All Over Again?
David Schenker: Sick Man on the Nile
Second Hamas attack could change focus of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
Why most Palestinians don't support Israeli-Palestinian talks – or another intifada
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: All "solutions" smell of ignorance
Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Pragmatic solution may become practically impossible
Amnon Lord: One-state solution, Israel-style
Analysis: Rhetoric sounds right, but peace process still threatened
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September 2
Geopolitical Diary: U.S. Expectations for Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
The West Bank Attack and Israel's Negotiating Strategy
Military Study Warns of a Potentially Drastic Oil Crisis
At Mideast peace talk, a lopsided table
Feature: Palestinian refugees doubt peace talks mean return home
History of failed Isreali-Palestinian peace talks
Mordechai Kedar: Iran May Take Over Persian Gulf
E.J. Dionne Jr.: A speech's tall order
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September 1
Robert Dreyfuss: Unstable Iraq may draw Obama back to war
Thomas Friedman: Obama taking on two Missions Impossible at the same time
Obama formally ends Iraq combat mission
Obama's full speech: 'Operation Iraqi Freedom is over'
Obama: Time to Turn the Page on Iraq
As Obama declares Iraq war over, Iraqis brace for uncertainty
Anthony Shadid: After years of war, few Iraqis have a clear view of the future
Moshe Arens: Blame game on the horizon
Zvi Bar'el: Turkey trying to prove it's still a friend to U.S.
Facts, figures related to the Iraq war
Interview: Barak 2010 peace plan
John Feffer: My Weak Muslim President

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