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 Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have stormed the Egyptian gate at the Rafah crossing, clashing with security forces. read more [Aljazeera]  US congressional leaders have agreed to a presidential request for up to $400 million in funding for covert operations against Iran, according to a report in the New Yorker magazine. read more [Aljazeera]  The majority of Turks say they would not favour banning the ruling party and think that any such decision would trigger unrest in the country, according to an opinion poll. read more [Aljazeera]  Anwar Ibrahim, the Malaysian opposition leader, has filed a lawsuit against the government to counter allegations that he sexually assaulted one of his male aides. read more [Aljazeera]  China favours encouraging negotiations between Zimbabwe's government and opposition rather than a United Nations-led sanctions campaign, China's foreign minister has said. read more [Aljazeera]  A cargo aeroplane has crashed in Sudan's capital, killing all four of the Russian crew on board. read more [Aljazeera]  Robert Mugabe is almost certain to be declared the winner of Zimbabwe's one-man presidential election when the electoral commission announces the results. read more [Aljazeera]  Pakistani security forces have launched a military operation against Taliban fighters in the Khyber tribal region near the northwest city of Peshawar. read more [Aljazeera]  The two rival US presidential hopefuls have clashed over the issue of immigration as both sought to win support from the country's growing Hispanic community read more [Aljazeera]  At least one person has been been killed and 20 others wounded by a powerful blast in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, officials said. read more [Aljazeera]  A woman and three children have been killed after rockets fired from Pakistan hit a residential area in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials have said. read more [Aljazeera]  An Israeli military exercise held this month was most likely a rehearsal for an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, US defence department officials have said. read more [Aljazeera]  Djibouti has accused neighbouring Eritrea of illegally intruding into its territory. read more [Aljazeera]  Fresh clashes have erupted between fighters from the Islamic Courts Union and Ethiopian forces in the Somali capital Mogadishu, leaving at least 13 people dead, most of them civilians. read more [Aljazeera]  Russia reacts to reported Israeli preparations for striking Iran, urging the international community to put 'diplomatic momentum' to use. read more [presstv]  Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Ali Zardari says he will soon replace embattled President Pervez Musharraf with its own candidate. read more [Presstv]  Syrian president has ruled out holding direct talks with Israeli premier on the sidelines of a summit to be held in Paris next month. read more [Presstv]  Insurgents have killed at least eleven Ethiopian soldiers and more than four Somali soldiers, as clashes erupted in northern Mogadishu. read more [Presstv]  South Africa has urged Zimbabwe's presidential rivals to scrap the upcoming run-off polls and enter into a power-sharing agreement instead. read more [Presstv]  Three Islamic Jihad armed men have been killed by the Israeli army at the Gaza Strip border fence, Al-Quds brigades has said. read more [Aljazeera]  Afghan and Nato forces are urgently redeploying troops around the southern city of Kandahar in preparation for a possible large-scale battle with the Taliban. read more [Aljazeera]  An international human rights group has accused the Ethiopian army of carrying out executions, rapes and torture against civilians in the eastern Ogaden region of the country. read more [Aljazeera]  Al Gore, the former US vice-president, has endorsed Barack Obama as the Democratic party's candidate for president. read more [Aljazeera]  A controversial deal on the long-term US military presence in Iraq will not include immunity for US contractors working in the country, the Iraqi foreign minister has said. read more [Aljazeera]  Taliban fighters have taken control of 10 villages in the Arghandab district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan, and have said they plan to march towards Kandahar city. read more[Aljazeera]  Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, has threatened to arrest leaders of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) for "provoking violence". read more[Aljazeera]  Four soldiers with the US-led force in Afghanistan have been killed in a roadside bomb blast, according to a multinational force official and a statement. read more[Aljazeera]  Chadian rebels have reportedly captured the town of Am Dam, about 600km east of Ndjamena, the capital, a rebel spokesman said. read more[Aljazeera]  The UN special envoy for Somalia says the accord reached in Djibouti would end more than 17 years of civil strife in the war-torn country. read more[presstv]  Afghan President Hamid Karzai says his country is fed up with raids by 'Pakistani militants', vowing to attack their hideouts in Pakistan. read more[presstv]  Hezbollah urges Premier-designate Faud Siniora to form the government, saying all the agreements of the Doha accord must be implemented. read more[presstv]  A possible truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip will not include the release of a captured soldier, a top Israeli official says. read more[presstv]  Hundreds of civilians near the football stadium of Mogadishu have fled their houses due to one of the heaviest mortar attacks there. read more[presstv]  Lebanon's top cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah draws a parallel between the US and Israel in the savage killing of innocent people. read more[presstv]  Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif steps up his verbal attacks against Pervez Musharraf, suggesting that he should be hanged. read more[presstv]  Barack Obama to Let Loose on 'Jimmy Kimmel' read more[abcNews]  Zimbabwean police have released the leader of the country's opposition party while keeping the party's secretary general still in custody. read more[presstv]  Pakistan has condemned US-led forces in Afghanistan for an "unprovoked and cowardly" air raid near the border that killed at least 11 Pakistani soldiers read more[Aljazeera]  Three members of Hamas's armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, have been killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say. read more[Aljazeera]  Britain's prime minister has won a parliamentary vote to extend the time the authorities can hold people on suspicion of "terrorist" activities without charging them. read more[Aljazeera]  Hugo Chavez is annulling a controversial intelligence law that his opponents say is autocratic. read more[Aljazeera]  Troops from Djibouti and Eritrea have fired shots at each other along their shared border, the Djiboutian military said in a statement. read more[Aljazeera]  Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, former leader of Somalia's Islamic Courts' Union, has rejected a new peace agreement between the country's interim government and its main political rivals. read more [Aljazeera]  The family of Corporal Gilad Shalit, the soldier abducted in the Gaza Strip nearly two years ago, has received a letter from their son. read more [Aljazeera]  Mexican Congressional Speaker Ruth Zavaleta has said Mexico will reject any US aid to fight drug traffickers that comes with conditions. read more [presstv]  Turkey's prime minister has accused the country's top court of usurping parliamentary powers by rejecting legislation that would have lifted a ban on Muslim headscarves in universities. read more [Aljazeera]  Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has called on Colombian rebels to lay down their weapons, free all their hostages and put an end to a decades-long armed struggle against the Bogota government. read more[aljazeera]  Many killed in Somalia clashes Twelve people have been killed in clashes between combined Ethiopian and Somali government soldiers and Muslim fighters in Mogadishu. read more[aljazeera]  China has begun to drain a lake formed after last month's earthquake in China's Sichuan province in an attempt to reduce the risks of a catastrophic flood. read more[aljazeera]  A delegation from the UN Security Council left stranded at Kigali airport in Rwanda when officials demanded $20,000 for their jet to be refuelled, has been allowed to leave. read more[aljazeera]  Stock markets across the Asia Pacific have opened lower on growing fears that high oil prices will lead to a global recession. read more[aljazeera]  Hillary Clinton has formally announced the suspension of her attempt to become the US president and endorsed Barack Obama, her rival for the Democratic party nomination. read more[aljazeera]  Leading Islamic scholars propose creating a center that would promote relations among different religions as the Mecca interfaith summit ends. read more[presstv]  Turkey's Constitutional Court has upheld ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, on grounds that it violates the secular principle. read more[presstv]  Russia new president has used his first major speech since taking power in May to blame the United States for the global financial downturn. read more[aljazeera]  The home of Kosovo's prime minister has been broken into sparking an exchange of gunfire between the intruders and security guards, police have said. read more[aljazeera]  Fears of a new Middle East conflict have marked new heights for oil prices after the Israeli regime threatened to attack Iran. read more[presstv]  UN experts on child rights have criticized US over detention of juveniles in Afghanistan and Iraq and voiced concern about cruel treatment. read more[presstv]  Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has said that a crisis in the country's oil region of Abyei would be resolved soon through dialogue. read more[presstv]  Pentagon officials have firmly opposed a proposal by Dick Cheney to launch airstrikes against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). read more[presstv]  The 15th round of the Mediterranean Forum opens in Algiers amid Arab concerns over Israel's membership in a proposed Mediterranean Union. read more[presstv]  Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change, has been arrested while campaigning in the run-up to the second round of a decisive presidential vote. read more [Aljazeera]  Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the US presidency, has met privately with Hillary Clinton, his formal rival candidate. read more [Aljazeera]  Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators have denounced their trial as illegitimate and vowed to accept possible death sentences. read more [presstv]  Somalia's Muslim opposition representatives taking part in peace talks in Djibouti have said that a timetable for Ethiopian troop withdrawal is a condition for direct government talks. read more [Aljazeera]  Hamas has said it is ready for reconciliation talks with Fatah and called for discussions to take place under the auspices of the Arab League. read more [Aljazeera]  Barack Obama becomes the first African-American candidate to head a major party ticket by winning the Democratic presidential nomination. read more[presstv]  Zimbabwe's President Mugabe has accused the West of trying to provoke 'illegal regime change' by bringing starvation to his country. read more[presstv]  A Somali soldier holds his weapon at Bakara market in Mogadishu. Unidentified gunmen have shot dead the chairman of Banadir business community at the main market in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. read more[presstv]  Israel plans to uproot hundreds of centuries-old olive trees of the West Bank village of Naalin to construct the Israeli annexation Wall. read more[presstv]  Somalia president and opposition have difference of opinion in their talks with UN mission over withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. read more[presstv]  Al-Shabab forces have taken over an Ethiopian military base in an attack that killed eight Ethiopians and five insurgents in Somalia. read more[presstv]  The Political Leader of Hamas Khalid Meshaal has called on Arab countries to forge stronger ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran. read more[presstv]  One person has been killed and four other, including two Coptic Christians monks, injured when a land dispute involving a monastery turned violent. read more[presstv]  At least seven Kenyan troops and two Somali fighters have reportedly been killed in a fierce border clash in Liboi town, southern Somalia. read more[presstv]  Attacks on south Mogadishu's Hodon district have left at least 6 Somali soldiers dead near their base now being taken over by insurgents. read more[presstv]  More than one million people are preparing to evacuate a Chinese valley that is under the threat of flooding from an earthquake-spawned lake. read more[Aljazeera]  Israel's foreign minister was a Mossad agent when it ran a series of killings against the Palestinians in Europe, The Sunday Times says. read more[presstv]  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has urged France to distance itself from America, comparing the US to a 'frightening monster'. read more[presstv]  The Pakistan People's Party's Co-chairman has set a June 10 deadline for Pervez Musharraf to resign or face impeachment by Parliament. read more[presstv]  Bahrain has appointed a Jewish woman as an ambassador, believed to be the Arab world's first Jewish envoy. read more...[Aljazeera]  Tens of thousands rally against a proposed US-Iraqi security agreement to keep US troops in Iraq after the current UN mandate expires. read more...[Presstv]  A top Israeli official met Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Sunday in the latest bid to find a truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip but Israel's internal security chief cast doubt on the chances of success. read more...[msnnews]  Ugandan peacekeepers have come under attack in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, with at least 10 people killed in the ensuing gun fight, according to residents and officials. read more...[Aljazeera]  The Zimbabwean government has accused the US ambassador to Harare of inciting the opposition and 'interference' in domestic affairs. read more...[Presstv] CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected to become the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee after next week and he is considering an overseas trip that may include Iraq. read more[reuters]  The Somali interim government and its main rival will resume peace talks this weekend in Djibouti on Saturday, the UN announces read more[presstv] UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A report from the U.N. nuclear watchdog shows the Security Council has no business bothering with Iran's atomic program since all open questions about it have now been resolved, Iran said on Wednesday. read more[reuters]  Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly accused Saudi Arabia of conspiring against the country to overthrow its government. read more[presstv]  Insurgents have shot dead at least 8 well-respected Somali clan elders and seriously injured 11 others in Gedo region of Somalia. read more[presstv] WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama admitted on Tuesday he was wrong to say his uncle helped liberate the Nazis' Auschwitz concentration camp after Republicans said Soviet troops freed the camp. read more[reuters] BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliamentary majority coalition agreed on Tuesday to nominate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to form the country's first government under newly elected President Michel Suleiman. read more[reuters]  The Bush administration is drawing up plans to launch a strike against Iran within the next two months, says a former top US diplomat. read more[presstv]  At least nine Somali soldiers have been killed and 12 Ethiopians troops have been injured in heavy fighting raging on in South Mogadishu. read more[presstv]  The Egyptian parliament has extended the country's seventeen-year state of emergency by another two years, a parliamentarian says. read more[presstv]  Ethiopia has sentenced the country's one-time dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam to death, along with 17 senior officials of his regime. read more[presstv]  Twenty six people have died when a bus plunged off an 80-metre cliff into a river in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, police say. read more[presstv]  Somali's ICU commander, Abdullahi Hersi has rejected a UN resolution that could see UN peacekeepers sent to the war-wracked African nation. read more [presstv]  Lebanon's Army Chief General Michel Suleiman has been elected president to break an 18-month political deadlock in the country. read more [Presstv]  Mozambique's government has declared a state of emergency to help its migrated citizens suffering intense violence in South Africa. read more [Presstv]  Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal has called on the Arab League to mediate the dispute between his group and the Fatah faction. read more [Presstv]  The United Nations has committed to helping Somalia draw up a constitution to promote reconciliation, a UN press release has said. read more[presstv]  At least 35 people, including civilians, have been killed and many more displaced in heavy clashes north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu. read more[presstv]  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says the United States 'planned, financed, and executed' the 1980-1988 war between Iran and Iraq. read more[presstv]  Iraq's most revered Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly objected to a 'security accord' between the US and Iraq. read more[presstv]  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday of "stirring up" a controversy over the disqualified Florida primary election because it was her last hope of winning their party's presidential nomination. read more[Yahoo News]  Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri says the rival blocs have reached an agreement on how to distribute ministerial seats read more..[presstv]  Countries and private traders are supplying weapons and military equipment to Somali warlords, South Africa's UN ambassador says. read more[presstv]  Tuareg rebels attack an army post in Mali's extreme northeast, killing 27 people including 10 government soldiers and injuring 31 others. read more[presstv]  Democrat Hillary Clinton sparks an outcry by invoking senator Robert F. Kennedy's shooting to justify her long-drawn-out White House bid. read more[presstv]  A senior Somali opposition leader has vowed to force Ethiopian troops out of his country, warning that UN-sponsored peace talks will fail. read more[presstv]  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem says Damascus has been given commitments for an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. read more[presstv]  British Foreign Secretary David Miliband says the EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana is in "advanced discussions" with Iranian officials. read more[presstv]  President Hugo Chavez says the US Navy jet which violated his country's airspace had been on a spying mission, he seeks US explanation. read more[presstv]  An Ethiopian soldier in northern Mogadishu A massive explosion has killed seven Ethiopian soldiers and injured eight others in the southern district of Dayniile in Mogadishu read more [presstv]  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Barack Obama stepped to the brink of victory in the Democratic presidential race Tuesday night, defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Oregon primary and moving within 100 delegates of the total he needs to claim the prize at the party convention this summer. read more [News yahoo]  Lebanese rivals have managed to reach an agreement to defuse the political turmoil in the country following five days of talks in Doha. read more[presstv]  LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Hillary Rodham Clinton cast her victory in Kentucky as an overwhelming vote of confidence Tuesday and said she's still running for president not to demonstrate that she's tough but to ensure that Democrats retake the White House. read more [Yahoo News]  MOGADISHU, Somalia - Gunmen seized two Italian aid workers and their Somali colleague in an overnight attack, a witness said on Wednesday. read more [Yahoo News]  Fighters of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) have taken control of the southern Somali town of Jamamme, after a fierce battle in the city. read more[presstv]  Crisis talks between rival Lebanese groups are on the brink of collapse with mediators pushing for a minimal declaration of intentions. read more[presstv] BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has proposed to buy Yahoo Inc's search business and take a minority stake in the Web pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday. read more[reuters]  Roadside bombs and heavy clashes have reportedly killed at least 91 Ethiopian troops near Somalia's Lower Shabelle region, Weyne town. read more [presstv]  DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has urged Muslims to break the Israeli-led blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and fight Arab governments that deal with the Jewish state, according to an audio recording. read more [Reuters]  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warns that a US military attack against the Islamic Republic would have dire consequences for Washington read more [presstv]  Aides to Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton have reportedly acknowledged that she is not going to win the deadlocked race. read more [presstv]  Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will stay in South Africa amid fears for his safety after a plot was discovered against him, reports say. read more [presstv]  Pro-Taliban militants have released Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan 3 months after he was kidnapped in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region. read more [presstv]  Talks aimed at ending Lebanon's protracted political crisis have opened in Qatar that pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war. read more [presstv]  More than four American and French warships have reached the Somali capital, Mogadishu, dropping soldiers in the southern coastal city. read more [presstv]  Venezuela's president says Bolivia's opposition won't be able to divide the Andean nation and secede from the federal government. read more [presstv]  Canada faces a three-way race, against Germany and Portugal, for the two seats up for grabs in the UN Security Council in 2010 election. read more [presstv]  The UN refugee agency says it is scaling down activities and staff movements in Chad due to escalating violence in the east of the country. read more [presstv]  The recent earthquake in Sichuan province of China has been the 'most destructive' in the country since 1949, Premier Wen Jiabao says. read more [presstv]  Senior Lebanese political leaders are to start talks in Qatar's Doha in a bid to reach a solution to the ongoing crisis in Beirut. read more [presstv]  Taliban top leaders have vowed to target the United States after an alleged missile strike killed several people in northwest Pakistan. read more [presstv]  At least 19 civilians have been killed by armed bandits in southern Somalia, as chaos and violence dominate the east African country. read more [presstv]  Israel is to intensify its military operations against Gaza, after the US President's visit to the occupied territories, an official says. read more [presstv]  More than 10,000 people are believed to have perished. But in the midst of so much tragedy, searchers found at least one reason for hope: a little girl was pulled out alive from the rubble of what used to be her school. read more[ abcNews ]  Landmine explosions have killed more than 12 Ethiopian troops, and eight Somali government soldiers, in the war-torn East African nation. read more[ presstv]  The US President George W. Bush has declared that his country is prepared to strengthen the Lebanese army so it could disarm Hezbollah. read more[ presstv]  India is confident by 2010-2011, it would gatecrash into a very exclusive club of countries, top Indian defense scientists say. read more[ presstv]  The Lebanese army says it will impose a ban on carrying arms in the streets as of Tuesday morning and it will use force to enforce the ban. read more[ presstv]  Barack Obama is closing in on Hillary Clinton's lead among superdelegates; the Democratic officials who will determine the party's nominee. read more[ presstv]  The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged rival forces in Lebanon to show restraint and resolve their differences peacefully. read more[ presstv]  Druze leader Walid Jumblatt has dismissed earlier reports that Prime Minister Fuad Siniora was to step down from his post. read more[ presstv] YANGON (Reuters) - The military rulers of Myanmar went ahead with a constitutional referendum on Saturday despite calls from the outside world to postpone it after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis... read more[reuters]  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from four more superdelegates Wednesday, pushing him ever closer to victory over Hillary Rodham Clinton — even as their primary marathon staggered on. read more [news.yahoo] SAKHNIN, Israel (Reuters) - Salwa Abu Jaber believes her story shows Israel discriminating against its Arab citizens, 60 years after the state was established as a haven for Jews. read more [reuters]  Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister-elect, has unveiled his government, with Franco Frattini, the EU justice commissioner, becoming foreign minister. read more [Aljazeera]  Anti-government protests in Lebanon will continue until the US-backed government retracts decisions said to be against Hezbollah, sources within the opposition have said. read more [Aljazeera]  Two Japanese women taken hostage by Yemeni tribesmen have been freed unharmed, according to the Japanese foreign ministry. read more [Aljazeera]  WASHINGTON - On the rebound, Barack Obama left Hillary Rodham Clinton with fast-dwindling chances to deny him the Democratic presidential nomination after beating her in North Carolina and falling just short in an Indiana cliffhanger. read more[news.yahoo]  YANGON, Myanmar - U.N. officials on Wednesday declared the Myanmar delta worst hit by a devastating cyclone a "major disaster," with corpses floating through flooded waters and enormous logistical challenges hampering humanitarian aid efforts. read more[news.yahoo]  The Russian foreign minister has refuted British allegations about the outcome of recent Group 5+1 meeting on Iran's nuclear program. read more [presstv]  Amnesty International says Ethiopian troops support the Somali government's killings by slitting people's throats and gang-raping women. read more [presstv]  US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she will confront OPEC over soaring oil prices if she is elected president. read more [presstv]  The Lebanese cabinet has decided to remove Beirut airport's security chief and send him back to the army over his alleged ties with Hezbollah. read more [presstv] SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Beijing called the Dalai Lama a criminal on Saturday, as representatives of the exiled Buddhist leader gathered for a meeting on Sunday in China to discuss the most serious unrest in Tibet for nearly two decades read more [reuters] HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party said on Saturday it was still undecided on whether its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, should take part in a run-off election against President Robert Mugabe. read more [reuters] JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Hundreds of forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deployed to the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday for a law-and-order campaign meant to show the government is laying the ground for statehood. read more [reuters]  Iran told Britain not to cross any 'red lines' before the six major powers prepared incentives for Tehran, the Foreign Minister says. read more [presstv]  A double suicide bomb, has ripped a wedding convoy northeast of Baghdad, killing at least 35 people and wounding 66, police said. read more [presstv] |
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