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 Daily Star Lebanon
Berri summons Parliament to vote on policy statement
| By Nafez Qawas | Daily Star correspondent | Wednesday, August 06, 2008 | BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday invited Parliament to convene on Friday at 6 p.m. to discuss the Cabinet policy statem... (photo: AP / Mahmoud Tawil)
Government Lebanon Parliament Photos Politics |
 Asia Times
US distractions let in 'foes'
| By Jim Lobe | WASHINGTON - More than five years after invading Iraq as a first step towards "transforming" the Middle East, the administration of US President George W Bush seems to have lost its fo... (photo: US Army / Spc. Charles W. Gill)
Democracy Iraq Mideast Photos US War |
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 Canada Dot Com
Iraq resuming oil exploration work
| Iraq will resume searching for oil today for the first time in two decades, the Oil Ministry said Thursday, in the hope of finding vast reserves that lay undiscovered b... (photo: Pawe Pisaski / GDFL)
Engineer Exploration Iraq Oil Photos |
 Star Tribune
AP Exclusive: Bush officials weigh more assertive pursuit of Afghan militants into Pakistan
| WASHINGTON - Top Bush administration officials are urging the president to direct U.S. troops in Afghanistan to be more aggressive in pursuing militants into Pakistan o... (photo: White House / Eric Draper)
Pakistan Parliament Photos President Washington |
 Denver Post
Progress remains slow in cyclone-racked delta
| YANGON, Myanmar — A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis — broken levies, flooded farm roa... (photo: White House / Eric Draper )
Aid Disaster Myanmar Photos Yangon |
 The News & Observer
New fighting kills 21 combatants in Sri Lanka
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Fresh fighting between government forces and Tamil Tiger separatists across Sri Lanka's embattled north killed 17 rebels and four soldiers, the milit... (photo: AP / Gemunu Amarasinghe)
LTTE Military Photos Sri Lanka War |
 The News & Observer
Pakistan army targets militants in northwest
KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistani security forces Friday attacked suspected militant hideouts with helicopter gunships and mortar fire in a tribal region near Afghanistan, the a... (photo: AP / Pervez Masih)
Afghanistan Military Pakistan Photos Taliban |
 BBC News
All sides claim Guantanamo trial win
| It was a dramatic and emotional day in the military court in Guantanamo Bay, but a strange one as well, with both the defence and the prosecution saying they felt vindi... (photo: US Navy file/PH1 Shane T. McCoy)
Guantanamo Justice Photos Terrorism US |
 Inquirer
The population dimension of the Mindanao question
| Amini war is ongoing today in some villages in Mindanao. The cause — the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) attacking or occupying by force far flung Christian commun... (photo: WN)
Communities Islamic Philippine Photos Population |
 International Herald Tribune
U.S. endorses $20 billion bid to aid afghans
| : Defense Secretary Robert Gates will endorse a $20 billion plan to substantially increase the size of Afghanistan's army and will also restructure the military command... (photo: Defense Dept. / Cherie Cullen)
Afghanistan Aid Military Photos Robert Gates |
