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Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday. ... Scenes reminiscent of civil war as fighters roam streets of Lebanese capital Gunmen from the opposition...
The United Nations on Friday accused authorities in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar of seizing aid intended for victims of the disaster as the isolationist military regime continued to block access to foreign relief workers. ... U.N. says cyclone-hit Myanmar has confiscated aid...
BAGHDAD, May 9 (UPI) -- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the head of al-Qaida in Iraq, hasn't been captured despite reports to that effect, a senior U.S. military official said Friday. ... Iraqi authorities had said Thursday that Masri had been captured in Mosul. U.S. military...
JERUSALEM, May 9 (UPI) -- Opposition and coalition leaders called on embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign after bribery allegations against him surfaced. ... Israeli police have been investigating Olmert but only recently revealed he is suspected of...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught. ... By Dean Yates and Waleed Ibrahim BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq...
Oil prices neared $126 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening U.S. dollar drove investors to snap up commodities. ... Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose to a record $125.98 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile...
The opposition criticized President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa as he met with President Robert Mugabe in Harare. ... The Zimbabwean opposition reiterated its demand for President Thabo Mbeki to step down as mediator in Zimbabwe's political crisis Friday — the day the...
YANGON, Myanmar, May 9 (UPI) -- The World Food Program said Friday it stopped shipping aid to cyclone-ravaged Myanmar after the government impounded the program's first delivery. ... It is not in trucks heading to Irrawaddy Delta where it is critically needed," WFP...
Japanese shares dropped Friday as selling spread across the board following Toyota's bleak earnings projection. ... The benchmark Nikkei 225 index sank 287.92 points, or 2.06 percent, to 13,655.34. "Investors were spooked by Toyota's sluggish earnings reports and its...
Pyongyang has turned over to the United States 18,000 pages of documents related to its plutonium program dating from 1990, in an effort to resolve remaining differences in a pending agreement. ... North Korea has turned over to the United States 18,000 pages of documents...
