Top Headlines
15/08/2011
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- Palestinians to present statehood bid to UN general assembly (Guardian)
- Palestinians to apply for UN statehood next month (Independent)
- Gunships up the ante in Syrian regime’s assault on its people (Independent)
- Syrian gunboats open fire on civilians (Times)
- Assad orders tanks into rebel towns as Syria’s brutal crackdown intensifies;(Observer, 14/8)
- Clinton calls for wider boycott of Syria’s oil(Independent, 13/8)
- 5 killed as Syrian gunboats fire on coastal city(Independent, 14/8)
- Palestinian leaders set UN statehood application date(Telegraph, 14/8)
- Iran’s first nuclear power station will be connected in weeks (Telegraph)
- Syrian navy gunships join attack on Latakia (Financial Times, 14/8)
- Visit gives Beijing’s detente with Israel fresh impetus (Scotsman)
- Mubarak trial to resume in Egypt (BBC Online)
- Jordan king welcomes reform plans (BBC Online)
- Palestinians set for UN state bid (BBC Online)
- Syrian warships ‘shell port city’ (BBC Online)
- Syrian Gunboats Used To ‘Pound Coastal City’ (Sky News)
- Reforms to strengthen Jordanian parliament (Reuters)
- Syria calls on UN to thwart Israel’s ‘separation fence’ on Golan Heights (Haaretz)
- Netanyahu demands socioeconomic panel find solutions within a month (Haaretz)
- Israel’s social protest leaders to present alternative expert panel< (Haaretz)
- U.S. resumes operations of its aid organizations in Gaza (Haaretz)
- Egypt deploys thousands of troops and tanks in Sinai, in coordination with Israel (Haaretz)
- Israel plays down September face-off with Palestinians (Haaretz)
- Israel: Abbas avoiding direct peace talks with UN statehood bid (Haaretz)
- Palestinian official: Peres met with Abbas four times in bid to revive peace talks (Haaretz)
- Ashrawi hopes US won’t veto state at Security Council (Jerusalem Post)
- Abbas-Dahlan spat undermining Fatah, bolstering Hamas (Jerusalem Post)
- ‘Israeli, Jordanian face espionage charges in Egypt’ (Jerusalem Post)
- Egypt launches massive operation to control Sinai (Jerusalem Post)
- Chinese army chief here to talk defense cooperation (Jerusalem Post)
- US restarts work of aid groups in Gaza Strip (Jerusalem Post)
- US restores funding to Gaza aid groups (Ynetnews)
- Abbas, Peres held ‘four secret meetings’ (Ynetnews)