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WMR 5 French Newspaper “L’ONU met en évidence la fragilité de la situation humanitaire à Gaza”

Zoe Weinberg November 19, 2008
Article: “L’ONU met en évidence la fragilité de la situation humanitaire à Gaza”
Le Monde, French Newspaper
http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2008/11/19/l-onu-met-en-evidence-la-fragilite-de-la-situation-humanitaire-a-gaza_1120438_3218.html#ens_id=1106055
Time: November 19, 2008
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
Key People:  Secretary General of the UN Ban Ki-Moon, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
Summary:
Secretary General of UN Ban Ki-Moon called for Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert to share in his “deep [...]

2008 11 20 Arab-Israeli Conflict
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WMR 4 “Deprogramming Jihadists”

Zoe Weinberg November 7, 2008
Article: “Deprogramming Jihadists”
From New York Times Magazine
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/magazine/09jihadis-t.html
Time: November 7, 2008
Place: Saudi Arabia
Key People:  Saudi Government, Sheik Ahmad al-Jilani
Summary:
Programs in Saudi Arabia attempt to use psychology and education to help Saudi men who are former members of a militant Islamic group. The basis of the educational program is discussing the meaning and [...]

2008 11 20 Islam
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Earlier WMR The Economist, “Who Runs [Iran]“

The Middle East in the News
Zoe Weinberg October 2, 2008
Article: Who Runs It? The puzzling relationship between supreme leader and president
The Economist July 24 2008 (Economist print edition)
http://www.economist.com/world/mideast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11792348
Time
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Place
Iran
Key People
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader of Iran)
President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Vocabulary
Supreme Leader
Article Summary/Main Ideas
Under Iranian law, the ultimate religious and political authority in the country is the [...]

2008 11 20 Iran
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WMR 3 Israeli Security Chief Warns Of Armed Jewish Right

Zoe Weinberg November 2, 2008
Article:
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Israeli Security Chief Warns Of Armed Jewish Right
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-us-palestinians-israel-radicals.html
Time: November, 2, 2008
Place: Jerusalem, Israel
Key People: Yuval Diskin, head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, radicial right Israelis, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,
Summary:
The radical right wing in Israel is considering using violence to prevent any peace agreements in which the West [...]

2008 11 02 Arab-Israeli Conflict
Foreign Policy
Israel
Judaism
Middle East
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WMR Syria Closes American School

Zoe Weinberg October 28, 2008
Article: Syria Orders American School Closed After Raid
By Eric Schmitt and Graham Bowley
Time: October 28, 2008
Place: Damascus, Syria
Key People: Abu Ghadiya, Syrian officials, US officials, Pres. Bush, Gen. Petraeus
Summary:
This article documents the first of the responses to the US’s (the American Special Operations forces) raid into Syria on Sunday, in which [...]

2008 10 28 Iraq
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