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• 'Shi'ite Bernard Madoff' held in custody in Lebanon
• UN nuclear watchdog says Iran threat 'hyped'
• Dutch to charge Arab group over Holocaust cartoon
• Israeli, Palestinian ministers meet for first time in half a year
• Lebanon papers: Plot against IDF chief is proof of Hezbollah might

'Shi'ite Bernard Madoff' held in custody in Lebanon Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:46 AM PDT Lebanese authorities are holding in custody a prominent Shi'ite financier close to Hezbollah on suspicion of fraud after he invested hundreds of millions of dollars of other people's money before declaring bankruptcy, judicial officials said Wednesday. ...

UN nuclear watchdog says Iran threat 'hyped' Posted: 02 Sep 2009 10:01 AM PDT The head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency is quoted as saying he thinks that in many ways the threat posed by Iran has been "hyped." ...

Dutch to charge Arab group over Holocaust cartoon Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:36 AM PDT Dutch prosecutors said Wednesday they would charge an Arab-oriented cultural group under hate speech laws for publishing a cartoon that suggests that the death of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust is a fabrication. ...

Israeli, Palestinian ministers meet for first time in half a year Posted: 02 Sep 2009 08:26 AM PDT Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom met with Palestinian Economic Minister Bassem Khoury in Jerusalem on Wednesday for the highest level talks between Israeli and Palestinian officials in half a year. ...

Lebanon papers: Plot against IDF chief is proof of Hezbollah might Posted: 02 Sep 2009 12:17 AM PDT An alleged plot to assassinate IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi took center stage Tuesday in many of the newspapers in Lebanon affiliated with Hezbollah. ...

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