GORUMLU (Reuters) — Turkey sent more tanks to its border with Iraq on Wednesday in a military buildup that is fuelling US concern about a possible incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish rebels.

BEIRUT (AP) — Supporters of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri cheered and wept — and some even danced in the streets — late Wednesday to celebrate the UN Security Council approval of the international tribunal to prosecute suspects in his killing.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of Iraqi and US troops cordoned off sections of Baghdad’s Sadr City slum Wednesday and conducted raids in an apparent effort to find five British citizens who Iraqi officials believed were abducted by the Shiite Mehdi Army.

GAZA CITY (AFP) — Two Hamas fighters were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday as the government vowed to keep up attacks on activists to try to stamp out persistent rocket fire.

Ansar Al-Sunnah Take Down More American Humvees; Attack Peshmerga Forces

Tension is rising on Turkey’s border with Iraq amid speculation Ankara may be about to launch an incursion to tackle Kurdish rebels.

Consolidation is the catchphrase in the Russian energy industry. The government is aggressively taking back centralized control over the entire sector, and has already completed the reintegration of one-time powerhouses such as Yukos and Sibneft into state structures. The pace of this centralization is about to quicken as power struggles …

Contrary to claims that the war is over, the reality suggests otherwise. Last night in their search for an invisible enemy the Russian occupation military once again shelled the Shalinsky district village of Serzhen-Yurt, PW reported.

(DEZASTRUL NATIONAL PALESTINIAN)  Acum 59 de ani in 15 mai 1948, poporul Palestinian a fost expulzat de pe pamantul sau prin diferite metode: masacre si distrugeri, bazate pe politica pamantului ars si a razboiului psihologic aplicate de ocupatii sioniste militare, ocupand 80% din teritoriile Palestinei Istorice, unde a fost declarat …

Muhammad ‘Abdel-Wahhab s-a născut la începutul secolului 20, – la  o dată asupra căreia specialiştii nu au căzut încă în unanimitate de acord –, fiind al patrulea copil al lui ‘Abdel-Wahhab Muhammad, şeicul moscheei Aş-Şi’rani din Cairo.