Iraq cuts oil product supplies to Kurdish region
(Reuters) – Iraq’s Oil Ministry has cut supplies of some fuel products to the northern Kurdish region by 50 percent in response to the Kurds selling what they say is excess kerosene, fuel waste and naptha to Iran, officials said.
Bomb attack targets Baghdad army base, killing at least one
By News Wires the 05/09/2010 – 10:35
A large explosion set off by a bomb at a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday killed at least one person, the interior ministry has said. The same base had been attacked on August 17, killing dozens of would-be army recruits.
Lebanon PM Hariri withdraws accusation against Syria
Mr Hariri had long blamed Syria for his father’s death
From BBC news
From BBC news
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has said he was wrong to accuse Syria of assassinating his father – former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
Iran stoning woman ‘to be lashed over photograph’
Ms Ashtiani’s family say they have not been allowed to contact her in prison for two weeks
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says.
Bahrain accuses Shia activists of ‘terror campaign’
There have been regular protests in Bahrain since the arrests of the Shia activists began in August
Egypt bans reports of mystery poster campaign
By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC Middle East analyst
There was no coverage of the mysterious poster campaign in Friday’s newspapers
Militias attack opposition leader Karroubi’s home ahead of Quds rally
By News Wires the 03/09/2010 – 12:28
Islamist Basiji militias and Iran’s Revolutionary Guards surrounded the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi on Friday to prevent him from joining the annual Quds rally, which last year 
Japan OKs new financial sanctions against Iran
By blade
Created 03/09/2010 – 09:22
Japan’s cabinet Friday approved new sanctions against Iran, including an assets freeze on figures linked to its nuclear programme and tighter restrictions on financial transactions, media reported.
Israel and Palestinians agree to more peace meetings
12:47am BST
By Andrew Quinn and Jeffrey Heller
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict that has boiled for six decades.
Israel, Our Ally
“Not only do Israel and the Kurds have mutual interests and historical ties between their peoples, but also many common enemies,” says Bazian and starts to count: Iran, Syria,
