<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - mideast</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/mideast</link><description>Newsvine - mideast</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:56:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:37:00 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Syria's Forgotten Front </title>
<description><![CDATA[
On Jan. 30, Israel staged an airstrike on a weapons convoy in Syria,  reportedly destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon. On March 6, jihadist  rebels kidnapped 21 Filipino peacekeepers in the Golan Heights. The risk  that Israeli retaliation for cross-border fire could spiral into a&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17779995-syrias-forgotten-front</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17779995-syrias-forgotten-front</guid><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>syria</category><category>world-news</category><category>opinion</category><category>pollock</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:49:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan55D454C3-3BF7-76B1-3949-BA291685BC0C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan55D454C3-3BF7-76B1-3949-BA291685BC0C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Oh, Good Grief… Al Gore Explains Advantages of Sharia Law to Andrea Mitchell (Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[First he sells his&nbsp;crappy TV channel&nbsp;to the the Mideast oil sheiks.
Now he pushing Sharia Law.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[AddictedToMe]]></source><link>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16995558-oh-good-grief-al-gore-explains-advantages-of-sharia-law-to-andrea-mitchell-video</link><guid>http://addictedtome.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/17/16995558-oh-good-grief-al-gore-explains-advantages-of-sharia-law-to-andrea-mitchell-video</guid><category>mideast</category><category>muslim</category><category>women</category><category>politics</category><category>al-jazeera</category><category>satire</category><category>al-gore</category><category>sharia-law</category><category>andrea-mitchell</category><category>klein-verzet</category><category>goracle</category><category>peace-persecution-blog-stop</category><category>europe-israel-matsav-kamangir</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:40:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeD668EC6F-5397-2E2E-4264-46F5CB3C42E5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="63" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=addictedtomeD668EC6F-5397-2E2E-4264-46F5CB3C42E5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="19" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Coming War in the Middle East | Hoover Institution</title>
<description><![CDATA[We can envision, then, a sectarian war raging across the whole of the Fertile Crescent, drawing in all the former territories of Turkish Arabia. The prospect will be a frightening one for the region&rsquo;s major powers. Both Turkey and Saudi Arabia could one day find chaos rathe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16884439-the-coming-war-in-the-middle-east-hoover-institution</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16884439-the-coming-war-in-the-middle-east-hoover-institution</guid><category>turkey</category><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>jordan</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:22:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Al-Qaeda Taking Root in Lebanon - Al-Monitor:</title>
<description><![CDATA[Reports in Beirut from local and Western media reveal that al-Qaeda has begun to establish structural roots for its&nbsp; organization in Lebanon, following instructions from Ayman al-Zawahri. The reports name Majid al-Majid as the&nbsp; organization&rsquo;s new emir in the Levan&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16789618-al-qaeda-taking-root-in-lebanon-al-monitor</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/31/16789618-al-qaeda-taking-root-in-lebanon-al-monitor</guid><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>lebanon</category><category>terrorism</category><category>syria</category><category>world-news</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>zawahiri</category><category>unifil</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:57:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92825A7944A-2636-D634-C930-86D1210B8A18.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92825A7944A-2636-D634-C930-86D1210B8A18.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Watch John Kerry Defend Hillary Clinton And Call Out Tea Party Senator Ron Johnson for Missing Benghazi Briefing (Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;
The video clip above is a follow up to yesterday's encounter between Sen Johnson and Sec. Clinton:

&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16702128-watch-john-kerry-defend-hillary-clinton-and-call-out-tea-party-senator-ron-johnson-for-missing-benghazi-briefing-video</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16702128-watch-john-kerry-defend-hillary-clinton-and-call-out-tea-party-senator-ron-johnson-for-missing-benghazi-briefing-video</guid><category>us</category><category>libya</category><category>mideast</category><category>middle-east</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>video</category><category>united-states</category><category>john-kerry</category><category>republican</category><category>dems</category><category>videos</category><category>democrat</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>video-clip</category><category>benghazi</category><category>tea-party</category><category>ron-johnson</category><category>benghazi-hearings</category><category>secretary-of-state-confirmation-hearings</category><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:46:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw1tdpx-y3w" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Mw1tdpx-y3w/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGLQ63qUHHo" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/rGLQ63qUHHo/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Watch Hillary Clinton Smackdown Senator Ron Johnson at Benghazi Hearing (Video)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
 
Hillary Clinton vs. Tea Party favorite Ron Johnson.
Update: Johnson is saying Secretary Clinton planned to get emotional in order to evade his  questions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16663144-watch-hillary-clinton-smackdown-senator-ron-johnson-at-benghazi-hearing-video</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/23/16663144-watch-hillary-clinton-smackdown-senator-ron-johnson-at-benghazi-hearing-video</guid><category>us</category><category>libya</category><category>mideast</category><category>middle-east</category><category>usa</category><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>gop</category><category>republicans</category><category>video</category><category>united-states</category><category>republican</category><category>dems</category><category>videos</category><category>democrat</category><category>hillary-clinton</category><category>video-clip</category><category>tea-party</category><category>ron-johnson</category><category>benghazi-hearings</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:21:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIS8lYE8K54" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PIS8lYE8K54/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More 'insulting president' lawsuits under Morsi than Mubarak - </title>
<description><![CDATA[There were four times as many 'insulting the president' lawsuits during President Mohamed Morsi's first 200 days in office than during the entire 30-year reign of former president Hosni Mubarak.
&nbsp;
This is the claim made by Gamal Eid, human rights lawyer and executive direc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16613305-more-insulting-president-lawsuits-under-morsi-than-mubarak</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/20/16613305-more-insulting-president-lawsuits-under-morsi-than-mubarak</guid><category>media</category><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>morsi</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2013 21:31:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Israel Only &quot;Free&quot; Country In Region: Pro-Democracy NGO Freedom House</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israel is the only Middle Eastern country to rate as "free", according to the latest annual report by Freedom House, a top U.S.-based pro-democracy NGO. Israel is an anomaly in its region, with many of its neighbors receiving negative ratings, and Syria &ndash; until recently adv&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16602190-israel-only-free-country-in-region-pro-democracy-ngo-freedom-house</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/19/16602190-israel-only-free-country-in-region-pro-democracy-ngo-freedom-house</guid><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>syria</category><category>world-news</category><category>freedom-house</category><category>egypt-freedom</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2013 20:13:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rubin Reports» Noxious Nominations: The Four Horsemen of the American Foreign Policy Apocalypse</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The problem is one of eroding U.S. interests, especially the American position in the Middle East but also in other parts of the world.
You can read elsewhere details about these three guys. Here, I will merely summarize the two basic problems:
&ndash;Their ideas and views ar&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16449722-rubin-reports-noxious-nominations-the-four-horsemen-of-the-american-foreign-policy-apocalypse</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16449722-rubin-reports-noxious-nominations-the-four-horsemen-of-the-american-foreign-policy-apocalypse</guid><category>us</category><category>mideast</category><category>cia</category><category>kerry</category><category>politics</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>hagel</category><category>brennan</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:58:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928EE7F1ED5-B8D4-A7AC-DA86-EA40D027D17A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="85" width="85" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928EE7F1ED5-B8D4-A7AC-DA86-EA40D027D17A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="85" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>When will the government confront the EU? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
In 2010 the group NGO Monitor &ndash; which seeks to hold NGOs to account &ndash; petitioned the European Commission to reveal details of the NGOs it has funded in recent years.&nbsp; As readers will know, much of the government-funded NGO business is a racket, and one which pu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16446754-when-will-the-government-confront-the-eu</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/10/16446754-when-will-the-government-confront-the-eu</guid><category>eu</category><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>world-news</category><category>ngos</category><category>ec</category><category>ngomonitor</category><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:48:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928A58E610C-6F34-E24E-1CD5-174BD2BFC001.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="300" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928A58E610C-6F34-E24E-1CD5-174BD2BFC001.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israel's million Russian-speaking immigrants influence society, culture |</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, Russian-speaking emigres and their children occupy virtually every&nbsp; corner of Israeli society, from academia and technology to the military and&nbsp; politics. A political party formed by Israel's recently resigned foreign&nbsp; minister to cater to Russian-speaking i&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16250658-israels-million-russian-speaking-immigrants-influence-society-culture</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/30/16250658-israels-million-russian-speaking-immigrants-influence-society-culture</guid><category>russia</category><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>immigration</category><category>high-tech</category><category>world-news</category><category>engineersing</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:19:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Secret Funding of NGOs Manipulates Democracy </title>
<description><![CDATA[
NGO Monitor notes that EU funding, amounting to millions of euros annually, has gone to a small fringe of highly politicized groups, such as Adalah, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), Mossawa, Machsom Watch, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I), and Publ&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16191089-secret-funding-of-ngos-manipulates-democracy</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/27/16191089-secret-funding-of-ngos-manipulates-democracy</guid><category>eu</category><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>democracy</category><category>government</category><category>world-news</category><category>funding</category><category>ngos</category><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:22:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92853EA68BE-BFA5-9C15-BA6C-8866CAE2799B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92853EA68BE-BFA5-9C15-BA6C-8866CAE2799B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Disgruntled Protestants Issue Irenic Jerusalem Declaration</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The next Presiding Bishop of the ELCA would do well to forget the obsession with pro-Palestinian activism and pay more attention to the real wishes of the faithful. Ditto for the other churches whose members have signed the Declaration.
Protestants from three continents met in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16016985-disgruntled-protestants-issue-irenic-jerusalem-declaration</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/19/16016985-disgruntled-protestants-issue-irenic-jerusalem-declaration</guid><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>arabs</category><category>religion</category><category>syria</category><category>gaza</category><category>christians</category><category>jerusalem</category><category>wcc</category><category>copts</category><category>protestans</category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:34:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>&quot;Friends of Syria&quot; meeting demands Assad cede power to Islamist opposition</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Representatives of 130 governments, led by Washington and its European and Arab allies, attended a &ldquo;Friends of Syria&rdquo; meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco yesterday. Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani said they had agreed to declare the National Coalition of &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15893108-friends-of-syria-meeting-demands-assad-cede-power-to-islamist-opposition</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/13/15893108-friends-of-syria-meeting-demands-assad-cede-power-to-islamist-opposition</guid><category>mideast</category><category>syria</category><category>united-nations</category><category>world-news</category><category>us-state-department</category><category>syrian-civil-war</category><category>syrian-national-coalition</category><category>al-nusra-front</category><category>syrian-revolutionary</category><category>saad-eddine-el-othmani</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:48:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan3F7756D2-CC83-48BD-3BED-C8121AA25A4A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=greenpagan3F7756D2-CC83-48BD-3BED-C8121AA25A4A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Muslim Brotherhood inherits U.S. war gear - </title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15786376-muslim-brotherhood-inherits-us-war-gear</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/09/15786376-muslim-brotherhood-inherits-us-war-gear</guid><category>media</category><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>f-16</category><category>m1a1</category><category>military-sales</category><category>morsi</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Sun, 9 Dec 2012 05:32:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928CAE47A09-F00A-D316-B3B0-F68124ED7B5E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928CAE47A09-F00A-D316-B3B0-F68124ED7B5E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Breaking: Egypt's Morsi rescinds criticized power grab decree</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Egypt's Morsi rescinds criticised decree - Al Jazeera:
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has annulled a decree he issued last month expanding his powers, an official told a Cairo news conference.
A referendum on a draft constitution would however still go ahead as planned on D&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/08/15781434-breaking-egypts-morsi-rescinds-criticized-power-grab-decree</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/08/15781434-breaking-egypts-morsi-rescinds-criticized-power-grab-decree</guid><category>mideast</category><category>middle-east</category><category>world</category><category>africa</category><category>world-news</category><category>north-africa</category><category>power-grab</category><category>morsi</category><category>mohamed-morsi</category><pubDate>Sat, 8 Dec 2012 22:55:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozB6E681D6-0821-7593-9532-186971FEC3C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="218" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozB6E681D6-0821-7593-9532-186971FEC3C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Brotherhood dictatorship in Egypt? Not so easy</title>
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Having conquered parliament, the constituent assembly and the presidency in less than a year, the Muslim Brotherhood thought Egypt was theirs.They may have been a little hasty. Forces long kept dormant by the Hosni Mubarak regime are waking up.Independent media is criticizing t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15737598-brotherhood-dictatorship-in-egypt-not-so-easy</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15737598-brotherhood-dictatorship-in-egypt-not-so-easy</guid><category>media</category><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>morsi</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2012 01:16:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe9285DB4DA97-10BC-EE49-8CD9-590C835A52C8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe9285DB4DA97-10BC-EE49-8CD9-590C835A52C8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Egypt: The intimidation of the media</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here we must defend the Egyptian media and its shortcomings, most notably the incitement, provocation, passion and exaggeration that accompanied its coverage of the 25 January revolution, its accusations against all those who were critical of the events, or even those who warned &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15702082-egypt-the-intimidation-of-the-media</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15702082-egypt-the-intimidation-of-the-media</guid><category>media</category><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>muslim-brotherhood</category><category>freedom</category><category>world-news</category><category>morsi</category><category>arab-spring</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 17:23:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928EB7133FC-D40D-821D-223B-E9C7C8EAE0B5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928EB7133FC-D40D-821D-223B-E9C7C8EAE0B5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="27" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>With surprise retirement announcement, Barak may have rocked political arena for last time</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Barak said he supported the remaining members of the party in their campaigns for the coming elections but would not be drawn into predictions or evaluations about those still left in the race. He also remained tight-lipped when asked about the negotiations he has held with oth&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[A-king]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[A-king]]></source><link>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15648316-with-surprise-retirement-announcement-barak-may-have-rocked-political-arena-for-last-time</link><guid>http://a-king1.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/03/15648316-with-surprise-retirement-announcement-barak-may-have-rocked-political-arena-for-last-time</guid><category>un</category><category>congress</category><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>world</category><category>politics</category><category>aging</category><category>vote</category><category>obama</category><category>democrat</category><category>republica</category><category>presdent</category><pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2012 19:16:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=H-king4AD4370F-6B52-5490-62F4-7A23E8388EAA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="140" width="140" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=H-king4AD4370F-6B52-5490-62F4-7A23E8388EAA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Report: Iran Building Powerful Nuclear Device Triple Size of Hiroshima Bomb</title>
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Iran is planning to build a nuclear bomb with at least triple the force of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in World War II, diagrams obtained by the Associated Press indicates. According to AP, the diagrams were first discovered by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) sc&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15491186-report-iran-building-powerful-nuclear-device-triple-size-of-hiroshima-bomb</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/27/15491186-report-iran-building-powerful-nuclear-device-triple-size-of-hiroshima-bomb</guid><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>obama</category><category>policy</category><category>nuclear-weapons</category><category>world-news</category><category>islamists</category><category>containment</category><pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2012 23:05:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928BDB873A2-3226-531B-162D-665DA6934A62.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe928BDB873A2-3226-531B-162D-665DA6934A62.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Breaking News: Bus bombed in Tel Aviv- Plus list of Palestinian terror attacks--and victims</title>
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At least 21 people were injured on Nov. 21, when a bomb exploded on a bus in Tel Aviv. Eyewitnesses said the terrorists climbed on the bus, placed the bomb and fled the scene. Ambulances and emergency personal immediately arrived at the scene, and the police initiated a search &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15336695-breaking-news-bus-bombed-in-tel-aviv-plus-list-of-palestinian-terror-attacks-and-victims</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15336695-breaking-news-bus-bombed-in-tel-aviv-plus-list-of-palestinian-terror-attacks-and-victims</guid><category>mideast</category><category>egypt</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>hamas</category><category>terrorism</category><category>rockets</category><category>gaza</category><category>islamic-jihad</category><category>world-news</category><category>sinai</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:29:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe9288737D7EC-1591-D002-BFDF-57794659F151.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe9288737D7EC-1591-D002-BFDF-57794659F151.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Six Israeli 'spies' executed before baying mob in Gaza City, before motorbike gang drags bloodied victim through streets</title>
<description><![CDATA[Six men accused of being 'Israeli spies' were&nbsp; dragged through the streets of Gaza City and executed in front of a chanting mob&nbsp; today as Israel warned Palestinians to evacuate some areas of the territory in&nbsp; apparent preparation for a ground invasion.
Witnesses s&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15335944-six-israeli-spies-executed-before-baying-mob-in-gaza-city-before-motorbike-gang-drags-bloodied-victim-through-streets</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15335944-six-israeli-spies-executed-before-baying-mob-in-gaza-city-before-motorbike-gang-drags-bloodied-victim-through-streets</guid><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>hamas</category><category>terrorism</category><category>rockets</category><category>gaza</category><category>islamic-jihad</category><category>world-news</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:45:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe9284317A979-9112-8DE7-6424-8B1D6AB043F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe9284317A979-9112-8DE7-6424-8B1D6AB043F6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'It's like living in the Blitz': Israeli ambassador to the UK describes Hamas rocket attacks on Israel</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israeli civilians are enduring their own&nbsp; terrifying version of the Blitz, according to the Israeli ambassador to the&nbsp; UK.
As &nbsp; explosions continued to terrorise both Palestinians and Israelis for a seventh&nbsp; day running, Daniel Taub compared the Hamas rocket&&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15307130-its-like-living-in-the-blitz-israeli-ambassador-to-the-uk-describes-hamas-rocket-attacks-on-israel</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/20/15307130-its-like-living-in-the-blitz-israeli-ambassador-to-the-uk-describes-hamas-rocket-attacks-on-israel</guid><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>hamas</category><category>terrorism</category><category>rockets</category><category>gaza</category><category>islamic-jihad</category><category>world-news</category><category>nazis</category><category>uk</category><category>blitz</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:53:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92809CB0A3D-BEC6-EC6B-7AF1-B5436285F2AC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=dbe92809CB0A3D-BEC6-EC6B-7AF1-B5436285F2AC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fox Nation vs. Reality: The White House And CIA's Benghazi Talking Points</title>
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As usual, the Fox Nationalists only got one thing wrong with their story: the whole story. As it turns out, there is no evidence that the White House deleted Al Qaeda from the CIA talking points. What&rsquo;s more, there is nothing in the article that affirms the falsehood in t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15283965-fox-nation-vs-reality-the-white-house-and-cias-benghazi-talking-points</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15283965-fox-nation-vs-reality-the-white-house-and-cias-benghazi-talking-points</guid><category>us</category><category>libya</category><category>mideast</category><category>middle-east</category><category>world</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>united-states</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>fox-news</category><category>foreign-policy</category><category>peter-king</category><category>ods</category><category>benghazi</category><category>fox-nation</category><category>obama-dernagement-syndrome</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:12:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz272D6EF8-C92E-AF7C-9A03-E5C419C442E1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carloz272D6EF8-C92E-AF7C-9A03-E5C419C442E1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="72" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>In &quot;Media Building&quot; – Israel Finds Senior Terrorist Leaders</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The senior PIJ cadre was operating in a media building. They weren&rsquo;t there to be interviewed. They were using reporters as human shields. However, Israel targeted only the 2nd floor, which is where the senior terrorists were. The rest of the building was unharmed
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15282436-in-media-building-israel-finds-senior-terrorist-leaders</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/19/15282436-in-media-building-israel-finds-senior-terrorist-leaders</guid><category>media</category><category>mideast</category><category>israel</category><category>iran</category><category>hamas</category><category>terrorism</category><category>rockets</category><category>human-shields</category><category>gaza</category><category>islamic-jihad</category><category>world-news</category><category>pij</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:17:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>