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Heir Apparent
6/12/2009 12:00:00 AMHizbullah had been expected to win last week's election in Lebanon, but voters took to the streets in droves and unexpectedly voted into power the pro-Western March 14 coalition led by Saad Hariri. Newsweek's Lally Weymouth talked by phone with the victor and probable new prime minister. Excerpts:
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Leader of the Pack
5/18/2009 12:00:00 AMWhen a king and a U.S. senator cruise the Dead Sea shoreline on big bikes, these would-be easy riders need yield to no one. But as King Abdullah of Jordan and Sen. John Kerry of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee roared through the desert landscape last weekend on a break from the World Economic Forum, the question hanging in the air like the bitter haze above the salt sea was all about green lights and red lights on the road to Middle East peace.
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INTERNATIONAL
Obama Should Talk To Syria Now
2/28/2009 12:00:00 AMOpportunity" and "Middle East" are rarely mentioned in the same breath, and for good reason. The Middle East is a part of the world in which history is often defined by conflict. A sense of despair grips the region for other reasons, too: it trails Europe, Asia, Latin America and much of Africa by many measures of social progress, including the quality of education, the presence of democratic institutions and the treatment of girls and women.
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ISRAEL
Politics Takes a Right Turn in Jerusalem
2/28/2009 12:00:00 AMOne of the biggest surprises of Israel's recent election was the success of Avigdor Lieberman's party, Yisrael Beytenu. As Israeli Arabs demonstrated against their government during the recent invasion of Gaza, Lieberman's popularity rose. His fans were attracted by his proposal of a loyalty oath for all Israelis obviously directed at the Arab population. Last week Lieberman sat down for his first foreign interview with NEWSWEEK's Lally Weymouth. Excerpts:
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