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Israeli Police Seize Documents in Olmert Probe
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:06:00 PM
Israeli police raided the offices of a government ministry on Tuesday, confiscating documents as part of a bribery investigation that could force out Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.   Full Story
 

Lebanese Troops Patrol After Hezbollah Pullout
Sunday, May 11, 2008 8:20:00 PM
Lebanese troops patrolled Beirut on Sunday after Hezbollah fighters pulled back from areas they had seized in deadly gunbattles with supporters of the U.S.-backed government.   Full Story
 

Iraqi Factions Agree to End Baghdad Fighting
Saturday, May 10, 2008 9:50:00 PM
BAGHDAD—Iraqi Shi'ite factions on Saturday reached a deal to end fighting between militia and security forces in the Baghdad bastion of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that has killed hundreds ...   Full Story
 

Hezbollah Gunmen Start Withdrawal From Beirut
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:55:00 PM
BEIRUT—Hezbollah on Saturday began withdrawing gunmen from Beirut and handed control of the streets to the Lebanese army, after seizing much of the city in gunbattles with supporters of the U.S.-backe ...   Full Story
 

Lebanon Government Denounces Hezbollah 'Coup' in Beirut
Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:45:00 PM
BEIRUT—Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup".At least ...   Full Story
 

Olmert Defies Calls to Resign Over Bribe Probe
Friday, May 09, 2008 8:32:00 PM
JERUSALEM—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 ...   Full Story
 

Olmert Probe Highlights Legal Fog, Graft Fears
Friday, May 09, 2008 8:02:00 PM
JERUSALEM—Israel is no stranger to corruption scandals—as police investigate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on suspicion of taking bribes, his predecessor's son sits in jail for campaign funding misde ...   Full Story
 

U.S. Supports Embattled Lebanese Government
Friday, May 09, 2008 6:52:00 PM
The U.S. government on Friday restated its support for the government of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora after its forces were routed by fighters loyal to Hezbollah in Beirut.   Full Story
 

Fighting Rocks Beirut, Kills Eight; Hezbollah Defiant
Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:30:00 PM
Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military communications network.   Full Story
 

Hezbollah Piles Pressure on Lebanese Government
Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:30:00 AM
BEIRUT—Iranian-backed Hezbollah tightened its grip on Beirut airport on Thursday, piling pressure on Lebanon's U.S.-supported government on the second day of a protest campaign that has triggered ...   Full Story
 

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