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A Sunni woman, shouts anti Shiite slogans as she passes in front of Lebanese army soldiers in a Sunni neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday May 11, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between pro and anti-government supporters in northern Lebanon lasting into the early hours Sunday morning, in the latest development in the Lebanese crisis, security officials reporte
Hezbollah   Lebanon   Military   Photos   Politics		  The Guardian 
Hizbullah seizes key areas of Lebanon
· Government is forced to back down in showdown · Blow to US as Iran and Syria gain from turmoil , Monday May 12 2008... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak gestures as he speaks to the media prior the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. Barak said Sunday he would not leave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government over its handling of the 2006 Lebanon war, but would stay on to redress problems in the military that the fighting exposed.
Hezbollah   Iran   Israel   Lebanon   Photos		  Daily Star Lebanon 
Barak leads chorus of Israeli worries over unstable situation in Lebanon
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Monday, May 12, 2008 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday called the situation in Lebanon "serious" after deadly clashes between... (photo: AP Photo / Ronen Zvulun)
Serbia's President and presidential candidate Boris Tadic addresses media after his headquarter claimed victory in presidential elections, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. President's wife Tanja is left. The cyrillic letters in the background read: "Let's conquer Europe together."  Philadelphia Daily News 
Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in elections

BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections , a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence... (photo: AP Photo / Darko Vojinovic)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Serbia   Society
Presidential candidate Tomislav Nikolic of the ultra-nationalist Serbian Radical Party goes to fill his ballot, Sunday, Jan 20, 2008, in Belgrade. Voters in Serbia were choosing a president on Sunday in a closely contested race between pro-Western current President Boris Tadic and ultra-nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolic, held in the shadow of Kosovo's likely independence. (js1)  Canada Dot Com 
Serbia in coalition scramble after ambivalent vote

BELGRADE (Reuters) - A coalition of pro-Western parties came first in Serbia's parliamentary election on Sunday but faced an immediate challenge from the nationalist runners-up who said they too could... (photo: AP / Srdjan Ilic)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Serbia   Society
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President Robert Mugabe (sl1) The Times
Beatings and torture intensify as Zimbabwe prepares to vote again

div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } Solomon was naked and lying on his back in the bath. He smiled in greeting. For a man... (photo: AP Photo / Armando Franca)
Elections   Photos   Police   Politics   Zimbabwe
Myanmar residents collect water as basic supplies remain scarce following last weekend's devastating cyclone in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday, May 8, 2008. Myanmar's isolationist government blocked United Nations efforts Thursday to airlift urgently needed food aid to survivors of the cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials sai The Independent
Burma's towns face refugee crisis alone as aid piles up

Some have come by boat, others by truck. Some had arrived with a handful of possessions, others with just the clothes they stood in. All have remarkable stories to tell,... (photo: AP / )
Aid   Burma   Disaster   Photos   Refugee
Myanmar soldiers unload boxes of supplies from a Thai transport plane at Yangon airport in Myanmar Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, remained largely cut off from the rest of the world Tuesday, four days after a cyclone unleashed winds, floods and high tidal waves on the densely populated regio USA Today
More aid finally reaching Burma's cyclone victims

Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | Rangoon, Burma (AP) — Food and water reached cyclone victims in greater amounts Sunday after many roads were... (photo: AP / )
Aid   Burma   Disaster   Photos   UN
Nepalese police officers detain Tibetan exiles participating in a silent peace march to protest against the Chinese government, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 11, 2008. The Miami Herald
600 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations in Nepal's... (photo: AP / Binod Joshi)
Nepal   Photos   Police   Protest   Slideshow   Tibet
Myanmar woman, who survived last week's destructive cyclone Nargis, emerges from her house as she prepares a meal outdoors in the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday May 11, 2008. Ananova
1.5m Burmese in danger - Oxfam

The lives of up to 1.5 million Burmese cyclone victims are in danger from diseases if clean water and sanitation are not provided soon, Oxfam has warned. The charity's... (photo: AP / )
Aid   Disease   Myanmar   Photos   Slideshow   Water
Capt. Matt Buckner, an F-15 Eagle pilot assigned to the 71st Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va., flies a combat air patrol mission Oct. 7 over Washington, D.C., in support of Operation Noble Eagle. CNN
Russian fury at NATO 'air attacks'

MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia's air force chief has accused NATO fighters escorting Russian bombers on patrol flights over neutral waters of violating safety rules.... (photo: U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Samuel Rogers)
  Defence   NATO   Photos   Russia   Slideshow   Weapons
A Palestinian woman sits in near darkness in a room lit by a lantern after electricity was cut in the area of Gaza City, Aug. 21, 2007. A Palestinian company cut off power to parts of the Gaza Strip after Israel closed a crossing through which fuel is br Canada Dot Com
Fuel shortage forces Gaza blackout

GAZA - A fuel shortage forced the Gaza Strip's main power station to shut down on Saturday, leaving much of the Hamas-controlled territory without electricity, a senior... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Electricity   Fuel   Gaza   Israel   Photos   Slideshow


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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., appears with former first lady Nancy Reagan Tuesday, March 25, 2008 in Bel Air, Calif. Obama raises sights with preparation for McCain debates The Guardian
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