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Suicide attack kills 13 Iraqi soldiers - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com : "BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber driving a tanker truck struck an Ir...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jordan's refugees long to return : "The 1967 Middle East war left the West Bank occupied by Israel, and pr...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Six dead in attack on Iraq prison : "Six civilian prisoners have been killed and at least 50 wounded in an att...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Israel 'tests' Syria peace aims : "Israel's government has sent secret messages to Syria about the...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Gaza militants launch Israel raid : "Palestinian militants have launched a raid into Israel from the Gaza Stri...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Sri Lanka troops 'kill 30 Tigers' : "Sri Lanka's military says its troops have killed at least 30 T...

BBC NEWS | Europe | Russia warns US on missile plan : "The US should halt moves to deploy a missile defence shield in central Europe, p...

BBC NEWS | Europe | Iraq condemns Turkish 'shelling' : "Iraq has made an official protest to Turkey, accusing it of shelling Ku...

Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps - washingtonpost.com : "Vice President Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with ...

Israeli Losing Patience for Iran Talks : "A senior member of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government suggested Wednesday th...

Marine says he erased photos of Haditha victims - Los Angeles Times : "CAMP PENDLETON — A staff sergeant testified Thursday that he was...

Twist of history finds Palestinian refugees fleeing back to Shatilla | Jerusalem Post : "Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon say the...

Jewish worshippers desecrate Muslim cemetery in West Bank - Haaretz - Israel News : "A Muslim graveyard in a village near the West Bank...

IDF troops kill armed Palestinian, wound another in W. Bank raid - Haaretz - Israel News : "Israel Defense Forces troops shot dead an a...

Why Israel does not engage with the Saudi initiative - Haaretz - Israel News : "One of the most puzzling aspects of Israeli policy over...

US to Press Ahead With Anti-Missile Plan | World Latest | Guardian Unlimited : "ROME (AP) - President Bush signaled Friday the United S...

30 die as police hunt gang in Nairobi slum | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited : "Hundreds of people carrying mattresses, cooking pots ...

General 'sacrificed' to clear decks on Iraq | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited : " · Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down ·...

Palestinians face more restrictions than ever - Independent Online Edition > Middle East : "The Israeli authorities have been ordere...

Fresh assault on militants' camp in north Lebanon - Independent Online Edition > Middle East : "Sporadic fighting between Lebane...

Latest round of sectarian violence in Iraq leaves more than 30 dead - Independent Online Edition > Middle East : "Carloads of attack...

Bush U-turn as 'surge' sceptic to oversee war - Independent Online Edition > Americas : "The White House has sidelined the m...

Wife and Son of Police Chief Are Among 50 Killed in Iraq - New York Times : "BAGHDAD, June 8 — More than 50 people were killed in attac...

Besieged by Protests, Pakistan Suspends Curbs on TV - New York Times : "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 8 — After a barrage of criticism and ...

Israelis Ask, What Have We Gained Since the ’67 War? - New York Times : "JERUSALEM, June 8 — In the months before the 1967 Middle East ...

Suicide Attacks, Bombings Kill Dozens in Iraq - washingtonpost.com : "BAGHDAD, June 7 -- Suicide attackers and car bombs struck targets...

TIMELINE: CIA renditions and secret prisons | International | Reuters : "(Reuters) - A European investigator said on Friday he had proo...

Doctors warn of deepening crisis in Chad | Reuters : "NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - A leading medical charity warned on Friday that 150,...

Sudanese children abducted for fighting and sex: U.N. | International | Reuters : "GENEVA (Reuters) - Children in Sudan, especially in ...

U.N. says immune from legal action over Srebrenica | International | Reuters : "UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has recei...

Secret CIA jails hosted by Poland, Romania: watchdog | International | Reuters : "PARIS (Reuters) - A European investigator said on Fri...

Fierce fighting rocks Palestinian camp in Lebanon | International | Reuters : "NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese troops pound...

Israel, offering Golan, awaits Syria proposals | International | Reuters : "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has told Syria it is willing t...

U.S.-Libya chemical arms-related deal in doubt | U.S. | Reuters : "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Libya, citing cost and liability concerns, ha...

4th American-Iranian probed - Focus on Iran - MSNBC.com : "TEHRAN, Iran - Iran confirmed Friday for the first time that it is holding a...

Putin offers alternative to missile plan - G-8 summit - MSNBC.com : "HEILIGENDAMM, Germany - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Frid...

G-8 wraps up with Africa, Iran actions - G-8 summit - MSNBC.com : "HEILIGENDAMM, Germany - Leaders of the Group of Eight agreed Friday ...

WP: U.S. unit allies with ex-insurgents - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com : "BAGHDAD, June 8 - The worst month of Lt. Col. Da...

Police chief’s house ambushed in Iraq - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com : "BAGHDAD - Carloads of attackers descended on a police chief’s h...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Why did Israel attack USS Liberty? : "For former US seaman Gary Brummett, the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Mid...

BBC NEWS | Europe | First CIA rendition trial opens : "The first criminal trial over the CIA's 'extraordinary rendition' of...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | UN condemns Ahmadinejad comments : "UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said he was 'shocked and dismayed' at rec...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq police chief's children held : "Gunmen in Iraq have attacked the house of a senior police officer, ki...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Police die in Afghanistan blasts : "At least two policemen have been killed in Afghanistan by a bomb which blew...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Hindu sites 'only for Hinduism' : "The government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has ba...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Top Afghan law officer assaulted : "Afghanistan's most senior law officer says bodyguards of a top army gen...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Court halts expulsion of Tamils : "Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to immediately hal...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Expelled from Iran - refugee misery : "The queues of refugees start to pour over the border shortly from first ...

BBC NEWS | Europe | CIA rejects secret jails report : "The CIA has dismissed a Council of Europe report alleging that it ran secret jai...

Israeli soldiers kill 2 Palestinians | International | Reuters : "HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel killed two Palestinian men on We...

Factional battles kill 616 Palestinians since 2006 | International | Reuters : "RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - An estimated 616 Palest...

Weeks before last Baghdad brigade ready: U.S. general | International | Reuters : "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The final extra U.S. brigade in ...

Twin car bombs kill seven in Baghdad: police | International | Reuters : "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least seven people were killed and 25 ...

U.S., Iraqi troops control a third of Baghdad | International | Reuters : "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S.-led soldiers control only about a t...

U.S. hands over $10 mln bounty to Philippine Muslims | International | Reuters : "JOLO, Philippines (Reuters) - The United States hande...

Saudi Arabia says detains 11 suspected militants | International | Reuters : "RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 11 suspected...

British soldier killed, three wounded in Iraq | International | Reuters : "BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - One British soldier was killed and t...

Suicide bomber kills 9 in Iraq attack on police HQ | International | Reuters : "MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide truck bomber killed n...

Iraq's Sadr says Arab states must help for own sake | International | Reuters : "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-...

Gunmen kill journalist in Iraq's Mosul | International | Reuters : "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A journalist working with the independent A...

World Crises | Reuters.com | Plans ready for UN Darfur force but not deployment : "UNITED NATIONS, June 6 (Reuters) - The United Nation...

Italian, UK police break up Islamic militant cell | International | Reuters : "MILAN (Reuters) - Italian and British police arrested ni...

Bombers in Iraq kill 19, reporter shot dead | International | Reuters : "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombers struck in Baghdad and at a police ...

Rival Palestinians factions clash in Gaza | International | Reuters : "GAZA (Reuters) - Rival Hamas and Fatah forces clashed in the Gaz...

U.S. hopes Pakistan will not move to emergency rule | International | Reuters : "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Imposition of emergency rule wo...

Turkish troops conduct exercises near Iraqi border | International | Reuters : "CIZRE, Turkey (Reuters) - The rocky hills of Sirnak pro...

Lebanese Islamists seek surrender of camp militants | U.S. | Reuters : "TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese Islamists on Thursday sou...

CIA agents go on trial in Italy before Bush visit | U.S. | Reuters : "MILAN (Reuters) - Hours before President George W. Bush visits It...

Rights groups press U.S. on ‘ghost detainees’ - U.S. Security - MSNBC.com : "LONDON - A coalition of human rights groups is demanding t...

U.S. gives terror informants $10 million - International Terrorism - MSNBC.com : "MANILA, Philippines - The U.S. ambassador to the Phil...

British soldier shot dead in southern Iraq - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com : "LONDON - A British soldier has been shot dead while on ...

Big Turkey incursion in Iraq would be US nightmare - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com : "WASHINGTON - A large-scale invasion of Northern...

3 Turk Soldiers Killed in Security Zone - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com : "ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's military command declared ...

Turkey sets ’security zones’ near Iraq - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com : "ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey has declared several areas near the bo...

Bush nominee worries Iraq can't do more - Politics - MSNBC.com : "WASHINGTON - The Army general picked by President George W. Bush ...

NBC: ‘Al-Qaida franchises' spreading - International Terrorism - MSNBC.com : "BEIRUT, Lebanon — One Palestinian refugee camp here i...

U.S. death toll in Iraq tops 3,500 - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com : "BAGHDAD - Another U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Ir...

Lebanon sees bombing, sniper killing - Mideast/N. Africa - MSNBC.com : "BEIRUT, Lebanon - Islamic militants killed a soldier Thursday i...

G-8 OKs 'substantial cuts' in carbon - Climate Change - MSNBC.com : "HEILIGENDAMM, Germany - Group of Eight leaders on Thursday...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Twenty killed by cyclone in Oman : "At least 20 people were killed when Cyclone Gonu struck the Gulf country o...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Fatah man shot dead in Gaza clash : "Hamas militants in Gaza have shot dead a member of the rival Fatah party,...

BBC NEWS | Europe | Italy police hold 10 'Islamists' : "Italian police have arrested at least 10 suspected Islamist militants w...

BBC NEWS | Americas | US accused over 'ghost detainees' : "Human rights groups have asked the US to reveal the whereabouts of 3...

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Corruption 'damaging education' : "Bribery and corruption damage universities and schools across th...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saudi police round up militants : "Saudi Arabia says it has detained 11 militants in the past two days, includ...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Bomb kills one in Lebanese town : "A bomb has hit a Christian industrial area to the north of the Lebanese cap...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | US army holds 32 in Iraqi raids : "The US military in Iraq says it has detained 32 suspected militants in a se...

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iraq Shias 'attack' Sunni mosques : "A prominent Iraqi Sunni party says Shia militiamen have attacked ...

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'war tsar' had doubts on surge : "The general nominated to be the first US 'war tsar' has said...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Afghan woman radio head shot dead : "A female owner of a radio station in Afghanistan has been shot dead. Zakia...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Pakistan complainant goes missing : "A man who went to court in Pakistan blaming senior administration and poli...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Taleban handed commander's body : "The Taleban say Afghan officials have handed over to them the body of fo...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Bangladesh pressed over UN expert : "UN officials are urging the authorities in Bangladesh to clarify the fate ...

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Police evict Tamils from Colombo : "Police in Sri Lanka have forced hundreds of the minority Tamil community ou...

BBC NEWS | Business | Saudi prince 'received arms cash' : "A Saudi prince who negotiated a £40bn arms deal between Britain and ...

BBC NEWS | Africa | Kenya police shoot sect suspects : "Police in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have shot 12 Mungiki suspects during a ...

Johann Hari: Iraq's mercenaries - with a licence to kill - Independent Online Edition > Johann Hari : " 'These private contr...