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Israeli paramedics remove the body of a man killed by a mortar bomb fired from the Gaza Strip into the southern Kibbutz of Kfar Aza. The victim was the 10th Israeli to die in the past six years by mortar fire from the impoverished strip.

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli air raids on Gaza: doctors

AFP - 1 hour 17 minutes ago

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three Palestinians were killed and four injured on Friday during two Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian doctors and Hamas. More »

  • Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal addresses a crowd at Yarmuk camp in the Syrian capital Damascus. Meshaal on Friday threatened that his Islamist movement would capture Israeli citizens if the Jewish state does not release tens of thousands of Palestinian prisoners.

    Hamas chief threatens to capture more Israelis

    AFP - Friday, May 9 08:49 pm

    DAMASCUS (AFP) - Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Friday threatened that his Islamist movement would capture Israeli citizens if the Jewish state does not release tens of thousands of Palestinian prisoners. More »

  • A Palestinian boy holds up a large cardboard key at the head of a procession of children waving Palestinian flags as they commemorate the 60th anniversary of the

    Arab Israelis mark 'catastrophe' of Israel's creation

    AFP - Friday, May 9 07:55 pm

    KFAR CANA, Israel (AFP) - Thousands of Arab Israelis rallied on Friday to commemorate the "Naqba," Arabic for the catastrophe which they say occurred when the state of Israel was created 60 years ago. More »

  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, seen here in March 2008, warned Friday that it would have to reduce or even suspend programmes to help hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees due to a funding shortfall.

    Funding crisis puts Iraqi refugees at risk: UN

    AFP - Friday, May 9 07:18 pm

    GENEVA (AFP) - The UN's refugee agency warned Friday that it would have to reduce or even suspend programmes to help hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees due to a funding shortfall. More »

  • Iraqis remove fallen masonry from their living room in the restive Sadr City district of eastern Baghdad. Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed 15 people and wounded dozens more overnight, US and Iraqi officials said on Friday.

    15 killed in Baghdad battles

    AFP - Friday, May 9 07:13 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed 15 people and wounded dozens more overnight, US and Iraqi officials said on Friday. More »

  • The main reactor building of Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen in the picture in Bushehr port on the Persian Gulf, 1,000 kms south of Tehran in 2005. The five major nuclear powers on Friday put up a concerted proliferation front against Iran, insisting that its nuclear programme remains a grave concern.

    Nuclear powers speak out against Iran

    AFP - Friday, May 9 06:58 pm

    GENEVA (AFP) - The five major nuclear powers on Friday put up a concerted proliferation front against Iran, insisting that its nuclear programme remains a grave concern. More »

  • A family flees a neighorhood in west Beirut. Western nations began drawing up plans to evacuate their nationals from Lebanon, with governments advising against travel to a country on the brink of all-out civil war.

    Western nations start planning Lebanon evacuations

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:55 pm

    ROME (AFP) - Western nations began drawing up plans to evacuate their nationals from Lebanon on Friday, with governments advising against travel to a country on the brink of all-out civil war. More »

  • A Shiite Muslim boy holds a poster of anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr as he listens to the Friday noon prayers in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood. An aide to Sadr has lashed out at Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, for keeping silent over clashes that have killed hundreds in Baghdad.

    Sadr aide lashes out at Iraq's senior Shiite cleric

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:48 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - An aide to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr lashed out on Friday at Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, for keeping silent over clashes that have killed hundreds in Baghdad. More »

  • US security coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton salutes as he visits the Palestinian security headquarters known as the 'Muqataa' in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, December 2007. A Canadian colonel who advises Dayton has made at least three recent visits to the Gaza Strip, security officials said.

    Advisor to US general visited Gaza: Palestinians

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:30 pm

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (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. More »

  • A BBC correspondent transfers bags to another room after a rocket landed on the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad. The rocket caused no casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP.

    Rocket slams into BBC office in Baghdad

    AFP - Friday, May 9 03:22 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A rocket hit the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP. More »

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