Established in 2002, the FNS Middle East Bureau tapes, translates and transcribes news and government events occurring throughout the Middle East in Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi and Turkish -- bringing you the news you need straight from the source, with the same attention to detail and unbiased production standards you've come to expect from FNS Washington and FNS Moscow.

  The FNS Middle East Wire delivers all sides of the story to our newswire and database clients through transcript coverage of broadcast and print media sources as well as Arab, Israeli and Palestinian government briefings, legislative debates, and speeches and interviews of government officials. Related stories from of the US and international sources are also included, and transcription on demand of relevant press events is available.

March 9, 2010, Tuesday

EXCERPTS OF REMARKS BY ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, IN AN ADDRESS TO THE 'CHRISTIANS UNITED FOR ISRAEL' JERUSALEM SUMMIT (AS RELEASED BY THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S BUREAU, JERUSALEM, MARCH 08, 2010)

REMARKS BY THE FRENCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN, DISCUSSING EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (FRENCH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, PARIS, MARCH 05, 2009)

REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IN A JOINT STATEMENT TO THE PRESS (AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE) • PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE, JERUSALEM • 12:36 P.M. LOCAL

REMARKS BY VICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH BIDEN AND ISRAELI PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES AT AN EXPANDED GROUP MEETING (AS RELEASED BY THE WHITE HOUSE) • JERUSALEM • 2:16 A.M. EST

DAILY UNITED NATIONS PRESS BRIEFING (AS RELEASED BY THE UNITED NATIONS) BRIEFERS: MARTIN NESIRKY, SPOKESMAN FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL; AD MELKERT, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR IRAQ • U.N. HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK • 12:00 P.M. EST

JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES AND AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI SUBJECT: U.S. MILITARY POLICY TOWARDS AFGHANISTAN • KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

INTERVIEW WITH JERUSALEM MAYOR NIR BARKAT, DISCUSSING PLANS TO DEVELOP AN EAST JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD (HA'ARETZ NEWSPAPER, TEL AVIV, MARCH 07, 2010)

HIGHLIGHTS OF U.S. BROADCAST NEWS COVERAGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST FROM MARCH 07, 2010 (FULL TRANSCRIPTS) (FNS MIDDLE EAST, MARCH 08, 2010)

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