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• Saudi Arabia closes TV station after on-air sex talk
• Syria: U.S. to ease list of items it won't sell us
• Dahlan, Qureia vie to succeed Abbas as Fatah chief
• Freezing for failure
• French-Israeli demands EU make his Sderot home rocket-proof

Saudi Arabia closes TV station after on-air sex talk Posted: 09 Aug 2009 09:39 AM PDT Authorities have closed an office of an Arab TV station after it broadcast an interview with a Saudi man speaking frankly about sex and showed off erotic toys, a Saudi official said Sunday. ...

Syria: U.S. to ease list of items it won't sell us Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:23 AM PDT U.S. President Barack Obama has removed several items from the list of goods the United States refuses to sell Syria, according to Syria's ambassador to Washington. ...

Dahlan, Qureia vie to succeed Abbas as Fatah chief Posted: 09 Aug 2009 02:11 AM PDT Elections for Fatah's main governing bodies, the Central Committee and the Revolutionary Council, were expected to take place on Sunday, with two party strongmen, Mohammed Dahlan and Ahmed Qureia leading the nominee list for leadership posts. ...

Freezing for failure Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:56 PM PDT It should be said from the onset: Do not freeze settlement construction, do not stop it in part or periodically, not for six months, not for a single day. As long as the U.S. administration does not present a comprehensive plan that explains its endgame - what the end will look like and what the shape and character of the Palestinian state will look like - the demand for a cessation of construction is pointless. It is a pathetic return to the doctrine of "confidence-building measures," which led nowhere. The demand to freeze settlement construction is like the demand to remove roadblocks or cease razing homes; all these demands and similar ones mean only one thing: making the continuation of the occupation a little more pleasant. ...

French-Israeli demands EU make his Sderot home rocket-proof Posted: 08 Aug 2009 10:14 PM PDT A French-Israeli man from Sderot is demanding that the European Union shoulder the cost of making his home rocket-proof, in a precedent-setting lawsuit against the EU which the man intends to file tomorrow in Brussels. ...

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