Hezbollah imposes control on Beirut
(Reuters)
|  Reuters - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group
took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday, tightening
its grip on the city in a major blow to the U.S.-backed
government.
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Lebanon in turmoil as Hezbollah takes west Beirut
(AFP)
|  AFP - Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.
| | 5/9/2008 5:12:48 PM |
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Hezbollah gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods
(AP)
|  AP - Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war.
| | 5/9/2008 4:36:55 PM |
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Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe
(Reuters)
|  Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
defied a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted
taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a
police inquiry into allegations of bribery.
| | 5/9/2008 4:34:42 PM |
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Advisor to US general visited Gaza: Palestinians
(AFP)
|  AFP - An advisor to a US general helping revamp Palestinian security forces has made several trips to Gaza, even though Washington considers the Hamas rulers of the territory terrorists, Palestinian officials said on Friday.
| | 5/9/2008 4:30:08 PM |
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Arabiya TV: Al-Qaida's leader in Iraq arrested | | DUBAI - The leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, has been arrested, the Arabic television station al-Arabiya reported early today, quoting the Iraqi Defense Ministry.
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Jews bend over backward to stay neutral in U.S. vote | | "During Bibi's last visit to the United States, Jewish leaders were continuously coming up to him and telling him how worried they are about Obama getting elected," said an aide to opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. He refused though to go on record or name any of the concerned grandees.
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Baghdad clashes 'kill 17 gunmen' | | Seventeen militants are killed in clashes over the last 24 hours with US and Iraqi forces, the US military says. | | 5/8/2008 6:06:29 PM |
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Press alarm over Lebanon strike | | Papers in Lebanon and the wider region fear that political and sectarian tensions are escalating in Lebanon. | | 5/8/2008 1:59:38 PM |
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