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		<title>Just handed tea and a fish sandwich at o</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2011/02/26/just-handed-tea-and-a-fish-sandwich-at-o/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2011/02/26/just-handed-tea-and-a-fish-sandwich-at-o/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just handed tea and a fish sandwich at opposition media center in Benghazi; the only high speed Internet hotspot in eastern Libya.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1450&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lunch yesterday in Giza en route to Liby</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2011/02/24/lunch-yesterday-in-giza-en-route-to-liby/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2011/02/24/lunch-yesterday-in-giza-en-route-to-liby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 02:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lunch yesterday in Giza en route to Libya; No tourists at the Pyramids. Support Arab democracy, visit Egypt!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1449&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cairo am; renewing sat phone sat modem m</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2011/02/23/cairo-am-renewing-sat-phone-sat-modem-m/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2011/02/23/cairo-am-renewing-sat-phone-sat-modem-m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abutters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cairo am; renewing sat phone sat modem medevac insurance driving 9 hrs to Libyan border; directions in Arabic on little pieces of paper.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1448&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Meaning of Neda&#039;s Martyrdom</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/27/the-meaning-of-nedas-martyrdom/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/27/the-meaning-of-nedas-martyrdom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How ironic that a regime that so insistently perpetuated the cult of martyrdom may itself become undone with the aid of an Iranian martyr: a 26-year-old woman named Neda Agha-Solton.  With images of fatally wounded Neda's bloodied face ricocheting around Iran and the world via the Internet, her tragic death exactly a week ago instantly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1423&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Iran: Careful What You Wish For</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/26/iran-careful-what-you-wish-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim McGirk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few readers raised the very reasonable complaint that none of us has blogged about the events in Iran. You're right. A few feeble excuses: Andrew was in Saudi, Scott back in the U.S. and I was traveling through Lebanon and Syria.  This may come as something of a shock to a few of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1418&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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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&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1416&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="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&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1410&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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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&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1407&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Iran Election: The Regime Cracks</title>
		<link>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/13/iran-election-the-regime-cracks/</link>
		<comments>http://mideast.blogs.time.com/2009/06/13/iran-election-the-regime-cracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott MacLeod</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “I am the absolute winner of the election by a very large margin. It is our duty to defend people's votes. There is no turning back.”  Challenger Mir Hossein Moussavi spoke those words before the Iranian regime announced that he had been roundly defeated in Iran's presidential election by the controversial, hard-line incumbent, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1400&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>61</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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mideast.blogs.time.com&amp;blog=5566890&amp;post=1389&amp;subd=timemiddleeast&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>46</slash:comments>
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