As a deterrent against armed Jewish settlers it does not look much. But the video camera has become a frontline defense for ordinary Palestinians living between Hebron and the Jewish settlement of Kyriat Arba in the Occupied West Bank. "I
A truce in Gaza, a president in Lebanon, peace talks between Israel and Syria: The Middle East's myriad of crises seem to be calming, but analysts warn the respite will only last until a new US president is elected. A
A suicide attack on a military convoy killed six Afghans and a member of the US-led international forces in Afghanistan Friday, a day after a huge operation to drive Taliban rebels from a key stronghold. The convoy was driving through
White House hopeful Barack Obama personally apologized Thursday to two Muslim women after campaign volunteers barred them from appearing in a picture because of their headscarves. Obama spoke by telephone with Shimaa Abdel-Fadeel and left a message for Hebba Aref
At least five aides of hard-line Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr were detained in a crackdown on militiamen in southern Iraq, renewing tensions Friday between Baghdad and the cleric's supporters. "Five officials from the provincial council who represent the Sadr movement
At least 13 people, most of them civilians, were killed in the Somali capital Mogadishu when fighting broke out between Islamic insurgents and Ethiopian forces, witnesses and officials said Friday. The clashes erupted late Thursday after insurgents attacked Gulwadeyaasha camp,
The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that Egypt had not given its staff full and free access to Eritrean asylum-seekers despite earlier pledges, and that deportations were still continuing. "We are asking for unhindered access to all persons seeking
Two Kurdish rebels were killed Friday in fighting with Turkish soldiers in the Kurdish-populated east of the country, a security source said. The fighting erupted in a mountainous region near Catak in Van Province when soldiers on a security sweep
Hard-line Sunni cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on Friday lost his legal challenge at London's High Court against an order to extradite him to the US to face terrorism charges. The Egyptian-born former imam of the once-notorious Finsbury Park mosque in
An Iranian Sunni rebel group claims to have executed two of 16 Iranian border police it says it kidnapped last week, Al-Arabiya television reported on Friday. The Dubai-based news channel aired a brief film showing two men blindfolded and kneeling
When the International Labour Organisation appointed Assane Diop as executive director to kick off its social protection initiative in 2000, it couldn't have found a man with better credentials for the job.
Under the title "How is believing in miracles helpful in one's spiritual growth? (http://saibandhu.tblog.com/archive/2005/05/) by Anjali Gadiraju one reads the following:-"Once Bhagavan said to an old man, "Today is the death anniversary of your wife." Bhagavan even told him more
US officials say a major military exercise carried out by Israel earlier this month seemed to be a practice for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, American media reported Friday. More than 100 Israeli F-16 and F-15 fighter jets
Gaza residents looked forward to a first weekend of calm after months of bloodshed in the impoverished Palestinian enclave as a tenuous truce with Israel entered its second day on Friday. Families and young men with towels over their shoulders
An Iraqi Shiite cleric on Friday denounced as "eternal slavery" a proposed security deal between Baghdad and Washington that outlines the long-term military presence of American forces in the country. "The suspect pact would be eternal slavery for Iraq. It
Egyptian authorities on Friday found a large cache of weapons and explosives hidden in the mountains of the Sinai Peninsula, a security official told AFP. North Sinai authorities found "25 anti-aircraft missiles, 12 anti-personnel and anti-armor grenades, eight mortars, as
Beirut- The focus continues to be the formation of the cabinet by Prime Minister - Designate Fouad Siniora and the distribution of the sovereign ministries. General Aoun supported by Hezbollah is still insisting on having a sovereign ministry and at
A Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Gazelle helicopter was forced to crash-land during a training exercise being conducted in the Bekaa Valley on Friday, said a statement issued by the LAF shortly after the incident.The helicopter experienced an undetermined mechanical failure
The head of the Lebanese Option Gathering (LOG), Ahmad Assaad, asserted on Friday that the people who threw stones at the convoy of US Charge d'Affaires Michele Sison in the Southern town of Mayfadoun on Thursday were members of Hizbullah.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday that an expected prisoner swap with Hizbullah would prove "problematic" should two captured Israeli soldiers at the heart of the matter prove to be dead.Barak added that an exchange involving dead Israeli
