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sources say more than one person opened fire on Lebanese helicopter
Beirut - A military investigation into last week's attack on a Lebanese army helicopter by the Islamic group Hezbollah was likely to expand the hypothesis that there was more than one person involved, judicial sources said Tuesday. The sources said t...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israeli court convicts border policemen for death of Palestinian
Jerusalem - A Jerusalem district court convicted Tuesday two Israeli border policemen of abduction and manslaughter for their role in the 2002 kidnapping and subsequent death of a Palestinian teenager in Hebron. Shahar Botabicka and Denis Alhazov and...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Bomb kills two, injures eight in Baghdad
Baghdad - Two people were killed and eight were injured on Tuesday when a bomb struck a police patrol in Iraq's capital of Baghdad, police said. A policeman and a civilian were killed in the blast that occurred near Qendi hospital in the centre of Ba...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Hamas declining in popularity, new Palestinian poll finds
Ramallah - The popularity of the Islamic Hamas movement continues to decline among Palestinians, while that of its rival - the secular Fatah movement - remains unchanged, a new public opinion poll published Monday showed. The poll said if parliamenta...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Anbar takes security detail amid celebrations - Summary
Baghdad - Iraqi forces took over security responsibility in the western province of Anbar on Monday amid military celebrations - and heightened security. The Sunni province of Anbar is the eleventh of 18 Iraqi provinces to take responsibility for its...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iraqi politicians divided over the handover of Ashraf camp
Baghdad- A refugee camp in Iraq home to an Iranian opposition party has been transferred from US control to Iraqi authorities, Iraqi Radio reported on Monday. Camp Ashraf was originally set up during the Iran-Iraq war to give shelter to opponents of ...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Ahmadinejad praises Bolivian resistance against US - Summary
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday praised the resistance of Bolivia against the United States and said support for its President Evo Morales was stronger than when he was elected two years ago. I sincerely admire the resistanc...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Some 2.35 million Palestinians in West Bank, census finds
Ramallah - Some 2.35 million Palestinians currently live in the West Bank, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Monday, basing the number on a census conducted in 2007. This represents an increase from 1.87 million ten years ago w...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Anbar takes security detail amid celebrations
Baghdad - Iraqi forces took over security responsibility in the western province of Anbar on Monday amid military celebrations - and heightened security. The Sunni province of Anbar is the eleventh province to take responsibility for its own security...

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[Posted on : 2008-09-01 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Health, education sector strikes in Gaza a plot, Hamas says
Gaza - Strikes in the education and health sectors in the Gaza Strip were considered by the Islamic Hamas movement to be a plot against its regime in the enclave, officials said Sunday. Ismail al-Ashqar, a Hamas lawmaker in Gaza, said the strikes wer...

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[Posted on : 2008-08-31 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Georgia and Russia to continue their fight at UN's highest court

Three Jewish men attacked, injured in Paris

Nine dead, 14 missing in southern Philippine landslide - Summary

China pledges to maintain 'all-weather friendship' with Pakistan

New Pakistani president invites Afghan counterpart to Islamabad

Angola's ruling party on the way to crushing victory

Report: Confidential data again goes missing in Britain

Two dozen Taliban killed in clashes with Afghan, coalition forces

Olympics generate pro-China buzz in Hong Kong elections - Update

Flood situation grim in India's Assam state, 24 dead

Zardari to be sworn in as Pakistan's president Tuesday

Prosecutor becomes figure in mortgage mess

Israeli police meeting to review evidence against Olmert

Leftist demonstration turns violent in Hamburg

Czechs stick it to the European Union, sweetly - Feature

Australia's conservatives thrilled by Labor's election loss

Missing Polish diver feared dead in eastern Indonesian sea

'Olympic factor' generates pro-China votes in Hong Kong elections

Embattled Thai premier plans to attend UN General Assembly meeting

Six dead, 7 missing in southern Philippine landslide