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	<title>The Middle East Blog &#187; abutters</title>
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		<title>The Middle East Blog &#187; abutters</title>
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		<title>What Should Obama Do About Iran?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/25/what-should-obama-do-about-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/25/what-should-obama-do-about-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican critics of the Obama Administration are having a field day with the crisis in Iran. To them, Obama's less than forceful criticism of the Iranian government's crackdown on protesters  in Tehran smacks of the lack of resolve typical of Democrats. Some have compared Obama to Jimmy Carter, whose bungled handling of the hostage crisis at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1416&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Very Dry Town</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/17/a-very-dry-town/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/17/a-very-dry-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arriving in Saudi Arabia for the first time is initially anti-climactic. I guess I was expecting Riyadh, the capital of this fabulously wealthy desert kingdom, to have a little more bling. In reality, Riyadh has just two tall buildings, including the iconic Kingdom Center (pictured left.) Not much to compare with with Dubai's skyscraper alley [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1410&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>17</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Are Arab Leaders Really So Unhappy to See Ahmadinejad Re-elected?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/14/are-arab-leaders-really-so-unhappy-to-see-ahmadinejad-re-elected/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/14/are-arab-leaders-really-so-unhappy-to-see-ahmadinejad-re-elected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far most Arab leaders have reacted to the Iranian electoral crisis in typical Middle Eastern fashion: they haven't. Amir Moussa, the head of the Arab League, took one for the team and made this non-statement statement: "We hope that the next term will witness progress on the relations between Iran and the Arab world [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1407&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lebanon&#039;s American-Backed Government Holds on to Power</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/08/lebanons-american-backed-government-holds-on-to-power/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/08/lebanons-american-backed-government-holds-on-to-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 07:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a surprising boost for the Obama Administration Middle East agenda, Lebanon's American-backed ruling coalition maintained its majority in parliament after the country voted in record numbers yesterday. 

Over half of the country's eligible voters turned out for a contest between a government that came to power in 2005 after a popular uprising against the Syrian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1389&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lebanon Votes: Will Hizballah Win?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/07/lebanon-votes-will-hizballah-win/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/07/lebanon-votes-will-hizballah-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 09:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today's  election in Lebanon has been billed as one of the most important in the country's history, and it certainly feels that way. Polling stations have been packed this morning, and the country is on a military semi-lockdown. Nightclubs and bars closed early last night, and almost everything else has been shut since. 


The electoral battle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1382&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Will There Be Blood?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/05/will-there-be-blood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Politician's wives at a rally for the Lebanese Forces and other Christian parties on Wednesday night in East Beirut.


Though Election Day isn't until Sunday, Lebanon has already gone on holiday to get ready. Many Lebanese are worried that the contest -- billed as one of the most important in this country's history -- could turn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1373&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>The Hizballah Dilemma: Viewpoint</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/05/the-hizballah-dilemma-viewpoint/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/05/the-hizballah-dilemma-viewpoint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is it time to talk with Hizballah?
From this week's magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1902769,00.html
By Andrew Lee Butters/Beirut
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lebanon Reacts to Obama, Sort of</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/04/lebanon-reacts-to-obama-sort-of/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/04/lebanon-reacts-to-obama-sort-of/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Issa Kamal, a 25 year-old political science student from Beirut, discusses Barak Obama's speech. 
 
The White House may have been hoping for a cultural breakthrough between America and the Muslim world. But in Lebanon, most people seem jaded by American politicians promising change but delivering little. No one was even watching the speech in the cafes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1357&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Lebanon&#039;s Sexy Election Campaigns</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/03/lebanons-sexy-election-campaigns/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/03/lebanons-sexy-election-campaigns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mideast.blogs.time.com/?p=1323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who are long time readers of the Middle East blog will know that I am a great admirer of Lebanon's native talent for marketing and advertising. But somehow those skills get turned to comic effect when applied to the country's combative sectarian political and regional power struggles.  (See the this post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1323&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Achrafiey Not for Sale</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Hizballah Poster</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">soit-egale-et-vote</media:title>
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		<title>Did Hizballah Kill Rafik Hariri?</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/26/did-hizballah-kill-rafik-hariri/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/05/26/did-hizballah-kill-rafik-hariri/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 17:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Suddenly everyone in Lebanon is asking that question thanks to an article published over the weekend by the German magazine Der Spiegel, which claims that the U.N. tribunal investigating the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister now believes Hizballah to be a prime suspect. Based on unnamed sources "close" to the investigation and backed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&blog=5566890&post=1257&subd=timemiddleeast&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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