Mideast rallies held in Washington, S.F.
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Thousands of people gathered across from the White House on Saturday, even though the president was out of town, to condemn U.S. and Israeli policies in the Middle East.
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Tens of thousands of Shiite Muslim men, some beating their chests and slashing their heads with blades, marched along city streets throughout the Middle East on Tuesday to mark Ashoura. The marches in Lebanon, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran took place in an atmosphere of tension between Shiites and Sunni Muslims that has risen during the past year as the power struggles in Beirut and Baghdad take on a sectarian cast.
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CAIRO, Egypt  - Thousands of students rallied across Egypt on Sunday in the third consecutive day of protests over Israel's accidental killing of three Egyptian policemen on the Gaza border.
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Arab, Muslim and Western nations gather in Morocco on Saturday in an effort to promote economic and political reform in the Middle East that is widely seen within the region as US meddling.
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Prime Minister, Tony Blair is flying to Washington this week for talks with President George W Bush. The Middle East peace process is likely to be high on the agenda following Mr Bush&#39;s victory in the US presidential election.
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President Bush on Monday announced a conference this fall to include Israel, the Palestinian authority and some of their Arab neighbors to help restart Mideast peace talks
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Thousands of students rallied across Egypt on Sunday in the third consecutive day of protests over Israel&#39;s accidental killing of three Egyptian policemen on the Gaza border.
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Â· Emergency government meets in RamallahÂ· Immediate US aid for West Bank and Gaza
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Orich Arckangelo stands in front of the Bennett Federal Building in downtown Salt Lake City on Tuesday with a sign in support of the war on terror. His one-man rally garnered some attention from downtown rush-hour motorists Tuesday.
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JERICHO, West Bank Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader and front-runner in upcoming presidential elections, received a warm welcome on Tuesday from thousands of supporters at his first public rally.
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Thousands of opponents and supporters of the U.S. presence in Iraq will converge Saturday in the nation's capital for a day of demonstrations.
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Arab &quot;Palestinians&quot; launched a voter registration drive Saturday, a first step toward long-overdue elections, and Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization &quot;Chairman of Terror&quot; Yasser Arafat promised that voting for parliament and president
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Two unlikely factors - the maneuverings of Hamas, a group the United States considers a chief sponsor of terrorism, and a widespread fear of chaos among Palestinians - are combining to create some hope in the run-up to next month&#39;s
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To understand current issues in the Mideast landscape, Washington must first understand the influence of Sh'ite forces across the region
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WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan 14 (OneWorld) - Leaders of 25 national Jewish, Muslim, and Christian organizations are urging President George W. Bush to join with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations to make a major new commitment to forge peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Several hundred people rallied Wednesday to demand an end to what they said was the persecution of Christians in the Middle East that has forced thousands to flee the region.
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Syria could attend an upcoming Middle East peace conference in Washington as part of an Arab League committee, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday.