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Hamas: Mahmoud Zahar Unharmed in Assassination Attempt
 By Fox News Middle East
Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar's convoy came under fire Sunday as it passed through Gaza City, and members of his Hamas movement accused Fatah rivals of trying to assassinate him.
The shooting took place as Zahar, a senior Hamas official, was traveling near the Foreign Ministry. "It appears the target was Dr. Zahar," said Taher Anunu, a spokesman for Zahar. "The attempt to assassinate Zahar has failed and he is safe and he was not harmed in the shooting."
Bin Laden associate killed in southern Afghanistan
 By Middle East Times
US-led forces have killed a close associate of Osama Bin Laden in an airstrike in southern Afghanistan in a major blow to the deadly Taliban-led insurgency, a military statement said Saturday.
Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Osmani's vehicle was struck in Helmand province near the Pakistan border after coalition forces received credible information about his hideout, the statement said.
Arab League says no deal on Lebanon crisis reached
 By Yara Bayoumy
Arab League Chief Amr Moussa said on Saturday he had failed to reach a deal to end Lebanon's political crisis and urged rival Lebanese leaders to communicate with each other to try and find a solution. Moussa warned Lebanese leaders against escalating the crisis and said mediation was complicated by the fact that the opposing leaders were not communicating with each other. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa speaks during a news conference
Moussa extends Beirut mission in bid to end standoff
 By The Daily Star
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa will continue his current mission to mediate between the Lebanese government and opposition until Saturday before breaking for the holiday period, an aide said on Friday. Moussa had said he would wrap up his current round of talks on Friday and hold a news conference to announce the results before flying to Cairo.
French 'had bin Laden in sights'
 By Al Jazeera News
A new documentary says that French special forces had Osama bin Laden in their sights twice about three years ago but their US superiors never ordered them to fire.
The French military, however, said that the incidents never happened and the report was "erroneous information".
New ceasefire begins in Gaza
 By Al Jazeera News
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, and Ismail Haniyah, the prime minister, have agreed to a new ceasefire designed to end fighting between their followers in Gaza.
Abbas said the new ceasefire would begin at 11pm (2100 GMT) on Tuesday night.
"There will be a return to complete calm," he told journalists shortly before the truce began.
Graphic 'gas attack' video shown at Saddam trial
 By Med-East Times
Graphic video footage of villagers fleeing or falling dead from what prosecutors called a chemical attack against Kurdish civilians was shown at Saddam Hussein's genocide trial Tuesday.
The grainy video, shot over various days in April 1987 and May 1988, showed helicopters flying low over the mountains; villagers frantically fleeing in trucks; refugees on foot, white smoke, and women gathered near tents, crying.
If you love Lebanon, set it free
 By Beirut News.Com
Once more, Lebanon is in political crisis. This time, we are told, it pits "Syrian- and Iranian-backed" Shiite parties (Hezbollah and Amal) and the Christian faction led by Michel Aoun against the "Western-backed" Christian, Sunni and Druze groups that support the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. These very descriptions — citing one external backer or another as a mark of political identification — illustrate the fundamental problem Lebanon must overcome. Call it the Lebanese Disease: Rather than sorting out their differences internally and addressing the fundamental injustices at the heart of their disputes, the Lebanese constantly look to outsiders to gain an advantage over their rivals. Naturally, any advantages...
Blair in Turkey for Mideast peace push
 By CNN World News
British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Turkey Friday at the start of a Middle East trip aimed at reviving stalled progress toward Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Blair flew to the Turkish capital from a European Union summit in Brussels for talks with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is leading his country's delicate and complex moves toward EU membership.
 By BBC International
People in the United Arab Emirates are going to the polls for the first time next week to choose half of the country's Federal National Council or FNC.
The voting is taking place in the different emirates over Saturday, Monday and Wednesday
Violence follows Hamas accusation
 By BBC News International
Clashes have erupted between rival Palestinian factions after Hamas accused Fatah of trying to assassinate Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas.
Hamas accused a senior Fatah figure of organising an attack on Mr Haniya as he crossed into Gaza from Egypt.
US official slams Syria's role in Lebanon as 'unconstructive'
 By News.Monstersandcritics.Com
A senior US diplomat slammed Syria's 'unconstructive' role in Lebanon Thursday, saying Damascus should understand Lebanon's need to have its own sovereignty.
'We are very very concerned about interference from Syria in Lebanon,' US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch told reporters after talks with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden.
Egyptian Police Arrest Muslim Brotherhood Members After Protest
 By Fox News International
Police arrested the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood's chief strategist along with at least 140 others Thursday after a protest by uniformed students raised fears the Islamist political group is creating a military wing.
Mohammed Khayrat el-Shater, the group's main financier and third highest ranking member, was taken from his home, security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the media.
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