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A message from southern Lebanon: Stop making cluster bombs - Feature
Sawaneh, Lebanon - In 2006, shortly after Israel ended its 33-day war against Lebanon, 9-year-old Hussein Sultan and his best friend Hassan stepped on a cluster bomb while playing in the backyard of his home in the southern Lebanese village of Sawane...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

UN: Rights abuses of minorities, women and detainees in Iraq
Geneva - Security conditions in Iraq in the first half of 2008 improved greatly the United Nations said Tuesday, but grave human rights violations remained a serious issue. In addition to large casualties in heavy fighting between militias and gove...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israeli settlers arrested in Hebron following riots
Tel Aviv/Hebron - Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron clashed with Palestinians and Israeli security forces Tuesday, during riots over disputed property, Israeli police have said. Police said that settlers and Palestinians threw stones at...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

EXTRA: Israeli air strike in southern Gaza kills at least two
Gaza City - The Israel Air Force launched an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday afternoon, killing at least militants and injuring at least two others, hospital officials said. An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed the airstrike, which came...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death - yet again
Baghdad - The Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as Chemical Ali, to death for the brutal crushing of the a Shiite uprising that followed the expulsion of Iraqi forces from Kuwait. Al-Majid, a cousin o...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Mubarak pressed to intervene for doctors jailed in Saudi Arabia
Cairo- Egyptians are hoping that President Hosny Mubarak will seek a royal pardon for two Egyptian doctors sentenced to whippings and jail time in Saudi Arabia when Mubarak visits the kingdom Friday. A Saudi court in October sentenced Egyptian doctor...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Obama cabinet not compatible with slogan of change, says Iran TV
Tehran - The formation of the new US cabinet was in no way compatible with president-elect Barack Obama's slogan of change, state-run Iranian television network IRIB said in a commentary on Tuesday. The network said that appointing Hillary Clinton as...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israel welcomes Clinton nomination, but mixed Palestinian reaction
Jerusalem/Ramallah/Gaza City - Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday welcomed Hillary Clinton's nomination as the next US secretary of state. Abbas' staunch rival, the radical Islamic Hamas movement ruling Gaza, however, said Clinton...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israeli police roadblocks cause traffic jams amid terrorism alert
Tel Aviv - Israeli police set up roadblocks in central Israel Tuesday after receiving intelligence information that a suspected suicide bomber was planning to carry out an attack in Tel Aviv. Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the police ra...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Opposition Lebanese Christian leader to visit arch-foe Syria
Beirut - Lebanese opposition leader Michel Aoun, who spent 15 years in exile after an aborted war of liberation against Damascus, is set to visit Syria on Wednesday, sources close to the Christian politician said. This will be an introductory visi...

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[Posted on : 2008-12-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Beckham fails to pull crowds in New Zealand

White House lights Bush's final national Christmas tree

US stocks drop as carmakers seek bail-out, oil price hits new lows

SIDEBAR: Car execs trade jets for hybrids for second bail-out plea

Kurd militant seeks damages from Greece for imprisonment in Turkey

Jordan blasts allowing ultranationalist Jews to enter Muslim shrine

David Beckham fails to pull the crowds in New Zealand

Hamburg and Wolfsburg lead German advance; joy for Valencia - Summary

Cruise ship calls for help in Antarctica - Summary

German duo Hamburg and Wolfsburg advance in UEFA Cup

German Navy defuses suspected pirate attack on cruise ship

Canada's Harper staves off defeat; Conservatives charge treason

EXTRA: GM, Chrysler would consider merger as condition for bail-out

One climber dies on New Zealand peak, another saved - Summary

EXTRA: Palestinian Authority: settlers could end peace process

Bush purchases Dallas home for post-White House life

White House welcomes approval of US-Iraqi security agreement

In battle of the super-dolls, Barbie beats Bratz

US carmakers take bail-out plea before Congress - again - Summary

One stranded climber lifted off New Zealand peak