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Bomb in Al Qaeda Bastion in Iraq Kills 3 U.S. Troops
Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:05:00 AM
A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in a region of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling al Qaeda, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.   Full Story
 

Syria Opens Site to U.N. Nuclear Probe, More Checks Needed
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:25:00 PM
VIENNA—Syria gave U.N. investigators a good look at the site of what Washington says was a secret nuclear reactor before Israel destroyed it, but initial checks were inconclusive and more are needed, ...   Full Story
 

Israel Closes Gaza Crossings After Rocket Attack
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:18:00 PM
Israel kept its border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed on Wednesday, calling the move a response to a Palestinian rocket salvo that breached an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.   Full Story
 

Saudi Arabia Arrests 520 Terrorism Suspects
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:13:00 PM
RIYADH—Saudi Arabia has detained 520 suspected al Qaeda-linked terrorists since January, accusing some of them of planning attacks against an oil installation in the kingdom, the Interior Ministry sai ...   Full Story
 

Debating the Beijing Olympics
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 8:21:00 AM
ISRAEL—Thirty-one-year-old Eddie Subery is a lawyer from Tel-Aviv who teaches law to bright young students in four cities in Israel. At ages 10 to 12, these gifted children already study criminal and ...   Full Story
 

Iraq Official Says British Captives Are Alive, BBC Reports
Saturday, June 21, 2008 9:23:00 PM
Five Britons who were kidnapped in Baghdad more than a year ago are still alive, Iraq's most senior security official told the BBC on Saturday.   Full Story
 

Iran Presses On With Nuclear Enrichment 'Non-Stop'
Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:16:00 PM
TEHRAN—Iran is pressing on with uranium enrichment "non-stop", its envoy to the U.N. nuclear agency was quoted as saying on Saturday, despite a world powers' offer of economic incentives to coax T ...   Full Story
 

Iran Women's Activist Jailed For Five Years, Lawyer Reports
Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:10:00 PM
An Iranian women's rights activist has been sentenced to five years in prison on security-related charges, her lawyer said on Saturday.   Full Story
 

Truce with Hamas is Fragile, Says Israel's Olmert
Friday, June 20, 2008 8:36:00 PM
Through talks mediated by Egypt, a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Thursday morning."This calm is fragile and is liable to be short-lived", Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a ...   Full Story
 

Musharraf to be Replaced Soon, According to Bhutto's Widower
Friday, June 20, 2008 8:25:00 PM
Pakistan's ruling party will soon replace beleaguered President Pervez Musharraf with its own candidate, the head of the party said.   Full Story
 

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