http://worldmeets.us A nonprofit journalism project that gathers and translates the world's news and views about the United States en-us http://worldmeets.us http://worldmeets.us/images/wordonlogo.rss_siteid.gif Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:24 -0700 http://worldmeets.us/daralhayat000025.shtml "In order to bring U.S. interests in the region back into balance, Washington must prove that it's a superpower with leaders that don't accept insults and who punish those who utter them. America must once and for all take account of the fact that Iran's arrogant behavior is in part based on Israel's bullying of the America." -- COLUMNIST Elias Harfoush Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:23 -0700 RSSPECT-001045885 http://tinyurl.com/yl3653c "Debka File's intelligence and Baghdad sources disclose that prime minister Nouri al-Maliki was injured in an attempt on his life on March 11. His armored convoy came under an RPG-automatic fire attack after a bomb hit his car. US and Iraqi authorities have blacked out the incident, but our sources learn that Maliki is being treated for moderate-to-serious injuries at the American military hospital." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:18:01 -0700 RSSPECT-001045748 http://tinyurl.com/yeemf7a "The long-simmering clash between the world's two great powers is coming to a head, with dangerous implications for the international system. " -- COLUMNIST Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:06:21 -0700 RSSPECT-001045738 http://tinyurl.com/y86c9qd "If you don't respect Chinese laws, you are unfriendly and irresponsible, and you will bear the consequences." -- Li Yizhong, minister of industry and information technology Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:05:41 -0700 RSSPECT-001045736 http://tinyurl.com/ya5trjo "The fracas over Israel's announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed East Jerusalem is undoubtedly serious. But it also recalls the old children's ditty of how "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." COLUMNIST Rupert Cornwell Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:04:40 -0700 RSSPECT-001045733 http://tinyurl.com/yf79v7d "The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday strongly defended Jewish settlement construction in East Jerusalem in the face of US pressure and what one of his own top diplomats described as the worst crisis in relations with Washington for more than three decades." -- CORRESPONDENTS Donald Macintyre and Hugh MacLeod Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:03:17 -0700 RSSPECT-001045732 http://tinyurl.com/yawjg4p "Debka File's exclusive sources report that already Friday, March 12, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave in to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's peremptory demand for a moratorium on construction in East Jerusalem for the duration of indirect talks with the Palestinians." Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:02:01 -0700 RSSPECT-001045731 http://tinyurl.com/6mxebp Israel's public broadcaster covers the news after the departure of Vice President Biden Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:01:06 -0700 RSSPECT-001045730 http://tinyurl.com/6mxebp Israel's public broadcaster covers the news of the day Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:00:24 -0700 RSSPECT-001045729 http://tinyurl.com/yzb9ej3 "Jerusalem Arabs clashed with police in at least two locations in the eastern parts of the city early Tuesday morning as Arab leaders warned of a renewal of the Intifada and Muslim clerics incited worshipers." -- COLUMNIST Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:59:29 -0700 RSSPECT-001045728 http://tinyurl.com/yg92ohe " Israel's ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, has told the country's diplomats there that U.S.-Israeli relations face their worst crisis in 35 years, despite attempts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office to project a sense of "business as usual." CORESPONDENT Barak Ravid Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:58:45 -0700 RSSPECT-001045727 http://tinyurl.com/yjnaglp "Republican Party leaders attacked the Obama administration Monday with unusually harsh language, charging it with an "irresponsible” position against an ally. "In an effort to ingratiate our country with the Arab world, this administration has shown a troubling eagerness to undercut our allies and friends,” said the GOP’s only Jewish Republican Congressman, Eric Cantor of Virginia." -- COLUMNIST Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:57:47 -0700 RSSPECT-001045726 http://tinyurl.com/ygssuu6 "It was not the planned official dedication of a square and monument in Ramallah – during Biden's visit - to a terrorist who had murdered Israelis that offended Ms. Clinton, but plans to build apartments for Jews. " -- COLUMNIST Moshe Dann Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:44:08 -0700 RSSPECT-001045722 http://tinyurl.com/ylqsope "Obama shows diplomatic sensitivity worldwide, with the exception of Israel." -- COLUMNIST Yoaz Hendel Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:42:00 -0700 RSSPECT-001045721 http://worldmeets.us/lesechos000002.shtml "'We've done nothing wrong!' exclaims Google's legal director. But the world of capitalism is no paradise, and the opposite side of the coin of success is called profitability, growth, domination, power and … abuse of power. If Google wanted to remain the Good Samaritan of the Internet, it should have followed the path of volunteerism like Wikipedia." -- COLUMNIST Philippe Escande Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:57:37 -0700 RSSPECT-001045021