AMMAN (Petra) — His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday told US congressmen that the international community’s failure to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land would lead to further failures in the region.
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U.N. peacekeeper killed in Darfur
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A U.N. peacekeeper was killed in Darfur, the first U.N. casualty since the world body began sending small reinforcements to a beleaguered African Union force deployed in the violent western Sudan region, the AU and the United Nations said Saturday.
Read More »Iran says US must change Iraq policy
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran said on Saturday that upcoming talks with the United States on Iraq could succeed only if Washington changed its policies in Iraq.
Read More »Bush celebrates victory after signing Iraq war bill
WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President George W. Bush celebrated victory on Saturday after he signed into law a long-sought bill committing $100 billion to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Read More »UN considers revised UN resolution on Hariri killing
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A revised UN resolution to unilaterally establish an international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of Lebanon’s former prime minister would give the Lebanese parliament a grace period until June 10 to ratify it.
Read More »Refugees recall shadowy Fateh Islam guerrillas
BEDDAWI (AFP) — With their long beards, Pakistani-style clothes and brand new weapons, the Fateh Islam guerrillas have long spread fear among Palestinian refugees in an embattled camp in northern Lebanon.
Read More »Coalition forces clash with Mehdi Army
BAGHDAD (AFP) — US and British forces on Saturday clashed with Moqtada Sadr’s supporters in Baghdad and Basra, even as Iraq’s politicians cautiously welcomed the radical Shiite cleric’s return to the political scene.
Read More »Israel renews air strikes across Gaza
GAZA CITY (AP) — Israeli air strikes killed five Hamas members in Gaza on Saturday, shortly after fighters floated the idea of halting rocket fire on Israeli border towns if Israel ended its 10-day-old air campaign.
Read More »US ships arms to Lebanon
NAHR BARED (Reuters) — The United States sent more ammunition on Saturday to Lebanon, whose army is struggling to defeat a group of heavily armed Islamists holed up inside a Palestinian refugee camp.
Read More »Russian Occupation Army Incurred More Losses
Russian Occupation army incurred during the past few days, more casualties from continuing Mujahideen operations, which coincides with the warmth of the weather in Chechnya. The outcome of the past four days only, was ten Russian soldiers killed and wounded others in a variety of hunting, blowing vehicles and direct …
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