Middle East Experts
Middle East Policy Council
Research organization dealing with the Middle East. Includes directory of Middle
East experts.
Jewish Voice for Peace
This SF Bay Area grassroots organization is dedicated to the rights of Jews,
Palestinians, and all peoples in the Middle East. They believe conflict won't end ...
Middle East Institute
A leading non-partisan research organization dealing with the Middle East.
CSIS Features - Center For Strategic & International Studies
In-depth-analysis, commentary and reports.
RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news and broadcast organization
serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, ...
US-Syria Relations Not Quite as Cold (washingtonpost.com)
Syria's relations with the United States have improved because of its assistance
in investigations and arresting suspects. Washington Post, US.
Waternet - on the geopolitics of water scarcity in the Middle East
Water, conflict and co-operation in the Middle East, including political and
international law resources.
NewsHour Middle East
Offers transcripts of past PBS Newshour segments related to the Middle East crisis.
USA.
Shimshon 9 - Israel and the Middle East explained
Blog containing news and views from Israel. In-depth analysis of current and
historic issues.
Middle East Forum
Think tank working to define and promote American interests in the Middle East.
Bible Prophecy -- The Ultimate Deception
Why many startling bible prophecies are poised for fulfillment, by Frank Caw.
Online NewsHour: Hanan Ashrawi -- October 31, 2000
Ray Suarez interviews Dr. Ashrawi for her opinion on how the Camp David talks
collapsed, and culimated in the second Palestinian Intifada.
MewZine - An Online Journal of Middle East Opinion about Middle ...
Essays representing a range of perspectives about the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.
Earth's Environmental Experts (3E). A free database of ...
Database of environmental experts and consultants, available to subscribers.
Also offering a free trial.
Allexperts Israel/Middle East (News & Politics) Q&A
Volunteers answer questions about current events.
The Heritage Foundation: Policy Research and Analysis
A conservative think tank that publishes research on domestic, economic, foreign
and defense policy.
Center For Strategic & International Studies
A public policy research institution dedicated to analysis and policy impact.
CSIS is the only institution of its kind that maintains resident experts on all ...
US War Crimes Ambassador Reviews Saddam Hussein's Criminality
Transcripted address by David J. Scheffer in September, 2000 on war crimes
committed by Hussein during his dictatorship.
Home - Canada's original online coffee resource
Volunteer effort to inform people about coffee in all form and how to prepare.
London Middle East Institute
Includes extensive links, a database of UK specialists, a directory for Middle
East places in London, a guide to events listings in London and the UK, ...
rss_url = $url;
$this->num_to_show = $numtoshow;
$this->do_update = $update;
$this->my_html = preg_replace("/(#{.*?):(.*?})/", "\\1__\\2", $html); //xx:xx tag workaround
$this->content = $this->fetch_feed();
$this->parse_feed();
$this->show();
}
/* string */
function fetch_feed()
{
$url_parts = parse_url($this->rss_url);
$filename = $url_parts['host'] . str_replace("/", ",", $url_parts['path']) . "_" . @$url_parts['query'];
if(file_exists($this->data_directory . "/$filename")) {
$last = filemtime($this->data_directory . "/$filename");
if(time() - $last > $this->update_interval * 60 || $this->update_interval == 0) {
$update = 1;
}
} else {
$create= 1;
}
if($create == 1 || ($this->do_update == TRUE && $update == 1)) {
$fp = @fsockopen($url_parts['host'], 80, $errno, $errstr, 5);
if (!$fp) {
echo "Couldn't open rss feed {$this->feed_url} in {$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}
\n";
return;
}
fputs($fp, "GET " . $url_parts['path'] . "?" . @$url_parts['query'] . " HTTP/1.0\r\n"
."Host: " . $url_parts['host'] . "\r\n"
."User-Agent: Drew's RSS Reader 0.1\r\n"
."Connection: Close\r\n\r\n");
while(!feof($fp)) {
$rss_data .= @fgets($fp, 1024);
}
list(, $rss_data) = explode("\r\n\r\n", $rss_data, 2);
$output = @fopen($this->data_directory . "/$filename", "w+");
if(!$output) {
return $rss_data;
} else {
flock($output, LOCK_EX);
fputs($output, $rss_data);
flock($output, LOCK_UN);
fclose($output);
}
} //update
return file_get_contents($this->data_directory . "/$filename");
}
/* void */
function parse_feed()
{
preg_match("/
(.*?)<\/title>/", $this->content, $title);
$this->feed_title = @$title[1];
preg_match("/<link>(.*?)<\/link>/", $this->content, $link);
$this->feed_link = @$link[1];
preg_match("/<description>(.*?)<\/description>/", $this->content, $description);
$this->feed_description = @$description[1];
preg_match_all("/<item[^>]*>(.*?)<\/item>/s", $this->content, $items);
if (sizeof($items[0]) == 0) {
echo "No item elements found in rss feed.<br />\n";
}
for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($items[0]); ++$i) {
preg_match_all("/(?:<([\w:]*)[^>]*>(?:<!\[CDATA\[)?(.*?)(?:]]>)?<\/\\1>)+?/si", preg_replace("/<item[^>]*>/", "", $items[0][$i]), $elements);
for($j = 0; $j < sizeof($elements[0]); ++$j) {
$elements[1][$j] = str_replace(":", "__", $elements[1][$j]); //regex fix for items with : like dc:date
$this->rss[$i][$elements[1][$j]] = trim(html_entity_decode($elements[2][$j]));
}
}
}
/* void */
function show()
{
if($this->my_html == "") {
$this->show_html();
} else {
$this->show_user_html();
}
}
function show_html()
{
$show = (sizeof($this->rss) > $this->num_to_show ? $this->num_to_show : sizeof($this->rss));
for($i = 0; $i < $show; ++$i) {
echo "- <a href=\"{$this->rss[$i]['link']}\" target=\"_new\">{$this->rss[$i]['title']}</a><br />\n";
}
}
function show_user_html()
{
$show = (sizeof($this->rss) > $this->num_to_show ? $this->num_to_show : sizeof($this->rss));
for($i = 0; $i < $show; ++$i) {
extract($this->rss[$i]);
$item = preg_replace("/#\{([^}]+)}/e", "$\\1", $this->my_html);
echo $item;
}
}
} // end class
$url = "http://www.justinpfister.com/gnewsfeed.php?q=Expert&lang=en&ned=us";
$show = 3;
$html = "#{title}<br />#{description}<br />";
$update = 1;
$rss = new rss_parser($url, $show, $html, $update);
$url = "http://search.news.yahoo.com/usns/ynsearch/categories/47/index.html?p=Expert";
$show = 3;
$html = "#{title}<br />#{description}<br />";
$update = 1;
$rss = new rss_parser($url, $show, $html, $update);
?>
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