<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Post</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><description>Post</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[COAST TO COAST]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36059-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36059-2004Dec4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   83 Steps to Fire a N.Y. Teacher <br>The phrase "in a New York minute" probably doesn't apply to the city's school bureaucracy, which serves 1 million students, says Common Good, a reform group.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Trade Deals Include Few Muslim Countries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30078-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30078-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Officials of some Muslim nations complain that the United States is failing to provide meaningful export opportunities because of protectionist pressure from U.S. industries.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3064-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3064-2004Nov21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Holocaust Center Posts Database of Victims <br>   JERUSALEM --  Israel's Holocaust museum on Sunday posted on the Internet for the first time biographical information about 3 million of the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumsfeld Updates Counterparts on Wars]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20122-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20122-2004Oct9.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Defense secretary met with his counterparts from 18 nations that belong to the U.S.-led coalition fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description><author> Josh White</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faces of the Fallen]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55080-2004Apr29.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55080-2004Apr29.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pfc. Shawn <br>C. Edwards, 20<br>Bensenville, Ill.<br>121st Signal Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, Kitzingen, Germany]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Readies Push for Mideast Democracy Plan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13514-2004Feb27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13514-2004Feb27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Bush administration will send a senior diplomat on a regionwide tour to convince regimes in the Arab world that have expressed skepticism of the emerging U.S. campaign to push for democracy in the region.]]></description><author> Robin Wright</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Doubts About Bush Trade Agenda]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5204-2003Nov21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5204-2003Nov21.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MIAMI, Nov. 21 -- Another high-level trade meeting has ended, the topic being the establishment of a Western hemisphere free-trade zone, and this time the participating officials signed a declaration instead of storming out in acrimony.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training in the Desert]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45674-2003Jun28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45674-2003Jun28.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[From Site 41, a U.S. airbase in Bahrain, more than 60 Marines are participating in intense but loosely structured training for the October Marine Corps Marathon in Washington.]]></description><author> Amy Shipley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Brief]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22133-2003Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22133-2003Mar25.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Explosion Shakes U.S. Naval Base in Bahrain <br>    MANAMA, Bahrain  -- An ignited propane gas tank caused an explosion yesterday outside the U.S. Navy 5th Fleet base in Bahrain, shattering windows at nearby houses but injuring no one, officials said.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arab Leaders Make Last-Minute Efforts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57129-2003Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57129-2003Mar19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt Wednesday blamed Iraq for an impending invasion by the United States and said he was conducting a desperate, last-minute effort to avert war.]]></description><author> Emily Wax</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the Road]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35654-2003Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35654-2003Mar16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman spent months interviewing Muslims for a cable documentary called "Searching for the Roots of 9/11." And he learned something about the limitations of television. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- By Howard Kurtz</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Howard Kurtz</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Arrested in Alleged Terror Plot  Targeting Americans in Bahrain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14146-2003Feb15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14146-2003Feb15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bahrain said that it had arrested five Bahrainis for allegedly planning terrorist attacks in the country, where the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet is located.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraq's Neighborhood Thick With U.S. Arms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26335-2003Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26335-2003Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Patriot antimissile batteries now bolstering Bahrain's arsenal represent the edge of a wave of arms flowing from the United States to its friends in the Persian Gulf region as another war with Iraq looms.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lieberman Soothes Jewish Leaders]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63266-2003Jan15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63266-2003Jan15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Democratic presidential candidate Joseph I. Lieberman yesterday defended comments he made during a recent Middle East visit and said he still supports a strong pro-Israel policy by the U.S.]]></description><author> Dan Balz  and Alan Cooperman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saudi Prince Calls For Arab Reforms]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63186-2003Jan15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63186-2003Jan15.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Prince Abdullah's "Arab Charter" calls on leaders to challenge social, economic and political stagnation that has fueled discontent and contributed to the rise of extremism.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[More GIs to Deploy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44172-2003Jan11.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44172-2003Jan11.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld signed two major orders over the past 48 hours to send 62,000 more troops to the Persian Gulf region.]]></description><author> Vernon Loeb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military Forces Ordered to Gulf]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45792-2002Dec27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45792-2002Dec27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pentagon is sending ground forces and combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf in a move that marks the beginning of a final buildup for a possible war against Iraq.]]></description><author> Vernon Loeb</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Preachers Press Holy War]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31267-2002Dec23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31267-2002Dec23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The rhetoric aimed at Arab nations that allow the U.S. to use their airspace and Iraqi Kurds who have been making common cause with U.S. agents to topple Saddam Hussein.]]></description><author> Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapid Buildup in Gulf on Horizon]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14799-2002Dec19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14799-2002Dec19.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The U.S. military is poised to begin a rapid and visible buildup of forces in the Persian Gulf early next month involving 50,000 combat forces, aircraft, armor and tens of thousands of reservists.]]></description><author> Vernon Loeb  and Bradley Graham</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[New U.S. Rules Put on Saudi, Pakistani Men]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63975-2002Dec16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63975-2002Dec16.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/gulf/bahrain/post</guid><pubDate>Sun, 5 Dec 2004 9:17:50 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Men in the United States who are from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan will be required to register with the government under a program intended to fingerprint and photograph those from countries considered high risks for terrorists.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>