Shell Studies Oil Trade Impact of EU Iran Sanctions
LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it would assess any impact of European 
UN-backed court criticizes Hezbollah boycott call
Controversy flaring over U.N.-backed tribunal
U.N. special coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams
BEIRUT (Reuters)
A call by Shiite Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to boycott a U.N.-backed investigation into the
MI6 Chief says Spying Crucial to Stop Iran Nuclear Drive
LONDON (AFP) – Diplomacy is not enough to stop Iran developing nuclear weapons, the head of
US man arrested for plotting to attack DC metro
Naturalized US citizen was born in Pakistan
FBI says Farooque Ahmedhad has been observing, video-taping and photographing Metro stations in Washington (File)
Kurdish Officials Deny Wikileaks Report
By Sherezad Sheikhani
Arbil, Asharq Al-Awsat- An official spokesman for the Border Guard Command in the Kurdistan 
Iraq court sentences Aziz, 2 top advisers, to death
BAGHDAD (Agencies)
For crackdown on religious parties
Iraq’s supreme criminal court on Tuesday sentenced former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz as 
Washington slams Darfur arrests prior to referendum
UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Al Arabiya.net)
The United States early Tuesday “strongly condemned” the reported harassment or intimidation of
Hawkish Israeli minister drafts nuclear Iran plan
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters)
Doubts mount about efficacy of preventive action
Hard-line Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has commissioned a report on how to 
US Policy in Sudan…Carrots, Sticks and Bells
By Ghazi Salahuddin Atabani
The carrot and the stick is a phrase that is overused in politics, and so there is no need to explain 
Iran prepares for new crack down on opposition
DUBAI (Najah Mohamed Ali)
Protests expected after upcoming subsidy cuts
As the Iranian government embarks on a saving strategy in preparation for imminent subsidy cuts, 
