Bush Makes Final Push for Global Climate Deal- July 3, 2008 In his final months in office, President Bush is mounting a last-ditch effort to forge a new global deal to limit greenhouse-gas emissions but finds himself once again at odds with much of the rest of the world on how to address climate change.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/325034725/AR20080... Sunni Bloc to Rejoin Government- July 2, 2008 BAGHDAD, July 1 -- Iraq's main Sunni Muslim political bloc is on the verge of rejoining the Shiite-led government after a nearly year-long boycott, a step widely seen as vital to reconciliation after years of sectarian conflict.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/324173995/AR20080... U.S. Embassy Cites Progress in Iraq- July 2, 2008 Iraq has met all but three of 18 original benchmarks set by Congress last year to measure security, political and economic progress, according to a report by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/324510180/AR20080... Iran Appears to Warm to Diplomacy- July 2, 2008 NEW YORK, July 1 -- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Tuesday that prospects for a military attack by either the United States or Israel on the Islamic republic before the end of the Bush administration are "almost nil," and he dismissed a recent Israeli military exercise and warnings...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/324453748/AR20080... Iraq Opens Oil Fields To Global Bidding- July 1, 2008 BAGHDAD, June 30 -- Iraq's government invited foreign firms Monday to help boost the production of the country's major oil fields, beginning a global competition for access to the world's third-largest reserves.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/323703393/AR20080... Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts- July 1, 2008 A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/323694338/AR20080... |