| Ceasefire established in Mount Lebanon - Summary
Earth Times
Choufayet, Lebanon - A ceasefire was established Sunday between followers of the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and opposition followers after clashes broke out on Jumblatt's stronghold of Mount...
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| Samsung brings Soul to Middle East
Arabian Business
Samsung has launched its new flagship handset for 2008, the U900, otherwise known as Soul. First seen at the Mobile World Congress 2008, the Soul U900 has been designed to include a range of...
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| Gaza power shut down due to fuel shortage
Middle East News.Net
Officials in the Gaza Strip say they have shut down the territory's sole power plant in due to a shortage of fuel.
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| Abu Dhabi GDP to touch $300 billion by 2025
Middle East News.Net
With steady growth of the non-oil sector, the gross domestic product of the emirate of Abu Dhabi in the UAE will hit $300 billion by 2025, according to a new report.
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| Egypt to re-open Gaza border
Middle East News.Net
Egypt Saturday re-opened its border with the Gaza Strip for three days to allow Palestinians stranded on both sides to cross.
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| At least 17 killed in northern Lebanon, Beirut calm
Earth Times
Beirut - A relative calm was restored Sunday to Beirut as the fighting reached north Lebanon where 17 were killed in clashes between fighters loyal to the opposition and the country's ruling...
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| US air strike on Baghdad
Middle East News.Net
The stronghold of the Shia Mahdi Army militia in Baghdad's Sadr City has been bombed overnight by US aircraft hours before a deal to end the fighting in the area comes into effect, witnesses said Sunday.
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| Dubai to become world
Middle East News.Net
Dubai is set to become the world's most sought out place for marine sports and tourism, a senior offficial of the most prosperous emirate of the United Arab Emirates has said.
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| Seven Arab countries meet to discuss nuclear energy
Middle East News.Net
Experts from seven Arab countries Saturday opened a meeting to discuss ways of coordinating their activities in the pursuit of peaceful nuclear technology.
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| Lebanese opposition confirms withdrawal from Beirut
Middle East News.Net
Beirut, (Xinhua) Lebanese opposition MP Ali Hasan Khalil confirmed Saturday that Hezbollah would withdraw gunmen from Beirut, but accused Prime Minister Fouad Seniora of carrying out a coup against the resistance.
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| Signs of normalcy in Iraq
Examiner
Hospitals in Sadr City reported Saturday that at...
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| pray for peace in Lebanon
Spero News
Marking the feast of Pentecost, Pope Benedict XVI appealed for peace in Lebanon and asked all Lebanese to abandon &the logic of aggressive...
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| Iran looks to tap key oil field with homegrown crews
Examiner
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini , highlights the country's new drive to tap its oil riches on its own - without Western investment or technological know-how - as Iran faces a threat of...
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| Israel must probe death of teacher we employed in Gaza
Haaretz
A United Nations agency called on Israel on Sunday to investigate the death of a Palestinian teacher employed by the agency who was killed in her home during an Israeli raid last week in the Gaza...
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| Startup shows off electric car planned for Israel
Associated Press
Israelis got a first demonstration Sunday of the electric car that developers hope will revolutionize transportation in the country and serve as a pilot for the rest of the...
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| Clashes in northern and eastern Lebanon, outside Beirut
WISH TV8
Security officials in Lebanon say heavy fighting has broken out in the mountains overlooking Beirut between supporters of the Western-backed government and opposition...
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| Israel, Palestinians need to show progress
The News Tribune
The Bush administration has told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they will need to show progress in their secret talks soon, or risk a potentially fatal erosion in public support for a...
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| Broad indexes are lower but in tech, Ceragon and Alvarion rise
Market Watch
The main Israel stock indexes were lower on Sunday after a four-day weekend, but technology issues were strong, led by double-digit increases in Alvarion and Ceragon.
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| Crisis eases in Lebanon
The Globe and Mail
Beirut — Lebanon's violent political crisis appeared to ease Saturday after the country's army stepped in to freeze a pair of controversial government decrees that had set off four days of...
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| US soldier dies in Iraq
WLOX
The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in an accident in Iraq. The military says the soldier was killed Saturday when the vehicle he was traveling in rolled over near...
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| The Voice of Egypt
NPR
... amp;Umm Kulthum is indisputably the Arab world's greatest singer.& The name Umm Kulthum may not strike a chord to Western ears, but she was a larger-than-life presence in the Arab world. The Egyptian...
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| Opposition continues military takeover, enforces siege
IRIN
Lebanon's worst sectarian violence since its 15-year civil war ended in 1990 has spread from Beirut to the Druze heartlands of Mount Lebanon and on to the second city of...
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| Lebanon must be viewed as a
Haaretz
... amp; after the Shiite guerilla group seized control over the Lebanese capital over the weekend. &Lebanon has no government. It is a fiction, there is only Hezbollah,& Ramon said during the weekly...
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| Turkey says it has attacked Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Reuters
Turkey said on Sunday it had launched air and artillery attacks against Kurdish separatist rebels in northern Iraq overnight after an insurgent strike on a military base.
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| Arab League meeting over Lebanon crisis, Syrian minister absent
Earth Times
Cairo - In response to the outbreak of violence in Lebanon, Arab foreign ministers were holding an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in Cairo Sunday in the absence of Syria's foreign minister....
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| Fighting in northern Lebanon as opposition ends Beirut takeover
Yahoo! News
A security official said the fighting in the north was between Sunni supporters of the Western-backed government and members of an Alawite sect loyal to Hezbollah. He added that thousands were...
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| Fresh clashes in Lebanon despite deal
Euro News
Reports from security officials say heavy fighting has broken out between pro- and anti-government supporters in Lebanon's central mountains overlooking the capital. Army tanks patrolled the streets...
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| Iran to resume nuclear talks with IAEA
Khaleej Times
Nuclear talks with the United Nations nuclear watchdog would be resumed next week, the spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry said Sunday.
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| House Dems seek passage of Iraq funding bill with strings
ABC 7
House Democrats this week will seek ways to push through a war spending bill with strings attached. The $195-billion measure would prohibit using U.S. aid to rebuild towns or...
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| Number of disabled vets up with Iraq, Afghan wars
The Seattle Times
Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the...
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| Clashes in Lebanon as army deploys in capital
Yahoo! News
... amp;amp;#39;s Foreign Minister Mahmud Ali Yussuf, who was chairing the session, told fellow ministers that &a number of steps and measures to resolve the situation in Lebanon have been put...
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| Fighting spreads east of Beirut
BBC
Clashes have flared outside Beirut as Lebanon's army struggled to contain the country's worst internal fighting since its bitter 15-year civil war. While the capital seemed calm after four days of...
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| Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish rebels in Iraq
Khaleej Times
Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel positions in neighbouring northern Iraq late Saturday, the latest in a series of air strikes in the region since December, the Turkish army said.
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| Emergency talks on Lebanon
ITN
Arab foreign ministers have met in Cairo for emergency talks to find a solution to the most serious crisis in Lebanon since the 1975-90 civil war. At least 44 people have been killed and 128...
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| Bush heads to Middle East amid dark omens
Arabian Business
Dark OMENS: Bush, pictured, will heads back to the Middle East this week, where his efforts to forge Israeli-Palestinian peace face growing scepticism.
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| Hezbollah wages war on Druze in Mount Lebanon
Ya Libnan
Machinegun fire and heavy artillery echoed throughout the village of Aitat, 20 kilometers southeast of Beirut. Mortars were fired between opposition and government supporters across Aley hills. ...
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| Fighting rages between rival parties in Lebanon
Khaleej Times
Fierce fighting raged between supporters of Lebanon's Western-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition on Sunday in the northern city of Tripoli, a security official told...
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| US warns Israeli and Palestinian leaders over stalled talks
Gulf News
The US government has warned Israeli and Palestinian leaders that they will lose public support for the peace process unless they can show progress in the near future. The message was...
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| British Israel to rent out historic Jerusalem building
Globes
... will convert a historic building in downtown Jerusalem into commercial space at a cost $10 million. The company will lease the building and is in talks with a number of retail chains, including New...
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| Lebanon troops patrol Beirut after Hezbollah pullout
Reuters
Lebanese troops patrolled Beirut on Sunday after Hezbollah fighters pulled back from areas they had seized in gun battles with supporters of the U.S.-backed government.
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| Iraq vows to stamp out al-Qaeda, normality in Baghdad slum - Summary
Earth Times
Baghdad - Iraqi senior officials vowed Sunday to stamp out insurgents of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in the northern city of Mosul where a large-scale crackdown has begun while normality is...
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| Arab ministers discuss quick action to end Lebanon crisis - Summary
Earth Times
Cairo - Arab foreign ministers were discussing at an emergency meeting in Cairo Sunday new proposals for a quick de- escalation of the Lebanon crisis - but were reluctant to condemn the actions of...
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| Israel gets first look at prototype of revolutionary electric car
Haaretz
Israelis got a first demonstration Sunday of the electric car that developers hope will revolutionize transportation in the country and serve as a pilot for the rest of the world.The silver car doing...
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| Brazilian minister to visit Iran
IRNA
Trade Brazilian Agriculture Minister Reinhold Stephanes is going to visit Iran in near future. Stephanes will starts his 11-day trip as of According to Trade Promotion Organization of Iran...
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| Six companies to bid for third mobile operator licence in Bahrain
AME Info
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has received a total of seven responses to its request for expressions of interest in the award process of the licence for the third mobile network...
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| 100,000 people affected by rebellion in the north - ICRC
IRIN
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Yemen said on 10 May that about 100,000 people have been directly affected by clashes between government forces and...
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| Syria Deplores Darfur Rebels Attack
Bahrain News Agency
Damascus, A Syrian Foreign Ministry Official Has Strongly Deplored The Attempts Made By A Group Of Darfur Rebels To Shake Sudans Security And Stability.
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| Death toll rises as Lebanon simmers
CNN
Heavy fighting breaks out in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli Woman dies as pro-government supporters take on opposition fighters Death toll across the country for the past five days of violence...
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| We will keep Israel
Haaretz
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has told Israeli television that Israel's security would remain a priority should he win the race to the White House.I think that what people can be...
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| Residents, NGOs welcome Sadr City truce
IRIN
Aid organisations and residents of Baghdad's mainly Shia district of Sadr City welcomed on 11 May a truce between Shia militiamen loyal to radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr...
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| Parade in Frankfort welcomes soldiers home from Iraq service
WISH TV 8
Despite rainy conditions, Frankfort residents lined the streets of the north-central Indiana city today for a parade welcoming local soldiers home from Iraq. The 50 Indiana...
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| Yemen To Present Proposals At Cairo Meeting
Bahrain News Agency
Sanaa, Yemeni Foreign Minister Dr.abu Baker Al Qurbi Said Here On Sunday That His Country Would Present To The Emergency Meeting Of The Arab Foreign Ministers In Cairo A Number Of...
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| Pope Benedict urges Lebanon to find compromise
Gulf News
Vatican City: Pope Benedict on Sunday called for a dialogue and urged the Lebanese people to find a &reasonable compromise& to end the conflict in their country.In St. Peter’s Square...
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| Zain Iraq to upgrade network with Nokia Siemens
Arabian Business
Zain Iraq has signed Nokia Siemens Networks for a major upgrade project to expand capacity and improve network capabilities. Under the $150m deal, Nokia Siemens Networks will upgrade Zain's network...
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| Blackwater back to Iraq
IRNA
Blackwater Guards for the security company, Blackwater, were involved in a shooting in September that left at least 17 Iraqis dead at a Baghdad intersection. Outrage over the killings prompted the...
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| Intercontinental Hotels Group appoints new Director of Operations Egypt and Libya
AME Info
Perrot brings with him over 27 years of IHG experience and as part of his new position he will also be continuing in his role of General Manager at the prestigious InterContinental Cairo CityStars...
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| Israeli jets overfly Lebanon
Earth Times
Beirut - A flight of Israeli warplanes Sunday violated Lebanon's airspace over southern Lebanon, a security official said. &More than four Israeli jets overflew areas near the port city of Tyre,& the...
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| Call for utilizing Iran-Iraq tourism potentials
IRNA
Tourism Iran and Iraq have special potentials for developing the tourism industry, observed deputy head of Khorasan Razavi Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Department here on Saturday....
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| Lebanon unrest spreads from Beirut to Tripoli
West Australian
Lebanese troops patrolled Beirut today after Hezbollah fighters pulled back from areas they had seized in gunbattles with supporters of the US-backed government that have killed 39 people. But...
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| Iraq deal reported to end Sadr City clashes
Los Angeles Times
The Iraqi government and representatives of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr said Saturday that they had struck a deal to halt weeks of fighting in a Baghdad district. But...
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