Politics

Eight killed as Syria bloodshed spills into Lebanon - 05/16/2011

DAMASCUS- Security forces killed seven people in the town of Tall Kalakh on Sunday as Syria's unrest entered a third month and spilled over into Lebanon where a woman died at a border crossing....

Israel police stand back as Palestinian teen buried - 05/14/2011

JERUSALEM, Majeda El Batsh- Around 2,000 mourners laid the body of a Palestinian teenager killed in Jerusalem clashes to rest on Saturday as Israeli police kept a discreet watch but did not...

Mitchell: Skilled, low-key negotiator - 05/14/2011

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- George Mitchell, who quit as US Middle East envoy amid deadlocked peace talks, has over decades built a reputation as a skilled, dogged, low-profile negotiator with a...

Bin Laden urged 'spectacular' attacks on US cities - 05/13/2011

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce- From his hideout in Pakistan, Osama bin Laden pushed for dramatic attacks on American cities and asserted his authority in correspondence with Al-Qaeda deputies, a US...

Yemen crackdown kills 19 as US ups pressure - 05/13/2011

SANAA, Jamal al-Jaberi- Gunmen killed three protesters tearing up posters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Thursday, raising to 19 the death toll in 24 hours and prompting Washington to say the...

Syria crackdown spurs US warning of pressure - 05/13/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian security forces pressed on with a crackdown on Thursday, rounding up more opposition leaders, in a "brutal" campaign for which Washington warned that the regime would be held to...

State TV shows video of Kadhafi meeting - 05/12/2011

TRIPOLI- Libyan state TV on Wednesday showed footage of strongman Moamer Kadhafi in a meeting, the first time he has appeared on television since an air strike that the regime termed an attempt on...

Syria withdraws UN rights council bid - 05/12/2011

UNITED NATIONS, Pierre-Antoine Donnet- Syria on Wednesday withdrew a bitterly contested bid for a place on the UN Human Rights Council as it fought off growing international criticism of its deadly...

Jordan trusts 'wisdom' of Syria leadership - 05/12/2011

AMMAN- Jordan said on Wednesday it trusted the "wisdom" of neighbouring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to stem an unprecedented wave of protests that has rocked his government since mid-March....

Israel FM slams West for 'inconsistencies' on Mideast unrest - 05/11/2011

JERUSALEM- Ultra-nationalist Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman hit out at Western governments on Tuesday for giving greater support to rebels in Libya than in the Jewish state's main foes...
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