WASHINGTON — In the dusty battlegrounds of Iraq where open-air food shopping poses a security threat, new technology is allowing US troops to enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables, even in remote desert locations.
Read More »Security Council refuses to condemn Ahmadinejad’s remarks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN Security Council refused to approve a statement Friday that would condemn remarks about Israel’s impending destruction attributed to Iran’s president because of objections from Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country, council diplomats said.
Read More »UN Darfur envoy says negotiations complicated
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN envoy trying to promote a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur said the road to negotiations has become even more complicated because of the increasing number of rebel groups.
Read More »UN political affairs chief visits Somali capital, urges reconciliation
MOGADISHU (AP) — The international community is willing to help Somalia as long as there is “progress on the groundâ€, the United Nations’ political chief said during a four-hour trip to the Somali capital.
Read More »Beirutis turn to private security firms after bomb attacks
BEIRUT — The people of Beirut have turned to private security contractors using sniffer dogs, surveillance cameras and explosives detectors as government forces fail to prevent repeated bomb attacks.
Read More »Iraq protests Turkish shelling, warns on ties
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq accused Turkey of “intensively shelling” part of its northern Kurdish region this week and handed Ankara’s envoy a protest letter on Saturday which warned such actions could harm relations.
Read More »Palestinian fighters storm Israeli border
GAZA CITY (AP) — Palestinian fighters broke through Israel’s heavily fortified Gaza border and battled troops inside Israel for about two hours Saturday, in an abortive attempt to abduct an Israeli soldier in which one of the raiders was killed but the military said no soldiers were harmed.
Read More »5 Lebanese soldiers die in camp battles
NAHR BARED (Reuters) — Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Saturday in the latest bout of heavy fighting against Al Qaeda-inspired gunmen entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp, a military source said.
Read More »Israeli forces re-enter Gaza
Israeli tanks and troops have pushed into the southern Gaza Strip where they have traded gunfire with members of the armed wing of the Hamas movement, the army and Hamas have said.
Read More »“Israel is a frightened society”
CAIRO — Israel is behaving like Nazi Germany and has turned into a “Zionist” ghetto with a lot of paranoia about its existence as it builds a separation wall and uses military force as the only language to solve crises, the former Knesset speaker, Avraham Burg, has said.
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