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Lebanese army begins drive to restore order

Reuters - 1 hour 52 minutes ago

BEIRUT - Lebanon's army stepped up patrols on Tuesday as part of a drive to restore order after a week of fighting between Hezbollah fighters and pro-government gunmen. More »

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  • Blair says Israel agrees to ease West Bank restrictions

    Reuters - 2 hours 22 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM - Israel has agreed to ease gradually some travel and trade restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, Middle East envoy Tony Blair said on Tuesday. More »

  • Lebanon army ready to use force to halt fighting

    Lebanon army ready to use force to halt fighting

    AFP - Wednesday, May 14

    BEIRUT (AFP) - - Lebanese troops were ready to use force on Tuesday to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have plunged the nation into fear and chaos. More »

  • Kidnapped Israeli soldier not part of truce: Hamas

    Kidnapped Israeli soldier not part of truce: Hamas

    AFP - Wednesday, May 14

    GAZA CITY (AFP) - - The Islamist Hamas movement on Tuesday said the release of an Israeli soldier captured in 2006 would not be part of a proposed Gaza truce, despite Israeli demands for progress on the issue. More »

  • Rights group concerned at mass arrests in Khartoum

    Reuters - Wednesday, May 14

    KHARTOUM - Human Rights Watch voiced concern on Tuesday at mass arrests in Khartoum after an attack on Sudan's capital by Darfur rebels and said it feared some people had been tortured or killed. More »

  • Violence flares in Baghdad's Sadr City despite truce

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    BAGHDAD - Gunmen launched numerous attacks on U.S. troops in the Baghdad bastion of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr overnight, the U.S. military said on Tuesday, in a sign that many militia are ignoring a pact to halt fighting. More »

  • 12 militants killed in southern Afghanistan

    AP - Wednesday, May 14

    KABUL, Afghanistan - U.S.-led coalition forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced many families, officials said Tuesday. More »

  • Bush heads back to Mideast amid fading peace hopes

    Reuters - Tuesday, May 13

    WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush heads back to the Middle East on Tuesday facing broad scepticism over his chances of securing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal before he leaves office in less than nine months. More »

  • Gaza rocket kills Israeli, burdening truce effort

    AP - Tuesday, May 13

    JERUSALEM - A rocket fired by Palestinian militants killed a 75-year-old Israeli woman Monday, just as an Egyptian mediator was winding up truce talks in Israel _ underlining both the urgency and complexity of working out a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers. More »

  • Officials: Clashes in Iraq's Sadr City kill 11

    AP - Tuesday, May 13

    BAGHDAD - Iraqi hospital officials say clashes in Sadr City have killed 11 men and wounded 19 others. More »