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Colo fire officials plan aggressive attack on 3,500-acre blaze as calmer winds in forecast(AP) (Itar-Tass)RF, Kazakhstan agree to jointly prospect Imashevsky gas field All change at the top for UK banks Barclays and HSBC(Reuters) Egypt's FM: Israel as 'Jewish state' cause for concern ( Yedioth Ahronoth ) Rice: I told Bush not to come back after 9/11 ( THE INDEPENDENT ) Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge ( AL Jazeera ) Russia boosts military cooperation with Israel ( AL Arabiya ) Egyptian opposition leader ElBaradei urges election boycott ( JPOST ) 19 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Attack ( VOA ) .S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan ( Swissinfo ) Yemen adopts new policies to uproot al-Qaeda, NSA Chief ( Saba ) GM veteran picked as first ADIA chief economist (The National) Public Employees Demand Ramadan Double Salary (Yemen Times) Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan (Swissinfo) Tropical Storm Hermine grows and aims for Mexico border (Reuters) Week of strikes and protests gets underway in France (France 24) IAEA: Iran still enriching uranium (CNN) IAEA worried about possible Iran nuclear missile (Al Arabiya.Net) Obama unveils infrastructure plan (Al Jazeera.net) Oracle offered job to ex-HP CEO Hurd says source (Reuters)
Rice: I told Bush not to come back after 9/11 ( THE INDEPENDENT )

Condoleezza Rice has revealed that she shouted at President George Bush and banned him from returning to Washington to run the country in the chaotic few hours following the 9/11 terrorist attacks....Read More
Lebanon PM retracts Syria charge ( AL Jazeera )

Lebanon's prime minister has said he was wrong to accuse Syria of killing Rafik al-Hariri, his father, in 2005 and said the charge against Damascus had been politically motivated....Read More
Russia boosts military cooperation with Israel ( AL Arabiya )

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak signed a defense cooperation agreement with Russia, as the Kremlin strengthens ties to the Jewish state. ...Read More
Egyptian opposition leader ElBaradei urges election boycott ( JPOST )

Egypt's leading democracy advocate has made a forceful call for the nation to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying they were certain to be rigged and urging his young supporters to be patient and plan for a lengthy struggle....Read More
19 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Attack ( VOA )

Pakistani police say a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-filled vehicle into a police station early in the day in the northwestern town of Lakki Marwat.The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility the attack....Read More
.S. Afghanistan commanders condemn Koran-burning plan ( Swissinfo )

U.S. military commanders in Afghanistan warned on Monday that a small Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks could endanger the lives of American troops. ...Read More
Yemen adopts new policies to uproot al-Qaeda, NSA Chief ( Saba )

Yemen has adopted new package of policies and procedures to encounter al-Qaeda and to deracinate terrorism from Yemen. ...Read More
The SCSS and the 14 October Press Office sign a co-operation and partnership agreement
The SCSS and the 14 October Press Office sign a co-operation and partnership agreement

Sheba Center for Strategic Studies and the 14 October Press Office signed an agreement concerning collaboration and partnership in terms of information exchange. ...Read more

- In a seminar organized by the SCSS, the participants review the challenges facing Yemen's maritime security and alternatives to stand up to them
- At the SCSS's invitation, al-Zayat visits Sana'a and lectures on the Iranian strategic bill and the Arab regional system
- The organizers of the conference "Yemen 2010 from Threshold: Identity, Regionalism and Globalization" call to participation in this event
- The Assistant Deputy Chairman of Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority call to face the reflected results of global warming
- A Discussion Session between Researchers from Amsterdam University and the SCSS
How hostile is Britain to Israel? ( Haaretz )
How hostile is Britain to Israel? ( Haaretz )

U.K. envoy to Israel Tom Phillips says British public does not automatically assume everything Israel does is wrong, but adds that the debate isn't one of PR but of substance. ...Read more

- Why peace won’t happen ( Yedioth Ahronoth )
- Somalia: A time for caution ( AL Jazeera )
- Goldstone, you’re welcome ( Yedioth Ahronoth )
- Is partition still possible? ( Yedioth Ahronoth )
- America doesn’t trust us ( Yedioth Ahronoth )
Marriages of Minor Girls: a Pre-emptive Escalation to Counter the Codification of Women and Children's Rights
Marriages of Minor Girls: a Pre-emptive Escalation to Counter the Codification of Women and Children

The activities and events devoted to opposing the argument in favor of updating legislations setting a marriageable age have recently increased. Religious clerics severely criticize the amendment bill ...Read more

(Itar-Tass)RF, Kazakhstan agree to jointly prospect Imashevsky gas field

Date:2010-09-07 08:15:36
Kazakh Minister of Oil and Gas Sauat Mynbayev and Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Yuri Trutnev have signed an ag ... Read more

All change at the top for UK banks Barclays and HSBC(Reuters)

Date:2010-09-07 08:08:48
Change swept through the top of Britain's banks on Tuesday with Barclays (BARC.L) appointing its investment banking supremo Bob Di ... Read more

BP oil well 'poses no further risk', Allen says-BBC

Date:2010-09-05 01:06:31
The BP well which spilled 206m gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico poses no further risk to the environment, says the US offici ... Read more

Iran orders 99 lashes for woman facing execution, rights group says(CNN)

Date:2010-09-05 01:01:09
An Iranian woman who'd already been condemned to death faces another sentence of 99 lashes because of a case of mistaken identity ... Read more