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RED RIVER ORTHODOX: ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND NORTH DAKOTA Middle Eastern Christianity Here and There
One of the panels at the American Academy of Religion (AAR) concerned Middle Eastern Christianity and it was very very good. Aaron Sokoll's paper, of interest to those of us studying Orthodoxy in Amer...
Posted on 11/19/12 at 12:43 AM
THE NORTH DAKOTA OUTDOORS AND BEYOND PETA
Evidently PETA isn't satisfied with their work in the US and Europe, now they are taking their 'mission' to the Middle East. "you" can have PETA. Stay there. Here's the scoop: PETA is ...
Posted on 7/29/10 at 11:49 AM
Egypt clashes as president defends his new powers 
Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the nation of Egypt."
By Aya Batrawy and Maggie Michael , November 23, 2012
Edward Halas, Grand Forks, letter: First democracies, then Mideast peace
There will be no peace in the Middle East unless they adopt some form of democracy that guarantees religious freedom. But we cannot impose democracy on them. They will have to find it themselves, just like we did.
By Edward Halas , November 10, 2012
US scrambles to rush spies, drones to Libya
The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for those who killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
By Kimberly Dozier , September 15, 2012
Los Angeles sheriff: Feds interview California filmmaker
A Southern California filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie inflaming protests across the Middle East was interviewed by federal probation officers at a Los Angeles sheriff's station but was not arrested or detained, authorities said early Saturday.
By Associated Press , September 15, 2012
Is the oil era nearing its finish?
After nearly a decade of warnings that the world’s oil supply was running out, Americans now are hearing about technology breakthroughs that can unlock vast U.S. deposits of natural gas, help reverse a 40-year slide in domestic oil production and perhaps transform America into the next Middle East.
By McClatchy Newspapers , August 13, 2012
Clinton: Syrians, Assad regime should back United Nations plan
The Obama administration called today's statement by the U.N. Security Council on Syria a "positive step" toward bringing peace and change after a year of bloodshed, urging the Arab country's opposition groups and even President Bashar Assad to embrace the global body's plan for a cease-fire and political dialogue.
By Bradley Klapper , March 21, 2012
Nelson Rosit, Grand Forks, letter: Washington speaks to our Middle East woes
Is there a better critique of present U.S. Middle East policy than Washington’s admonishments? Is there a better explanation for the decades of “quarrels and wars” involving the U.S. in this region?
By Nelson Rosit , March 14, 2012
25 police killed in carefully planned western Iraq shooting spree
A gang of gunmen disguised in military-style uniforms and carrying forged arrest warrants killed 25 police today, then hoisted the battle flag of al-Qaida in a carefully planned early morning shooting spree in western Iraq, officials said.
By Sameer N. Yacoub , March 05, 2012
Syrian rebels retreating from besieged Homs district
Syrian rebels retreated Thursday from a neighborhood in Homs that they had held for months, saying they were running out of weapons and humanitarian conditions were catastrophic after almost four weeks of government bombardment. The army promptly moved in, a government official said.
By Zeina Karam , March 01, 2012
2 Western journalists among 74 killed in Syria shelling
VIDEO: Watch at bottom of articleA French photojournalist and a prominent American war correspondent working for a British newspaper were killed Wednesday as Syrian forces intensely shelled the opposition stronghold of Homs.
By Bassem Mroue and Brian Murphy , February 22, 2012
Red Cross urges cease-fire after dozens killed in Syria
Food and water are running dangerously low in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, with frantic cries for help from residents amid government shelling that pounded rebel strongholds and killed at least 30 people today, activists said.
By Zeina Karam , February 21, 2012
Red Cross tries to broker cease-fire in Syria
Syria's military sent tanks and other reinforcements toward the resistance stronghold of Homs today for a possible offensive to break the opposition's grip even as Red Cross negotiators tried to broker a cease-fire for emergency aid to areas wracked by fighting.
By Bassem Mroue , February 20, 2012
Two-time Pulitzer winner for New York Times dies in Syria
New York Times correspondent Anthony Shadid, whose dispatches captured untold stories from Baghdad under "shock and awe" bombing to Libya wracked by civil war, died Thursday of an apparent asthma attack in Syria while reporting on the uprising against its president.
By Cristian Salazar , February 17, 2012
25 dead, 175 wounded as blasts hit security HQs in Syrian city of Aleppo
Aleppo is a major city, Syria's economic center, that has largely stood by Syrian President Bashar Assad in the nearly 11-month-old uprising against his rule.
By Bassem Mroue , February 10, 2012
Persian Gulf states pulling ambassadors from Syria
The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council says it is pulling its ambassadors from Syria because of President Bashar Assad's refusal to accept Arab attempts to end the country's bloodshed.
By Associated Press , February 07, 2012
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