Read more Middle East stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/242/middle-east.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:52:32 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73414/tension-builds-between-hillary-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAsk Hillary Clinton or her staff about President Obama and they’ll praise him and tell you the relationship between the two really is strong. But the tensions between the State Department and White House are starting to show, writes Joe Klein . The president’s foreign policy hasn’t yet yielded results, and...http://www.newser.com/story/73414/tension-builds-between-hillary-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71874/mideast-peace-would-justify-obamas-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his Nobel Prize, President Obama has once again been celebrated and rewarded for who he’s not (George W. Bush) and who he might be. Although Obama’s preferred foreign policy MO—patient diplomacy on many fronts—doesn’t “lend itself to high drama,” that's exactly what he needs to actually earn...http://www.newser.com/story/71874/mideast-peace-would-justify-obamas-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71376/israelis-palestinians-skeptical-of-obama-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama won praise from Israeli and Palestinian leaders after yesterday's surprise Nobel Peace Prize win, but many others on both sides of the conflict expressed puzzlement and wariness. The decision is "very strange," said the speaker of Israel's parliament, adding that he hoped Obama wouldn't now feel he could...http://www.newser.com/story/71376/israelis-palestinians-skeptical-of-obama-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 6:11:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71210/a-quarter-of-world-is-muslim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA quarter of the world's population is Muslim, and nearly two-thirds of the religion's adherents live in Asia, according to an extensive new study mapping the world of Islam. Indonesia is the largest Muslim nation, and India, a majority-Hindu country, has the world's third-largest population of Muslims—more than twice...http://www.newser.com/story/71210/a-quarter-of-world-is-muslim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 5:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70141/ahmadinejad-rips-israel-us-as-usual-in-un-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMahmoud Ahmadinejad ripped Israel and the US in his speech today before the United Nations General Assembly, even as Iran’s president said his country was ready to work for peace and would shake hands “honestly extended to us.” The US and other delegations walked out—in protest at the content...http://www.newser.com/story/70141/ahmadinejad-rips-israel-us-as-usual-in-un-speech.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 19:28:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69936/global-rates-of-alzheimers-disease-soar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRising life expectancy in the developing world will lead to a dramatic increase in the number of people stricken by Alzheimer’s disease, HealthDay News reports. The number of dementia cases worldwide will reach 35.6 million in 2010, a 10% increase over the total in 2005. That number is expected...http://www.newser.com/story/69936/global-rates-of-alzheimers-disease-soar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 14:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year was perpetrated for the express purpose of killing Palestinians, says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Guardian reports. “The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly. What was it, if not genocide?” asked...http://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:39:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67215/obama-egypts-mubarak-click-at-dc-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA meeting today between President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signaled a thaw in relations between the two countries, the New York Times reports. Obama also spoke of “positive steps” that “could help to jump-start an effective process on all sides” in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mubarak, meanwhile, said...http://www.newser.com/story/67215/obama-egypts-mubarak-click-at-dc-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 15:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67095/israel-blames-emanuel-for-mideast-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraelis are none too pleased with the pressure the Obama administration is putting on them to halt the expansion of their West Bank settlements, but it’s not Obama they’re mad at; it’s Rahm Emanuel. The chief of staff has extensive personal ties to the country—“Israel” is literally his middle...http://www.newser.com/story/67095/israel-blames-emanuel-for-mideast-policy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 17 Aug 2009 14:03:48 CDT