Middle Orient

GAZA, Nov. 10 – Gaza power plant will stop working later on Monday due to fuel shortage, Palestinian official warned.

BEIRUT, Nov. 10 – The Lebanese army arrested most of the key figures of Fattah al-Islam in the Palestinian refugee camp of Baddawi in north Lebanon, local As-Safier daily reported Monday.

RAMALLAH, Nov. 10 – Israeli forces arrested 24 Palestinians in a massive crackdown against wanted activists in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli sources said Monday.

Israel says goods border crossings with the Gaza Strip will remain closed, but its defence minister will hold talks to decide whether to allow fuel shipments.

Suicide bombers, one of them reportedly a girl of 13, have shattered Iraq’s relative stability of recent months, killing at least 32 people.

Turks have been paying tribute to the founder of their republic on the 70th anniversary of his death. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk remains a revered figure for many and ceremonies have been taking place around the country.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Four Iranian nationals who were arrested three years ago in Iraq by US forces have been released and have returned to Iran, an official at Iran’s consulate in Iraq’s northeastern city of Sulaimaniyah said.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian authorities Friday issued warnings urging citizens to avoid crossing the border with Iraq, saying border police were harassing pilgrims.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Democrat Senator Barack Obama has preferred to keep quiet as to what kind of policy towards Iran he might pursue in the capacity of the next president of the United States.

RAMALLAH, Nov. 7 – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas denied on Friday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is holding political prisoners in its prisons, contrary to what Islamic Hamas movement claims.