NAHR BARED (AFP) — Two Red Cross workers and three soldiers were killed on Monday around a besieged camp in northern Lebanon where the army has struggled to crush Islamist gunmen for the past three weeks.

Monarch in Cairo today for talks with Mubarak AMMAN (JT) — King Abdullah on Monday reiterated that there is no question of forming a Jordanian-Palestinian confederation or federation at the current time, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

One person has been killed in violence outside a polling station in Egypt’s northern Nile Delta region, as Egyptians go to the polls in parliamentary elections. A number of opposition groups boycotted Monday’s election, the first held under constitutional amendments approved by a referendum in March, but the Muslim Brotherhood …

A court in Ethiopia has found 38 senior opposition figures guilty of charges connected to mass protests after disputed elections two years ago.  The charges ranged from armed rebellion to “outrage against the constitution”.

Pakistan’s suspended chief justice has won the first round in a lengthy legal battle with the government. The Supreme Court decided on Monday to consider his challenge against accusations of misconduct.

A pre-dawn incursion by zionist occupants into the largest West Bank city of Nablus ended Monday morning with the arrest of six citizens from the city itself and the nearby Asker refugee camp.

CAIRO, Egypt — Lines of police barred opposition voters from some polling stations Monday, and violence erupted between supporters of rival candidates, killing one person and marring the elections for Egypt’s upper house of parliament.

Grupul de Investigaţii Politice, condus de Mugur Ciuvică, cere SRI şi CNSAS să facă publice numele informatorilor din reţeaua unui presupus ofiţer de securitate, Mihai Avramides.

Ministrul Sănătăţii, liberalul Eugen Nicolăescu, i-a criticat ieri dur pe preşedintele Traian Băsescu şi pe liderii PD şi PLD, Emil Boc şi Theodor Stolojan. Nicolăescu a spus că şeful statului suferă de mai multe boli, care intră în categoria bolilor psihice.

De astăzi, jumătate din populaÅ£ia Capitalei este nevoită să facă – pentru o perioadă – numai duÅŸuri reci. Regia Autonomă de DistribuÅ£ie a Energiei Termice (RADET) opreÅŸte furnizarea apei calde menajere locuitorilor din cartierele Colentina, Bucur-Obor, Åžtefan cel Mare, Pantelimon, Iancului, Mihai Bravu, Titan, Vitan, CălăraÅŸi, Berceni-OlteniÅ£a, MărăşeÅŸti, Decebal, Unirea, …