Politics

Lebanon complains to UN about Israeli 'spy' devices - 12/05/2010

BEIRUT- Lebanon on Saturday filed a complaint with the United Nations over "spying" devices planted by Israel on its territory which it said the Israeli army later detonated. The foreign ministry...

WikiLeaks arrest looms as site fights to stay online - 12/04/2010

LONDON, Danny Kemp- WikiLeaks faced growing pressure Friday as its founder Julian Assange dealt with a new arrest warrant and death threats, while the website hopped around the globe trying to evade...

Hariri tribunal justice will not destabilise Lebanon: US - 12/04/2010

MANAMA- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton insisted on Friday that the UN Special Tribunal probing the 2005 murder of ex-Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri did not pose a threat to Lebanon's...

Egypt ruling party 'damaged' by opposition boycott - 12/03/2010

CAIRO, Simon Martelli- The withdrawal of the main opposition parties from Egypt's election after alleged fraud and violence leaves the ruling party with a monopoly in parliament but its credibility...

Hamas will accept referendum on peace deal: Haniya - 12/02/2010

GAZA CITY, Adel Zaanoun- Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said on Wednesday the Islamist group would accept a peace deal with Israel if the Palestinian people approved it in a referendum. His...

Don't hunt my son, says mother of WikiLeaks chief - 12/02/2010

SYDNEY- The mother of Australian-born WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange does not want her son "hunted down" by Interpol over two rape charges issued by the Swedish police, a report said Wednesday....

Egypt opposition faces heavy losses in 'rigged' vote - 11/29/2010

CAIRO, Mona Salem- Egypt's main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, said on Monday that it had lost most of its seats in parliament in an election it charged had been "rigged and invalid"....

Leaks only go to show opposition to Iran strike: Jordan - 11/29/2010

AMMAN- The WikiLeaks disclosures go to show that Jordan -- in contrast to Arab states in the Gulf -- is opposed to a military strike on Iran over its nuclear programme, a government official said on...

Egypt ballot boxes can be hard to photograph - 11/28/2010

CAIRO, Patrick Baz- The Egyptian authorities promised a transparent general election, but even taking a picture of a ballot box in Sunday's vote proved surprisingly difficult for one international...

WikiLeaks catches Saudi King as saying USA should strike Iran - 11/28/2010

WASHINGTON, Joseph Krauss- WikiLeaks on Sunday unleashed a torrent of US cables detailing a wide array of potentially explosive diplomatic episodes, from a tense nuclear standoff with Pakistan to...
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