Paris confronts limits to pro-Arab stance
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Anybody who might question France's determination to portray itself as a loyal friend of the Arab Middle East need only take a look at the government's agenda.
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Many Dutch decision-makers wondering whether reactions, particularly criticism of Muslims, did not go too far. By Isabelle Wesselingh - THE HAGUE.
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Paris, Nov. 9 (NNN) : Top Palestinian officials have arrived in the French capital, hoping to visit Yasser Arafat in hospital, after having earlier considered calling off the trip amid a row with Arafat&#39;s wife.
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RABAT, Morocco -- Arab leaders rebuked the United States on Saturday for its policy on Israel, saying US efforts to curb Islamic extremism and promote democracy in the Middle East could not be taken seriously because of its one-sided stand in the Israeli
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German officials are growing concerned about a conference for Arabs and Muslims on "American Zionist terror" that looks like it will go ahead as planned in Berlin, despite calls for its cancellation by a ...
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THERE ARE occasions when symbolic gestures in the realm of diplomacy are worth making, and the UN Security Council resolution that Washington and Paris sponsored Thursday to denounce Syria&#39;s flagrant manipulation of Lebanese politics was one of those
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The United States and France wrangled Tuesday over ways to allay Lebanon's fears that Israel would win too much from a draft U.N. Security Council cease-fire resolution, as three Arab foreign ministers argued for changes to the text.
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PARIS -- He stood only 5 feet 2 inches but Yasser Arafat cast a long shadow on the world stage, and many leaders, diplomats, and analysts saw in his passing an opportunity to unlock the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Israel's foreign minister tells France more action is needed in the fight to curb the rise in anti-Semitism.
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RABAT, Morocco -- Senior Arab officials attending a US- sponsored conference to promote democracy in the Middle East emphatically rejected yesterday the Bush administration's assertion that greater democracy in the region would help end terrorism. They argued that the administration's strong support of Israel made it difficult to undertake political reform or to stop extremists driven by hatred of US ...
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PARIS -- In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France's finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely secular society.
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PARIS -- As he lay in a French military hospital fighting for his life early today, Yasser Arafat was at the center of a struggle over who would replace him as Palestinian leader and a controversy over his longtime desire to be buried in Jerusalem.
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Israel cites some doubts, but Arabs say their advice is now being heard.
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PARIS -- Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat may be hospitalized in Paris, but he&#39;s active enough to condemn Monday&#39;s deadly bombing in Israel.
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Western nations face an agonizing choice over whether to do business with the emerging Palestinian unity government: Endorsing it risks bolstering Islamic radicals, but shunning it might endanger the best chance in years to move forward on peace.
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Despite the frequently heard claim that, post-Arafat, a moderate Palestinian trend offers an opportunity for advancing peace, the Palestinian reality is one of division and radical veto power.
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[The following is a talk given at the Euro/Palestine concert in Paris, France on November 6, 2004.]. We gather here at difficult times, when it seems that the Palestinian cause has been almost eliminated from the international agenda.