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August 19, 2010 Swiss-Iran Gas Deal Sends ‘Wrong Message’ BERLIN – Swiss energy giant EGL’s €18 billion gas contract with Iran prompted criticism on Tuesday from the US Embassy. "As we noted in the past when this deal was first... August 17, 2010 Turks Hit PKK with Chemical Weapons BERLIN – German politicians called on Thursday for an international investigation into the reported use of chemical weapons by the Turkish military. The weapons were used against members of... August 17, 2010 Obama Shows Europe Some Love Last spring, the Obama administration sent the president's regrets for a planned European Union-U.S. summit in Madrid in May. "Because of the changes involving the establishment of a E.U. Co... July 28, 2010 German Firms Continue Trading with Iran Despite Sanctions Policy Berlin - Business between German firms and Iran is pretty good and goes on largely unimpressed by demands made by Chancellor Angela Merkel (Christian Democratic Union) and Anton Boerner, Presiden... July 28, 2010 Italian Lawmakers: Put IHH on EU Terrorist List A group of lawmakers in Italy’s Chamber of Deputies are pushing for the Turkish IHH relief organization to be added to the European Union’s list of terrorist entities, Sharon Nizza, a... July 26, 2010 Goldstone Committee Head Denies Bias The chairman of the UN committee responsible for following up on the findings of the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead acknowledged on Saturday that he had helped prepare an advisory opinio... July 23, 2010 Germany Robs Sanctions of Their Power Germany is facing escalating criticism from local anti-nuclear activists and a sanctions expert in the United States for blocking tough EU sanctions against Iran, and specifically for not acting... July 13, 2010 Germany Bans IHH for Hamas Links Germany has banned the Frankfurt-based Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) because it “fights against Israel’s right to exist.” &ldqu... July 6, 2010 Germany Bashing Israel to Expiate Holocaust Guilt Where do boundless enthusiasm for soccer and and turning Israel into a diplomatic punching bag cross paths? In Germany, where preoccupation with its team’s chance to win the World Cup in So... July 1, 2010 Jewish Leaders Slam German Resolutions The German parliament was slated on Thursday evening to discuss and vote on resolutions slamming the Jewish state for its interception of a flotilla heading for Gaza in open violation of a naval... June 30, 2010 Yale Expands YIISA Center “We are witnessing a profound level of dehumanization of Israelis and by extension the Jewish people,” Dr.Charles Small, the head of the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Stud... June 24, 2010 Austrian Chancellor to Arrive in Israel Social Democratic Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann is slated to arrive in Israel on Wednesday. Faymann will be the first foreign head of state to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu sin... June 17, 2010 Spanish Jewish Leader Promotes Solidarity With Israel David Hatchwell Altaras, the vice president of the 10,000- member Jewish community in Madrid, is part of a new group of Spanish... June 17, 2010 Germany’s ‘Growing Displeasure With Israeli Conduct’ Shimon Stein, a former Israeli Ambassador to Germany, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the decision of Germany’s top prosecutor to issue an extradition order for an alleged Israeli... April 29, 2010 White House Seeks to Soften Iran Sanctions The Obama administration is pressing Congress to provide an exemption from Iran sanctions to companies based in "cooperating countries," a move that likely would exempt Chinese and Russian concer... April 20, 2010 Iran Deserves Targeted Sanctions Investors in the Iranian energy sector should follow the example of world bankers through tough sanctions to punish post-election Tehran, analysts say. Tehran earned the ire of the internati... April 20, 2010 Ex-CIA Boss Urges Curbs on Oil Firms Supplying Iran A former CIA director says companies that sell Iran refined petroleum products must be punished as the country gets closer to making a nuclear bomb. "Any kind of dealing with companies such... April 20, 2010 Obama Wins Praise for Orchestrating Response to Iran President Barack Obama always said he'd be willing to meet with rogue nations such as Iran without preconditions, but he never said he wouldn't try to set the stage. The revelation Friday th... April 20, 2010 U.S. Lawmaker to Push Iran Gasoline Sanctions Bill WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Friday revelations about Iran's new secret uranium enrichment facility hav... April 20, 2010 U.S. Eyes Insurers, Fuel in Iran Sanctions Strategy President Barack Obama warned Iran last week to come clean about the program, which Washington fears is a cover to build atomic weapons, or face "sanctions that bite." His warning followed the disc... April 20, 2010 Iran Subsidy Reform to Soften Fuel Sanction Punch Iran's parliament is poised to vote next week on a government bill that would cut energy and food subsidies and could make the Islamic Republic less vulnerable to sanctions. The measures cou... April 20, 2010 Reliance Industries Ceases Gasoline Sale to Iran WASHINGTON: A non-profit organisation On Thursday said Reliance Industries has stopped gasoline sale to Iran, following a group of US Congressmen urging the country's Exim bank to suspend assistanc... April 20, 2010 DOE Should Review Vitol SPR Contract WASHINGTON, March 3 (UPI) -- American lawmakers have raised questions about a U.S. oil purchase from Swiss energy company Vitol over the firm's Iran ties and Iraq sanction violations. The U.... April 20, 2010 U.S. Lawmakers Scorn Vitol SPR Contract WASHINGTON, April 7 (UPI) -- U.S. lawmakers and advocacy groups voiced concerns over a contract awarded to Swiss-Dutch firm Vitol to fill U.S. petroleum reserves due to its ties to Iran. The... April 20, 2010 Senate Passes Iran Sanctions Bill "Gasoline sanctions have been characterized by some as a silver bullet which would cripple the Iranian economy and inflict a mortal wound on the regime, while others have deplored the sanctions as... April 20, 2010 U.S. Sanctions IRGC Engineering Firms The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Mark Dubowitz said today's designation was a good start, given the dominant role of the parent firm (whose full name is Gharargah Sazandegi-ye Khatam... April 20, 2010 Lieberman, McCain Push Iran Human Rights Bill Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman, along with eight other co-sponsors, announced a bipartisan bill Thursday to try to curb civil rights abuses in Iran. The legislation, which would be the... April 20, 2010 Impatient Congress Strikes Out on Its Own to Sanction Iran Growing impatient with the Obama administration's Iran policy, members of Congress from both parties are proposing a variety of get-tough measures of their own. The moves, which include both sancti... April 20, 2010 Conflicting Signals on Iran Gasoline Shipments, Sanctions Conflicting reports continue to circulate regarding the recent decisions of two of Iran's largest's gasoline suppliers to stop sending shipments to Iran as part of broad efforts to pres... April 20, 2010 Lukoil Pulls Out of Iran to Applause The decision by Russian energy giant Lukoil to stop shipping gasoline to Iran shows its activity on the world stage is unattractive to investors, advocates say. Oil trader Lukoil said it wou... April 20, 2010 Iran May Evade U.S. Sanctions as U.A.E. Delivers Fuel A U.S. effort to pressure Iran into nuclear concessions by curbing gasoline imports may have little impact because the United Arab Emirates and other countries are willing to keep shipping fuel t... April 15, 2010 Petronas Halts Fuel Sales to Iran as Sanctions Loom KUALA LUMPUR/DUBAI (Reuters) - Malaysia's Petronas has stopped supplying gasoline to Iran, a company spokesman said on Thursday, as the threat of U.S. sanctions on oil firms with supply ties to the... April 14, 2010 Russia’s Lukoil Flees Iran WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) -- A decision by Russia's Lukoil to postpone work on an oil project in Iran shows the push to sanction Tehran for its nuclear work is working, advocates said. Russ... March 18, 2010 FACTBOX: What Iran Experts are Saying about Sanctions Reuters spoke to analysts at U.S. think-tanks and industry sources to canvass their views on the effectiveness of any sanctions that Washington and its allies may consider imposing on Iran.... March 18, 2010 FACTBOX: U.S. Weighs Sanctions Options for Iran (Reuters) - The Obama administration has consulted outside experts as it weighs possible sanctions on Iran that could target its gasoline imports and insurers that underwrite the trade, among other... March 16, 2010 Analysts: Iran deserves targeted sanctions WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Investors in the Iranian energy sector should follow the example of world bankers through tough sanctions to punish post-election Tehran, analysts say. Tehran ea... February 18, 2010 Top Terror Prosecutor Is a Critic of Civilian Trials He was the lead prosecutor 15 years ago in one of the country’s biggest terrorism trials: a group of men led by a blind Egyptian sheik had plotted to blow up the United Nations, the Lincoln... November 13, 2009 UN in Darfur Lets Members Feel Right at Home Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- When Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi spoke at the United Nations in September, he suggested moving the organization from New York to New Delhi or Beijing. Both are excellent... April 29, 2009 Source: Germany and Switzerland Paid Ransom for Kidnapped Canadian Diplomats Germany and Switzerland paid al-Qaeda's North African branch a ransom of approximately US$8 million for the release of four hostages, including Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Louis Gua... February 25, 2007 A Deadly Stumbling Block Named the PKK Co-Authored with Soner Cagaptay On February 6, Belgian police arrested Riza Altun, chief of European operations of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). A day earlier... December 12, 2004 Three Years and Counting The September 11 attacks still reverberate profoundly. Of that, there is no better indication than George W. Bush’s decisive reelection. For all the trendy talk about “values voters,&... September 9, 2004 Israel’s Example Important in U.S. War Against Terrorists Authored by Patrick McGill It is said that the full meaning of a word is sometimes lost in translation. This is true of the Hebrew word "shalom." It most closely means...

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