Bahrain names Shia deputy premier
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The Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf state of Bahrain appoints its first Shia Muslim deputy prime minister.
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receives Saudi Defense Minister Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saod upon his arrival, at the Bahrain International Airport in Manama, December 20, 2004.
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Iraq's interim government is  considering nominees for the position of ambassador to the  United States for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War,  deputy foreign minister Hamid al-Bayati said on Thursday.
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The United Arab Emirates appointed Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan as its president Wednesday, hours after burying his father in a funeral that attracted thousands of mourners and several heads of state to this
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Bahrain's Shiite-led opposition lost a bid to gain control of parliament in runoff elections, Bahrain state-run television reported, citing official results.
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BAGHDAD, March 7 -- A small Shiite political party on Wednesday pulled out of the governing Shiite parliamentary bloc that put Iraq's prime minister in power.
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NAJAF, Iraq, August 28 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Iraq&#39;s top Shiite authority reaffirmed Saturday, August 28, its opposition to armed resistance against the US-led forces in Iraq after a meeting at the house of spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah
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JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his senior deputy, clearing the way for a unity government to enact its planned withdrawal from occupied territories.
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Bahrain's foreign minister said Friday that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement was within reach, urging the United States to seize the chance presented by the Palestinian elections to advance the peace process. Palestinians are to vote Jan. 9. for a replacement for the late Yasser Arafat.
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The Iraqi deputy prime minister arrived Sunday in the Tehran, Iran, a day later than planned, the BBC reported. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh was part of a high-level political
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Iraq&#39;s leading Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is reported to have prepared a peace plan to try to end the violence in the city of Najaf.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 30: Shia leader Moqtada al Sadr on Monday ordered his militia to end attacks on US and Iraqi government forces and said he would soon unveil plans to pursue his goals through politics rather than conflict.
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Iraq&#39;s deputy prime minister has begun a visit to Iran to bring what he called a &quot;message of friendship,&quot; following charges the Islamic Republic is supporting militants in Iraq.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - A radical Shi&#39;ite cleric and Iraq&#39;s interim prime minister made gestures on Friday to defuse a two-week uprising in Najaf, after ferocious US air strikes and heavy fighting killed at least 77 people.
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Iraq's main Shi'ite alliance favors Dawa Party leader Ibrahim al-Jaafari to become the country's next prime minister, a senior Shi'ite political source said on Tuesday.
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Iraq&#39;s Shia Muslims have joined forces to create the countryâs first serious post-war political coalition, which could well sweep to power in elections scheduled for the end of next month.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Israel yesterday released the Palestinian deputy prime minister, the highest-ranking of more than 30 officials in the Hamas-led government jailed as part of a crackdown on the Islamic militant group.