Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-middle-east.html en-en Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:37:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/world-news-middle-east.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-afghanistan-unrest-parliament-575b600.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_me/twl-afghanistan-unrest-parliament-575b600 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:37:00 +0800 Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a member of Afghanistan's parliament in the troubled southern province of Kandahar, a district governor told AFP Saturday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080705/twl-iraq-fourth-of-july-38359fb.html /ap/20080705/r_t_ap_wl_me/twl-iraq-fourth-of-july-38359fb Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:36:00 +0800 It's Staff Sgt. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080705/twl-iraq-38359fb.html /ap/20080705/r_t_ap_wl_me/twl-iraq-38359fb_1 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:03:00 +0800 Gunmen on a motorcycle assassinated an official of Iraq's biggest Shiite party Friday in the southern city of Basra, police said. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/tts-iran-nuclear-politics-a9aa023.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_ts_me/tts-iran-nuclear-politics-a9aa023 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:33:00 +0800 Iran on Friday handed world powers its "constructive and creative" response to their bid to end the five-year standoff over its contested nuclear programme, top officials said. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080704/twl-oukwd-uk-iran-nuclear-powers-13abf6c.html /rtrs/20080704/r_t_rtrs_wl_me/twl-oukwd-uk-iran-nuclear-powers-13abf6c_1 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:03:54 +0800 By Hashem Kalantari Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080705/twl-israel-palestinians-attacker-s-girlf-38359fb.html /ap/20080705/r_t_ap_wl_me/twl-israel-palestinians-attacker-s-girlf-38359fb_2 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:08:00 +0800 The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ap/20080704/twl-iran-nuclear-38359fb.html /ap/20080704/r_t_ap_wl_me/twl-iran-nuclear-38359fb_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:46:00 +0800 Iran delivered its response Friday to an international offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a central part of its nuclear program, state television reported. AP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080704/twl-oukwd-uk-iran-nuclear-response-13abf6c.html /rtrs/20080704/r_t_rtrs_wl_me/twl-oukwd-uk-iran-nuclear-response-13abf6c_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:22:06 +0800 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's ambassador in Brussels has submitted Tehran's response to an incentives package offered by six world powers over the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme, the official news agency IRNA reported on Friday. Reuters http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080704/twl-iran-nuclear-politics-575b600.html /afp/20080704/r_t_afp_wl_me/twl-iran-nuclear-politics-575b600_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:10:00 +0800 Iran said it would deliver on Friday its "constructive and creative" response to a letter outlining proposals by world powers to end the five-year standoff over its contested nuclear programme. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080704/twl-oukwd-uk-palestinians-israel-demolit-13abf6c.html /rtrs/20080704/r_t_rtrs_wl_me/twl-oukwd-uk-palestinians-israel-demolit-13abf6c_1 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:53:42 +0800 by Joseph Nasr Reuters