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December 30
Scott Stewart: Separating Terror from Terrorism
Egypt weighs easing rules on building new churches
George Friedman: Making Sense of the START Debate
David Schenker: President Obama's First Two Years in the Middle East
Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down
Palestinians Reveal Emigration Statistics for the First Time
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December 29
Iran Heads For The High Seas
U.S. dominates Middle East arms market
S. Fred Singer: No proof man causes global warming
Despite Biden boast, al-Qaida is dangerous
Iran struggles to redefine its religious leaders' roles
Osama Al Sharif: War clouds over Gaza
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December 28
Sudan: Omar al-Bashir is no bogeyman
Hussein Shobokshi: A History of Israeli Espionage
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December 27
Arab Christians: The Escape from Extremism
Feature: Two years on the spectre of war still hangs over Gaza
Tariq Alhomayed: Mottaki and Ahmadinejad….A Pleasure to Watch
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid: Ahmadinejad is Truly Brave
Saudi Liberalism: Is the Problem in the Name?
Hamas: Following in Israel's Footsteps!
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December 26
Saudi succession affects a broad circle of countries
Profile: King Abdullah al Saud
Zvi Bar'el: Is Judaism a race? Ask Israelis
Gideon Levy: Defining Israel by what it is not
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December 25
Resentment in Iran over price hikes, state subsidies overhaul
Why Ahmadinejad is dismissing high-level Iranian officials
Mideast Christians under siege: Crucifying the copts
Salam Fayyad: Why I’m Building Palestine
Chrystie Swiney: Engagement, not isolation, as the way to a moderate Hamas
Iranian Gomorrah: Slouching towards Teheran
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December 24
Yearender: World powers seek proof that Tehran wants nuclear solution
Zeev Sternhell: The tyranny of the Israeli majority
Osman Mirghani: Where Will We Fight Our Next War?
Amir Taheri: Turkey: Heading for Interesting Times
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December 23
Feature: Southern Iraqi city eyes break from Baghdad
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December 22
Hasni Abid: The Fate of Christians in the Arab World
Prince El Hassan bin Talal: Season for Jews, Christians and Muslims to Look Back at 2010
Maliki's governing style raises questions about future of Iraq's fragile democracy
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid: Will Al-Salehi Repair Relations?
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December 21
Tariq Alhomayed: An Apology…and a Call for Ablutions
Did WikiLeaks reach a secret deal with Israel?
Levant Christians face increasing dilemma to emigrate
A look at Iraq's top leaders
New faces as Maliki names part of his cabinet
Political tensions cast shadow over Eastern Mediterranean gas bonanza
Tariq Alhomayed : Who's in charge of Iran's foreign policy?
Hussein Shabokshi: A Year in Review
A look at Iraq's top leaders
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December 20
Ahmed Moor: Ashura is about more than bloodletting
Sami Moubayed: Syria and the Six Seas
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December 19
Mehdi Khalaji: Iran's Supreme Power Struggle
To Contain Iran, Succeed in Palestine
Sefi Rachlevsky: Either religion or the apocalypse will destroy Israel
Rafael Medoff:  Kissinger wasn't the first U.S. Jew critical of Jews
Arabian business richest list 2010
Rich List 2010: facts, figures and fortunes
Prince Alwaleed tops Rich List for record seventh year
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December 18
How Arab governments tried to silence WikiLeaks
In Iran: A Taboo Is Broken
Tariq Alhomayed: Not Fatwas Again!
Osman Mirghani: Has the Nile Water War Begun?
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December 17
Is the Middle East on the threshold of collapse?
Palestinian Authority cracks down on mosques to promote moderate Islam
WikiLeaks, Gulf Arabs, and Iran: An Opportunity for U.S. Policy
David Ignatius: Progress in Afghanistan, with caveats
Elie Podeh: Israel never really wanted peace
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December 16
Iran threat to kill American generals is real, experts say
Harlan Ullman: www.worldwar5.0
Kurds, Iraqiya rifts emerging?
Analysis: An exodus of Christians from Iraq
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December 15
Elias Harfoush: The Kurds and the Iraqi divorce
Eugene Robinson: In WikiLeaks aftermath, an assault on free speech
Middle East peace talks: Time for a Different Way
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December 14
George Friedman: Taking Stock of WikiLeaks
David Ignatius: What's next in Iraq?
Salehi: Iran's new diplomatic chief
Hamas marks 23 years amid sagging support, strategic dilemmas
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December 13
Iraqis doubtful for 2011, with crime and terrorism linked
With new violence, more Christians are fleeing Iraq
James Denselow: Where Next for Saudi Arabia?
Shut out by Mubarak, Egypt's opposition seeks a new path
North Korea and Iran: How the two states test US diplomacy
Bouthaina Shaaban: Revealing Facts or Establishing Them?
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December 12
Tariq Alhomayed: The Syrian President Criticizing the Palestinians!
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Interpreting WikiLeaks
Thomas Friedman: Israel, Palestinians disconnected from reality
Gideon Levy: Israel may have no military option against Iran
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December 10
Martin Indyk: The way out of the Middle Eastern morass
Charles Levison: New Contender Emerges in Egypt
Beyond the Freeze Deal: A New Agenda for U.S. Efforts on the Peace Process
Palestinian Public Opinion: Tactically Flexible, Strategically Ambitious
WikiLeaks cables show deeper U.S. military role in Muslim world
Amir Taheri: The "Respectable Five" and the Journalism of Leaks
Diana Mukkaled: What Can We Learn from WikiLeaks?
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December 9
Max Blumenthal: The Carmel wildfire is burning all illusions in Israel
Egyptian regime, bracing for succession, secures near lock on parliament
Chief obstacle to Iran's nuclear effort: its own bad technology
Aluf Benn: WikiLeaks cables expose an ideological Israel-Iran conflict
Feature: Iran will produce an atomic bomb when the Supreme Leaders say so
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators fault US focus on settlements
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December 8
Feature: Partying Saudi style: elite, boozy and secret
What is al-Qaeda really up to?
US Middle East peace plan flounders
Robert Fisk: Qatar's the star – and washington is worried
Analysis: Deep divisions ahead of next round of Iran talks
Owen Matthews: Rethinking Turkey’s past
Richard Haass: Who got soaked by WikiLeaks?
Alon Ben-Meir: Time for Barak to Depart
Israel: Using Wikileaks to Build a Straw Man
Philip Golub: Empire as a State of Being
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December 7
Alfred McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Prayer becomes a firefighting tool in tinder-dry Middle East
WikiLeaks cables: Sudan warned to block Iranian arms bound for Gaza
Rami Khouri: The United States, Iran, Disney, and Diplomacy
The CIA: A Law Unto Itself
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December 6
WikiLeaks portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists
WikiLeaks claim Jazeera changed coverage to suit Qatari foreign policy
Cash flow to terrorists evades U.S. efforts
Turkish-Israeli Relations after the Carmel fires
Full coverage of the US embassy cables
Without Allawi, U.S. officials believe Iraq govt could be seen as illegitimate
Michael Totten: US in Mideast? Now, they want us
Jackson Diehl: How WikiLeaks cables capture 21st-century Turkey
Glenn Kessler: Iranian official's speech highlights obstinacy, isolation
Alaa Bayoumi: Difficult Days Ahead for Egypt
Special new unit will protect Iran's nuclear scientists
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December 5
Covert war against Iran's nuclear aims takes chilling turn
Tariq Alhomayed: A Post-WikiLeaks World
Diana Mukkaled: The WikiLeaks Era
Merging Bottom-Up and Top-Down Peace Efforts: A Jerusalem-Ramallah Trip Report
Back to the Table: New P5+1 Talks with Iran
John V. Whitbeck: New language for the Middle East peace
The Collapse of the US Information System
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December 4
Amir Taheri: Haunting Headlines from the Past
Osman Mirghani: Lessons from Wikileaks
Geopolitical Journey, Part 7: Poland
December 3
Attacks on Nuclear Scientists in Tehran
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December 2
Sami Moubayed: Ghosts of Israel's Past and Future
Former Fatah star Mohammed Dahlan falls from favour
Muslim Brotherhood Boycotts Egyptian Elections
Christians Under Fire In The Mideast
Rami Khouri: The Sad Loss of National Dignity
WikiLeaks cables: Secret deal let Americans sidestep cluster bomb ban
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December 1
Israel appoints new spy chief amid big shuffle
The Israeli Mossad's New Chief
Who is new Mossad chief Tamir Pardo?
Geopolitical Journey, Part 6: Ukraine
Assad told U.S. security help depends on ties - Wikileaks
Chuck Freilich: A Three-State Solution?
Charade in Cairo
Suzanne Maloney: Tehran’s hubris may now know no bounds
Christopher Dickey: Spooking the terrorists
Egyptian election results a shutout for Islamists

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