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• Iran is going nuclear while Israel gets a bashing
• Egypt raises alert fearing Gaza border breach, Hezbollah reprisal
• Syria FM: It is arms U.S. supplies Israel that destabilize the region
• U.K. comedian slams BBC over apology for anti-Israel skit
• Report: Kuwait shuts down suspected Iran spy cell

Iran is going nuclear while Israel gets a bashing Posted: 01 May 2010 11:56 AM PDT Just as Iran enters a decisive phase in its progress towards the ability to build a nuclear weapon, a bizarre reversal has put Israel's nuclear program at the top of the agenda as the United Nations begins a review of its global non-proliferation regime in New York on Monday. ...

Egypt raises alert fearing Gaza border breach, Hezbollah reprisal Posted: 01 May 2010 11:09 AM PDT Egypt security forces along the border with the Gaza Strip have raised their readiness level over a planned Hamas rally, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported on Saturday, after learning that the Hamas-led Palestinian demonstrators intend to forcibly breach the border. ...

Syria FM: It is arms U.S. supplies Israel that destabilize the region Posted: 01 May 2010 10:57 AM PDT Syria's foreign minister said on Sunday that is was weapons being supplied to Israel by the United States that were destabilizing the region, in response to recent allegations that Syria had supplied Scud missiles to the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. ...

U.K. comedian slams BBC over apology for anti-Israel skit Posted: 01 May 2010 08:27 AM PDT The BBC's apology for an anti-Israel comedy skit is cowardly, Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle said in an open letter published in British media outlets Saturday, saying he was right to criticize Israel for being an "aggressive terrorist state." ...

Report: Kuwait shuts down suspected Iran spy cell Posted: 01 May 2010 04:44 AM PDT Kuwait intercepted an Iranian spy cell meant to provide Tehran with information on U.S. targets in the Gulf emirate, the Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Qabas reported on Saturday. ...

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