- Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli
Israeli air strikes kill five Hamas members after a mortar attack from the Gaza Strip kills an Israeli civilian.
- Israeli fuel allows Gaza reprieve
A last-minute delivery of fuel by Israel to a UN agency in the Gaza Strip allows aid deliveries to continue.
- Olmert and Abbas 'make progress'
Differences have narrowed, officials say, as Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet for a new round of talks.
- Rice sees Mid-East deal this year
The US believes an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is possible by the year's end, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says.
- Call to Arabs on Palestinian aid
Top world diplomats call on Arab states to fulfil pledges to help the Palestinians, during talks on the Middle East.
- US rebuke over Palestinian funds
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice implies Arab states could do more to help with aid for the Palestinians.
- Palestinians agree Israel truce
Twelve Palestinian factions agree to proposals for a truce with Israel, Egypt's state news agency says.
- New plan for W Bank checkpoints
Former Israeli generals and senior Palestinians put forward a plan for kick-starting the West Bank's economy.
- Palestine village dreams of return
Former residents of the village of Iqrit in pre-1948 Palestine, now in Israel, have fought a 60-year battle to rebuild their homes.
- Peace talks fail to hearten Gazans
While Israeli-Palestinian peace talks continue, residents of Gaza continue to suffer in Israeli operations against militants.
- Druze celebrate across the wire
Syrian Druze in the occupied Golan Heights wave to relatives across the ceasefire line to celebrate a historic uprising, reports Martin Asser.
- Searching for a solution in Gaza
The BBC's Middle East editor looks at how pressure to end the violence in the Gaza Strip has been building.
- Israel 'using psychological torture'
An Israeli human rights group accuses Israel of illicitly using relatives of Palestinian detainees to extract information, writes the BBC's Martin Asser.
- Curse of the Nablus dream house
A Palestinian family's dream house in Nablus has such a good view, the Israeli army likes to use it for an observation post.
- Grim mood outside the seminary
Students and residents of Jerusalem say they expected an attack like the one at the Jewish seminary.
- The Middle East's asymmetric war
If Hamas rocket-fire continues, argues Jeremy Bowen, expect more military action once the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaves Jerusalem.
- Gazans angry and unbowed
As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, the BBC's Martin Patience in Gaza City finds Palestinians there defiant.
- Hamas clinging on in West Bank
The Islamic movement Hamas still commands support in the West Bank despite facing a crackdown.
- 'Wartime' in Israeli border town
For seven years, residents of Sderot, near Israel's Gaza border, have lived under a daily volley of rockets, the BBC's Tim Franks reports.
- What now for Hamas?
Hamas leaders in Gaza are unsure how to deal with the current Israeli siege, reports Martin Patience from the territory.
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- London Mayor election result
The table below shows the final results of the London Mayor election which saw Boris Johnson force out Ken Livingstone.
- London election: Assembly results
As well as chosing their candidate for London mayor, residents of the capital yesterday elected representatives for the London assembly.
- Local elections 2008: England
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: Results from key councils
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: England
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: England
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: England
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: England
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: England
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: London Assembly Elections
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: English results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: English results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: English results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: Results from key councils
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: English results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: English results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: Welsh results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: Welsh results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: Welsh results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Local elections 2008: Welsh results in full
Voters in England and Wales yesterday cast their ballots in elections to more than 150 councils, the first electoral test of Gordon Brown’s premiership.
- Israel, Palestine and the British Empire
The morning of Monday July 22 1946 got off to a promising start for expectant
mum Joan Gibbs.
- Less aid, more show for Burma's junta
As disease and starvation threaten the survivors of Burma's cyclone, the military regime shows itself to be more interested in crude propaganda and secrecy than saving lives.
- Burma generals hijack cyclone relief efforts
Burma's generals have hijacked the international aid effort by handing out
small quantities of foreign relief supplies stamped with their own names.
- Josef Fritzl's cellar lacked oxygen
A chronic shortage of oxygen in the cellar Josef Fritzl built for his daughter
and their children made them so listless that for most of the time they
could only sit or lie down, police have revealed.
- US elections: Hillary Clinton faces end of the road in fight for Democratic nomination
It seemed as if Hillary Clinton had chosen a new campaign anthem last week as the words of ageing American rock star Tom Petty resounded at her rallies across the country.
- Josef Fritzl: Doctor's one-man campaign that exposed the truth
The Austrian doctor who helped expose the secret life of Josef Fritzl has
admitted he had no idea what he would uncover when he started a one-man
campaign to track down the mother of a seriously ill patient.
- Hizbollah pushes Lebanon towards civil war
Beirut residents awoke this morning to find their country edging back towards civil war after the government vowed to confront the Hizbollah forces now controlling much of the capital.
- Zimbabwe: Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC will take on Robert Mugabe in election run-off
The Zimbabwe opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, will challenge Robert
Mugabe in a presidential poll run-off despite growing violence and fears
that the ruling Zanu-PF party plans to rig the results.
- All Burmas's nightmares have come true
The indifference and brutality of Burma's military regime will doom thousands
more unless the world acts, argues exiled activist Pascal Khoo-Thwe
- Japan allows military activity in space
Japan's defence forces are to be allowed to operate in space for the first time as they try to counter military expansion in North Korea and China.
- Bush's daughter to marry White House staffer
Jenna Bush will give her father something rare to smile about when she marries
Henry Hager, a former White House staffer, on Saturday at the Bush family
ranch in Crawford, Texas.
- Aid pledged to Burma
Aid pledged to Burma in the aftermath of the Myanmar cyclone:
- China looks abroad to grow its own food
Chinese farming companies may be backed by the government to buy and lease
tracts of land in Africa and Latin America to grow crops to feed its 1.3
billion people.
- UN launches appeal as Burma refuses aid
The United Nations have launched a £96 million appeal to help the victims of
the cyclone in Burma, despite there being no sign from the country's regime
that it would allow foreign agencies to distribute the aid.
- Mystery illness strikes Canadian train
Canadian officials have quarantined a train in northern Ontario after a
passenger died and up to six others suddenly came down with a mystery
illness with severe flu-like symptoms.
- Lebanon conflict Q?A
- 'Iran backs Hizbollah fighters in Lebanon'
Israel has claimed that Iran was behind the terror group Hizbollah's armed
struggle with the Lebanese government and warned that the conflict could
spill into a wider Middle East crisis.
- First French superhero takes on Hollywood
Iron Man and Spiderman beware: a Frenchman is to take on the might of Hollywood comic book blockbusters with his country's first cinema superhero - Vendôme.
- Russia puts on a Soviet show of might
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's new president, delivered a coded rebuke to the West
yesterday as Russia paraded its nuclear missiles through Red Square in a
show of force not seen since Soviet times.
- Giant manta ray airlifted back into the ocean
A manta ray weighing in at a hefty 1000 pounds has been airlifted back into
the Atlantic Ocean after spending the past three years at a resort in the
Bahamas.
- Boris Johnson and the Holy Trinity
If Boris Johnson can say of himself that he is the same person as he ever was, it is partly because theologians have sharpened the concept of what being a person means, writes Christopher Howse.
- Next government needs quality, not equality
The Conservatives say they want to get government out of people's lives, but Charles Moore wants to know more about what this means.
- Is Miliband the solution to Labour's problems?
If David Miliband does not engage in his own act of leadership now, he may be of pensionable age before he gets another crack at being prime minister, writes Simon Heffer.
- This kingdom will fall apart without Scotland
If Scotland leave, the first thing that will happen is that we'll all be very, very emotional. Speaking for England we love our plucky little Jocks, says Vicki Woods.
- The top must-attend summer events
From 'The Henly Meltdown Festival' to 'The Tate Modern Festival of Sandcastles',Craig Brown details his top 8 events of the summer.
- Good on Boris Johnson for Tube alcohol-ban
When it comes to banning alcohol on the tube, Sam Leith finds himself entirely behind the new mayor's plans.
- Stephen Fry's BBC oration is 'tosh'
Stephen Fry is by all accounts a nice man and a fine actor. But, like so many luvvies, he is guilty of occasionally hamming his lines, writes Andrew Pierce.
- Seasonality is a lost culture in Britain
Whilst the Brits gorge on a monolithic diet of white bread, potatoes and red meat, the seasons slip by unnoticed, writes Rose Prince.
- Do school league tables help or hinder education?
School league tables are becoming the “tyranny” of the education system, a headmaster has claimed.
- How should we untangle Britain's gridlock?
Britain faces gridlock within a generation without massive investment on road, rail and air travel, according to David Frost, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce.
- Are we addicted to addiction?
Lord Laidlaw of Rothiemay, the leading Tory donor, has said that he will receive treatment for "sex addiction" after revelations of his involvement with prostitutes.
- Is Gordon Brown an electoral liability?
Gordon Brown needs to "get back to basics" if he wants Labour to recover and win the next election, according to Peter Mandelson, a former Cabinet minister.
- Do the local elections matter?
England and Wales vote on May 1st in local government elections, while Londoners will have the chance to vote for their London Assembly members and choose a new Mayor.
- Terry Wogan's World
A teacher has written of a recent first aid training day at her school. It was not as straightforward as you may think, writes Terry Wogan.
- Terry Wogan's World
Terry Wogan contemplates an educational first aid training day.
- What is the sensible response to the fuel strike?
Motorists in Scotland have started to stock up on fuel in anticipation of a refinery strike that may force the closure of Britain’s biggest oil pipeline.
- How should the Tories tackle drugs?
Boris Johnson has become one of the first senior Conservative Party politicians to advocate the legalisation of cannabis for medicinal use.
- Real reason Syrian base was wiped off the map
Unless there is a radical change of policy soon in Tehran, the Iranian programme will suffer a similar fate to the demolished Syrian base, writes Con Coughlin.
- It's England's oil that'll keep Scotland going
Wendy Alexander has come in for a fair bit of criticism for not raising the strike at the Grangemouth oil refinery at First Minister's Questions, writes Alan Cochrane.
- Three cheers for the return of Blake's 7
For those of us of a certain generation, the return of Blake's 7 is the most exciting news since the relaunch of Doctor Who, says Andrew McKie.
- Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Saturday when he added more endorsements from the group of Democrats who will decide the party's nomination for president.
- Obama outlines plans for running against McCain in November
(AP)
 AP - Barack Obama began sketching the outlines of his expected presidential contest against Republican John McCain on Saturday, saying the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities than about questions of political ideology or who is more patriotic.
- Obama dismisses Novak
(Politico)
Politico - Obama, whose campaign jumped on Robert Novak's suggestion earlier this year of Clinton dirty tricks, mocked Novak's column today that Michelle has nixed Clinton as a vice president, Carrie Budoff Brown reports.
- Justice Stevens contrasts lethal injection methods
(AP)
AP - Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens says the euthanized Kentucky Derby horse Eight Belles probably died more humanely than death row prisoners do.
- Obama rises from political obscurity to verge of history
(AP)
 AP - The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Carolina, 15 weeks ago, to claim victory a surprising victory, surprisingly large.
- First-class stamp prices rise 1 penny to 42 cents Monday
(AP)
AP - The cost of mailing a letter goes up a penny to 42 cents on Monday, the latest in what are expected to be annual price adjustments by the Postal Service.
- Democratic senator calls for GOP to alter energy policy
(AP)
 AP - The public must pressure Republicans in the White House and Congress to change directions in the country's energy policies, which have pushed oil and gas prices to record highs, a Democratic lawmaker said Saturday.
- Feminists sharply divided between Clinton, Obama
(AP)
 AP - No constituency is more eager to see a woman win the presidency than America's feminists, yet despite Hillary Rodham Clinton's historic candidacy the women's movement finds itself wrenchingly divided over the Democratic race as it heads toward the finish.
- New York Rep. Fossella faces calls for his resignation
(AP)
 AP - Embattled and embarrassed by the confession he fathered a child from an extramarital affair, New York Rep. Vito Fossella is facing public calls for his resignation. Secluded with his family, he must decide if he wants to keep his job badly enough to grapple with the lingering questions and fallout from the scandal.
- Analysis: 'Hillary Democrats' could be up for grabs
(AP)
 AP - With the racially tinged Democratic race drawing to an awkward close, Barack Obama and John McCain face the challenge of winning over "Hillary Democrats" the white, working-class voters who favored the former first lady over Obama's historic candidacy.
- UN officials criticize Myanmar's response to cyclone
(AP)
 AP - Top U.N. officials criticized Myanmar's response to a devastating cyclone, calling on its ruling junta Thursday to postpone a constitutional referendum and to ease restrictions slowing the delivery of international aid.
- Artificial reef near Miami is cemetery, diving attraction
(AP)
 AP - About 45 feet beneath the ocean's surface lies a cemetery with gates, pathways, plaques and even benches.
- Hamilton recognises his "Apollo" was the pits
(Reuters)
 Reuters - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has
recognised that acting may not be his forte after a Turkish
Grand Prix promotional stunt turned into an embarrassment for
the Formula One driver.
- SpongeBob SquarePants image painted on historic Colo. cabin
(AP)
AP - The U.S. Forest Service is looking for the "SpongeBob fanatics" who painted the cartoon character on the chimney of a historic building.
- Omaha man says this was his second self-tracheotomy
(AP)
 AP - The 55-year-old Omaha man who performed a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife says he did the same thing to himself two years ago.
- Canadian WW1 vet to become a Canadian citizen
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Canada's last known
surviving veteran of World War One is becoming a Canadian
citizen, the government said on Friday.
- Driver gets in wreck, sees his home catch fire, gets ticket
(AP)
AP - One moment, Justin Hill was turning into his driveway. Minutes later he was being flown to a hospital as his home went up in flames. Then he got a traffic ticket.
- Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
(AP)
 AP - It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman she's pregnant with her 18th child. Michelle Duggar, 41, is due on New Year's Day, and the latest addition will join seven sisters and 10 brothers. There are two sets of twins.
- Legally blind man, 78, bowls perfect game
(AP)
AP - A 78-year-old legally blind man nicknamed "The Hammer" has bowled a perfect game. Dale Davis of Alta, Iowa, nailed 12 consecutive strikes and reached 300 on Saturday night during league play.
- Utah men say they drove to 48 states, more than 7,000 miles
(AP)
AP - Three men say they drove to 48 states in less than five days, ending their journey in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah. The Four Corners destination allowed them to quickly hit four states Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
- Packaged pythons cause scare at German post office
(AP)
AP - A trio of packaged pythons has caused a scare at a German post office. Police in Darmstadt say the snakes were stuffed into a parcel that was handed in for mailing to eastern Germany. It contained two tiger pythons and an albino tiger python of more than 3 feet in length.
- Sexy orchids do more than embarrass wasps?
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Orchids that mimic female wasps may
not only waste the time of the male wasps they lure into
spreading their pollen -- they also seduce them into wasting
valuable sperm, Australian researchers reported on Wednesday.
- You want fries with that? YES!!!!
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Swiss government has
agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes
following fears that Euro 2008 soccer fans could face a
shortage of French fries next month.
- Swiss government says Euro 2008 fans can have their chips
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Swiss government has
agreed to ease restrictions on the importation of potatoes
following fears that Euro 2008 football fans could face a
shortage of French fries next month.
- Safety in numbers for speeding drivers
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Speeding drivers in south China are
getting clear away thanks to machines which switch the numbers
on their licence plates in seconds, state media said on
Tuesday.
- Building boom drives dump truck thefts
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Forget the luxury cars that cram
Moscow's streets: Russian thieves are after dump trucks, cranes
and asphalt pavers to feed a booming construction sector.
- Non-stick chewing gum firm raises $20 million
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A British company developing a
non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements
and shoes has raised 10 million pounds ($20 million) to help
bring its product to market.
- UK non-stick chewing gum firm raises 10 mln pounds
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A company developing a non-stick chewing
gum that can be easily removed from pavements and shoes has
raised 10 million pounds to help bring its product to market.
- Yankees-Red Sox argument ends in murder
(Reuters)
Reuters - A New York Yankees' fan was accused on
Monday of murdering a Boston Red Sox supporter and injuring
another by running both down with a car after a heated argument
over one of America's oldest sporting rivalries.
- Maid in HK court after sex with boss's teenage son
(Reuters)
Reuters - A 45-year-old Indonesian maid
admitted having sex with her Hong Kong employer's 14-year-old
son after watching Internet porn together, a newspaper reported
on Tuesday.
- Rio firm in trouble for slum tour with a twist
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A Rio de Janeiro tour company
could be in trouble for giving tourists too intimate a view of
life in the city's notorious slums, including photo
opportunities with drug gang leaders.
- Purple Heart Ceremony
As Delivered by, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, Thursday, April, 20, 2006
- Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation Annual Gala
As Delivered by, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Friday, April, 07, 2006
- Caspar Weinberger (15th Secretary of Defense) Eulogy
As Delivered by, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Tuesday, April, 04, 2006
- Army War College
As Delivered by, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Monday, March, 27, 2006
- 4th Annual U.S. Missile Defense Conference
As Delivered by, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, Monday, March, 20, 2006
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- Embattled Olmert vows to lead peace drive
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on
Saturday vowed to stay in office and lead peacemaking efforts
with Israel's "enemies and adversaries" despite speculation he
could be forced to quit in a bribery scandal.
- US warily welcomes less violence in Lebanon
(AFP)
 AFP - The White House on Saturday welcomed steps to defuse the deadly unrest in Lebanon but cautioned that any long-term resolution required a change in the role Hezbollah plays there.
- Hezbollah fighters in Beirut melt away
(AP)
 AP - Hezbollah gunmen were melting away from the streets of Beirut late Saturday, heeding an army call to clear out fighters after the Shiite militants demonstrated their military might in a power struggle with the U.S.-backed government.
- Lebanese opposition ends west Beirut takeover
(AFP)
 AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Saturday said it was ending its takeover of west Beirut after the army revoked government moves against the Shiite group that sparked days of deadly fighting.
- Israel raids on Gaza kill five Hamas militants
(AFP)
 AFP - Israeli air raids on Gaza killed five Hamas militants on Saturday as the Jewish state warned the United Nations it will defend itself against Palestinian rocket attacks from the isolated territory.
- Hamas militants fire rockets into Israel, no one hurt
(AP)
AP - Palestinian militants bombarded southern Israel with rockets and mortars on Saturday, part of a new outburst of violence that threatens fragile Egyptian efforts to broker a truce in the Gaza Strip.
- Egypt opens border to sick and wounded Gazans
(AFP)
 AFP - Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday to allow hundreds of Palestinians to leave the Hamas-ruled territory for advanced medical treatment.
- Hezbollah gunmen start withdrawl from Beirut
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Hezbollah on Saturday began withdrawing
gunmen from Beirut and handed control of the streets to the
Lebanese army, after seizing much of the city in gunbattles
with supporters of the U.S.-backed government.
- Obama advisor steps down due to Hamas contacts: media
(AFP)
 AFP - An advisor to Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has left the campaign after a British newspaper asked him about meetings with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, media reports said Friday.
- Fuel shortage forces Gaza blackout
(Reuters)
Reuters - A fuel shortage forced the Gaza Strip's
main power station to shut down on Saturday, leaving much of
the Hamas-controlled territory without electricity, a senior
official at the generating plant said.
- Gaza power plant closes for lack of fuel
(AFP)
 AFP - The Gaza Strip's sole power plant shut down on Saturday for lack of fuel, according to a senior Palestinian official, leading to blackouts across the Islamist Hamas-ruled territory.
- Lebanon army in bid to end violence
(AFP)
 AFP - The Lebanese army said on Saturday it had frozen measures taken by the government against the Shiite Hezbollah movement, and called for all armed militants to withdraw from the streets.
- Palestinian negotiator worries about Olmert impact
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Palestinians' top peace
negotiator said on Saturday he feared a criminal investigation
of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could damage the chance
of a deal this year on Palestinian statehood.
- Israeli PM pressured to resign over bribery scandal
(AFP)
 AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is facing mounting calls to resign over a criminal probe into allegations he took bribes from a millionaire US financier.
- Israel will not tolerate nuclear Iran: Olmert
(AFP)
 AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran, but expressed hope the international community would be successful in checking Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
- Gaza-Egypt border opens temporarily: Hamas
(Reuters)
Reuters - The main border crossing between the
Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Egypt was temporarily opened on
Saturday under a deal between the Islamist group and Cairo,
Palestinian officials said.
- Military: 2 Gaza rockets hit Israel synagogue, college
(AP)
 AP - The Israeli army says a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip fell next to a Jewish seminary in southern Israel and damaged the building.
- US: Hezbollah must be 'accountable' for Lebanon unrest
(AFP)
 AFP - The United States has blamed Hezbollah as well as its patrons Iran and Syria for deadly unrest that has pushed Lebanon to the edge of civil war, and warned they must be held "accountable."
- Hezbollah phone system sparks new Lebanon unrest
(AFP)
 AFP - A private telephone network built by the Shiite Hezbollah organisation is at the centre of a political storm that has brought Lebanon perilously close to a new civil war.
- Powerless US falls back on 'remote-control' diplomacy for Lebanon
(AFP)
 AFP - Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.
- Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City
(AP)
 AP - Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City as the country's army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida's main bastion in Iraq.
- Iraqi refugee rejects Danish order to divorce one wife: report
(AFP)
 AFP - An Iraqi refugee ordered by Denmark to divorce one of his two wives if he wants to stay in the Scandinavian country is willing to move to Britain or even back to Iraq to avoid splitting his family, media reported Saturday.
- Iraqi factions agree to end Baghdad fighting
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite factions on Saturday
reached a deal to end fighting between militia and security
forces in the Baghdad bastion of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
that has killed hundreds of people, officials said.
- Baghdad's Coming Refugee Crisis
(Time.com)
Time.com - The Iraqi Government signals plans for an offensive in eastern Baghdad that is likely to displace thousands of civilians
- Tony Blair's wife publishes autobiography; Iraq war a topic
(AP)
 AP - Tony Blair considered not running for a third term as British prime minister but his wife and others persuaded him it would be seen as an admission that he had been wrong about the Iraq war, she says in her newly published autobiography.
- Cleric's aide says Shiites agree to cease-fire in Sadr City
(AP)
 AP - An aide to a radical Shiite cleric says extremists have agreed to a cease-fire in Sadr City.
- Fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 13
(AFP)
 AFP - At least 13 people were killed in fighting between US forces and Shiite militiamen in Baghdad's Sadr City, officials said on Saturday, as clerics there hit out at the Shiite religious leadership for turning a blind eye to the deadly offensive.
- Clashes in Baghdad kill 19, wound 116: hospitals
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Nineteen people have been killed and
116 wounded in clashes between security forces and militants in
eastern Baghdad's Sadr City district in the past 24 hours, the
two hospitals in the Shi'ite slum said on Saturday.
- AP: Military adds armor to vehicles as roadside bombs surge
(AP)
 AP - The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak points as troops see a spike in armor-piercing roadside bombings across Iraq, The Associated Press has learned.
- Judge: Woman's rape case against Halliburton can go to trial
(AP)
AP - A woman who said she was raped by co-workers while employed by a contractor in Iraq can take her claims to trial, a federal judge ruled Friday.
- US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,073
(AP)
AP - As of Friday, May 9, 2008, at least 4,073 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
- In big concession, militia agrees to let Iraqi troops into Sadr City
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Followers of rebel cleric Muqtada al Sadr agreed late Friday to allow Iraqi security forces to enter all of Baghdad's Sadr City and to arrest anyone found with heavy weapons in a surprising capitulation that seemed likely to be hailed as a major victory for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki.
- Blackwater unlikely to face charges in Iraq shooting
(AP)
 AP - Blackwater Worldwide, the security contractor blamed by an angry Iraqi government for the shooting deaths of 17 civilians, is not expected to face criminal charges all but ensuring the company will keep its multimillion-dollar contract to protect U.S. diplomats.
- U.S. soldier fulfills his mission of getting Iraqi girl new legs
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD— Staff Sgt. Luis Falcon, 38, was patrolling the |
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