http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/middle-east Organizing the News Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79548369 Oct 6 - Turkey faces increasing pressure at home after Friday's deadly ambush to launch a major offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq that would hurt its ties with Washington and the European Union, analysts say. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:25:12 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79548369 2008-10-06T10:25:12Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79562014 MOSCOW, October 6 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian arms export monopoly has no information about reported Russian surface-to-air missile deliveries to the Middle East, Rosoboronexport said on Monday. "The company has no knowledge... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:24:00 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79562014 2008-10-06T12:24:00Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79528471 Ms Livni has until 3 November to form a coalition government Time is running out for a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, Israel's Prime Minister designate Tzipi Livni has warned. In her first foreign policy speech... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:04:04 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79528471 2008-10-06T10:04:04Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79526566 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran urged Pakistan on Monday to help free a group of Iranian policemen believed to be held by Iranian Sunni rebels in the neighbouring country. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi made the call a day... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 10:07:41 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79526566 2008-10-06T10:07:41Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79554825 By Crispian Balmer EVIAN, France (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Monday he was not certain the world can stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb. Scheffer told a conference in southeast France... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:30:23 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79554825 2008-10-06T11:30:23Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79578324 ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's military stepped up an aerial bombing campaign against suspected Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Monday after at least 15 Turkish soldiers were killed in a cross-border attack on Friday. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:39:25 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79578324 2008-10-06T13:39:25Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79540401 A senior brigadier's candour about the prospects of beating the Taliban in Afghanistan must have given the new defence secretary John Hutton a bit of jolt just days into his new job. The problem is that both Browne and his... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:08:37 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79540401 2008-10-06T11:08:37Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79491315 Afghanistan has been traumatised by 30 years of war and civil conflict British forces are now being killed in Afghanistan at a faster rate than during the invasion of Iraq. This year has been the bloodiest year so far in... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:57:10 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79491315 2008-10-06T04:57:10Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79518509 By Tim Cocks SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A ring of scaffolding around charred bricks is all that now stands in place of the golden dome that adorned one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest shrines. Militants bombed the al-Askari mosque in... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:02:28 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79518509 2008-10-06T09:02:28Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79526513 Oil prices fell by almost $2 a barrel today as attention shifted to the fallout of the credit crisis on business. US November crude dropped $1.92 to $91.96 a barrel, while Brent was down $1.75 at $88.50. Hard times are cutting... Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:49:46 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/79526513 2008-10-06T09:49:46Z