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  • Bush's comments in Israel fuel anger in Mideast and back home 16 May 2008 08:17 GMT
    ... groups to the Nazis' appeasers, provoking a political storm at home and accusations that he ... incendiary language of Hamas and the armed Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah must be taken seriously. ... militants and his unwillingness to pressure their government in negotiations with the Palestinians, though there ...

  • US Marine guilty of sexual abuse of Japanese girl: court 16 May 2008 08:16 GMT
    ... Cyclone Nargis and further hampering the military government's aid efforts. Despite the latest storm, which ... my problem. The time is not for political discussion. It's time to deliver aid to ... Nations said Thursday. AFP BEIRUT - Squabbling Lebanese factions agreed on an Arab League-mediated deal ...

  • Hezbollah deals further blow to US credibility 16 May 2008 08:15 GMT
    ... style="PADDING-LEFT: 10px;PADDING-RIGHT: 12px;"> BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s humbling of Lebanon’s US-backed government has dealt a further blow to American ... of their success,” said Rami Khouri, a political analyst in Beirut. “That makes the loss ...

  • Bush leaves it to Olmert to push Mideast peace 16 May 2008 08:09 GMT
    ... Ehud Olmert to stand before a divided parliament Thursday and forcefully declare that this war-weary ... presidency. Most notably, Bush's speech ignited a political uproar on the campaign trail back home. Democratic ... low popularity since Israel's inconclusive war in Lebanon in 2006 and, more recently, a new ...

  • Italian police target foreigners in crackdown on illegal immigration 16 May 2008 08:00 GMT
    ... sweep fulfills a pledge by Italy's new government, led by conservative Silvio Berlusconi, to improve ... immigration, prostitution and drug trafficking, officials said. Lebanese factions took another major step toward calming ... toward calming a flare-up of sectarian and political violence Thursday by agreeing to immediately resume ...

  • Arab mediators say rival Lebanese agree on refraining from using weapons 16 May 2008 07:57 GMT
    ... The rival Lebanese blocs have agreed on refraining from using ... Doha would focus on the national unity government, the new election law, said Sheikh Hamad, ... who have been locked in a bitter political feud for 18months. The delegation came after ...

  • Hezbollah calls for dialogue to end crisis in Lebanon 16 May 2008 07:57 GMT
    ... understanding to settle the current crisis in Lebanon, local Naharnet news website reported. In a ... to return things to normal after the government revoked two measures that triggered six days ... group. Lebanon is facing the most complicated political crisis since 1975-1990 civil war. Lebanese political ...

  • US military: American marine in Japan sentenced 16 May 2008 07:56 GMT
    ... Fierce clashes in Beirut after Hezbollah said Lebanon's government had declared war by targeting its communic... ... Smale, discusses international interest in the U.S. elections. The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, discusses ...

  • Lebanon's factions agree to hold talks 16 May 2008 07:55 GMT
    ... The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government agreed Thursday to hold political talks that will lead to the election of Lebanon's army chief as president, an Arab mediator said. The feuding factions reached the deal ...

  • Lebanese head for crisis talks in Qatar 16 May 2008 07:54 GMT
    ... BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders head for Qatar on Friday aiming ... on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country to the ... to end the standoff which has paralyzed government for 18 months and left Lebanon without ...

  • UPDATE 1-Lebanon's Solidere up 12 pct after crisis eases 16 May 2008 07:54 GMT
    ... BEIRUT, May 16 (Reuters) - Shares in Lebanese real estate market heavyweight Solidere (SOLA.BY: ) ... Friday, a day after the country's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war eased. By ... year's levels of $130 million. Former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, who was assassinated three years ...

  • Hizbullah's rout of government supporters deals blow to US policy 16 May 2008 07:18 GMT
    ... by via Daily Star, Lebanon Thursday May 15th, 2008 10:37 PM BEIRUT: ... a major retreat, not only for the government but the US agenda in Lebanon," Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, a political analyst and specialist on Hizbullah, told AFP ...

  • In Israel, Bush offers birthday wishes 16 May 2008 07:17 GMT
    ... JERUSALEM -- President Bush, addressing the Israeli parliament on Thursday, delivered a staunch commitment to ... Hezbollah, the Shiite movement opposing the U.S.-backed government in Lebanon, as terrorists with whom there can be ...

  • Learning how to deal in the Middle East 16 May 2008 07:16 GMT
    ... Watching the news from Lebanon, it's poignant to read the title of ... a new memoir by Jordan's former foreign minister, Marwan Muasher — "The Arab Center: The ... months, it has been obvious that the political logjam in Beirut could not be broken without ...

  • Kuwait to hold parliamentary election 16 May 2008 07:16 GMT
    ... May 17 seeking stability amid sectarian tensions, political rows and charges of infighting within the ... a standoff between the assembly and the government. Kuwait has been rocked by political turmoil ... publicly mourned Imad Mughnieh, a commander of Lebanon's Shiite Hizbollah militant group killed in Syria. ...

  • Lebanese factions agree to begin talks 16 May 2008 06:59 GMT
    ... fd-type="start" — The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's worst violence since the 1975-90 civil war, ... militants. The feuding factions agreed to hold political talks in Qatar today that will lead ...

  • Olmert's political abyss 16 May 2008 06:55 GMT
    ... ominous consolidation of power by Hezbollah in Lebanon to terror from Gaza and the ever-present ... a taxicab. Police anti-fraud investigators have raided government offices and are poring through records in ... a time when virtually every other Israeli political party refused to do so. To a ...

  • Police: 8 killed in Philippine bank robbery 16 May 2008 06:39 GMT
    ... Fierce clashes in Beirut after Hezbollah said Lebanon's government had declared war by targeting its communic... ... Smale, discusses international interest in the U.S. elections. The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, discusses ...

  • Hezbollah wins concessions after fight 16 May 2008 06:36 GMT
    ... Sands THE WASHINGTON TIMES May 16, 2008 Lebanon's pro-Western government yesterday backed down in its bloody standoff ... starting today in Qatar to end a political stalemate that has paralyzed the government for ...

  • Rival Lebanese factions agree to political talks 16 May 2008 06:02 GMT
    ... BEIRUT, LEBANON The Hezbollah-led opposition and American-backed government reached a deal Thursday to end Lebanon's ... militants. The feuding factions agreed to hold political talks in Qatar on Friday that will ...

  • Interpol: Files on FARC rebel funding authentic 16 May 2008 05:59 GMT
    ... people selling or stockpiling donated goods. The government's warning came as the official death toll ... But the 57-year-old Harvard graduate also said political union with the authoritarian mainland was not ... has not commented on the incident. BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government ...

  • Lebanon leaders to meet in Qatar 16 May 2008 05:59 GMT
    ... GMT, Friday, 16 May 2008 06:09 UK Lebanon's rival political leaders are due to meet in Qatar ... the brink of civil war. Fighting between pro-government groups and the Hezbollah-led opposition last week ...

  • Chinese student rescued after 80 hours 16 May 2008 05:57 GMT
    ... Fierce clashes in Beirut after Hezbollah said Lebanon's government had declared war by targeting its communic... ... Smale, discusses international interest in the U.S. elections. The IHT's managing editor, Alison Smale, discusses ...

  • Letters for Friday, May 16, 2008 16 May 2008 05:57 GMT
    ... ludicrous this is? November elections would totally politicize the non-partisan structure of school boards. More ... Israeli towns, when Syrians foment war in Lebanon and when Muslim kills Muslim in political ... acts. Israel has a democratic, politically stable government. Israelis do not kill their co-religionists. The ...

  • Lebanese politicians, militants set talks on new government 16 May 2008 05:56 GMT
    ... Rafei - The Los Angeles Times — Lebanese factions took another major step toward calming ... toward calming a flare-up of sectarian and political violence Thursday by agreeing to immediately resume ... immediately resume long-stalled talks over a new government. The deal, brokered by a visiting delegation ...


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