Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1312 Mideast Conflict en-us Fri, 09 May 2008 22:27:00 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1312 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians ap/20080509/israel_palestinians AP Fri, 09 May 2008 22:27:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080509/i/r3797293458.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eukE4HzHOky81W0Lkvz9yg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A medic walks past the body of an Israeli citizen killed by a Palestinian mortar attack at the Kfar Aza Kibutz May 9, 2008. The attack originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed the Israeli civilian and wounded three other people, according to a police spokesman and ambulance workers. After the attack, an Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security men in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gaza attackers sent mortar shells crashing into a border community late Friday, killing an Israeli in his garden and wounding three others, officials said. Israel retaliated with missile strikes that left five Hamas militants dead.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080509/i/r3797293458.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eukE4HzHOky81W0Lkvz9yg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A medic walks past the body of an Israeli citizen killed by a Palestinian mortar attack at the Kfar Aza Kibutz May 9, 2008. The attack originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed the Israeli civilian and wounded three other people, according to a police spokesman and ambulance workers. After the attack, an Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security men in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/lebanon_conflict_dc nm/20080509/lebanon_conflict_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 22:26:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/lebanon_conflict_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t053657_450x310_us_lebanon_conflict.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ROcTDkDzZF3gLVqKqHNWVA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Shi'ite opposition gunmen shoot with their rifles during clashes with pro-government supporters in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. (Ezzat Attar/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition called "an armed and bloody coup."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/lebanon_conflict_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_09t053657_450x310_us_lebanon_conflict.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ROcTDkDzZF3gLVqKqHNWVA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Shi'ite opposition gunmen shoot with their rifles during clashes with pro-government supporters in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. (Ezzat Attar/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestusdiplomacy afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrestusdiplomacy AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:46:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc66.090508234638.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=DUgJUHbHsrAaJgSLF.9Nyg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestusdiplomacy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc66.090508234638.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=DUgJUHbHsrAaJgSLF.9Nyg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazatoll afp/20080509/mideastconflictgazatoll AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:45:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazatoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc65.090508234456.photo00.photo.default-512x352.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ae149O3.pOO0GIpt_iJkpA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="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.(AFP/David Buimovitch)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazatoll"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc65.090508234456.photo00.photo.default-512x352.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=ae149O3.pOO0GIpt_iJkpA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="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.(AFP/David Buimovitch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon ap/20080509/lebanon AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:45:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.ac9891b45a1249579ec3e558de969e71.aptopix_mideast_lebanon_clashes_bei138.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=8YvCXb.mLQ6vomxglEObBw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="Shiite gunmen carry a rifle as they ride a motorcycle down Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0" /></a>AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.ac9891b45a1249579ec3e558de969e71.aptopix_mideast_lebanon_clashes_bei138.jpg?x=94&y=130&q=85&sig=8YvCXb.mLQ6vomxglEObBw--" align="left" height="130" width="94" alt="photo" title="Shiite gunmen carry a rifle as they ride a motorcycle down Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 9, 2008. Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_lebanon ap/20080509/us_lebanon AP Fri, 09 May 2008 21:37:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_lebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080507/i/r55176236.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=oPUp_wTPJKY8AyGbudYqOw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Anti-government rioters burn tyres on the main road leading to Beirut's international airport May 7, 2008. Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition blocked main roads in Beirut with burning barricades on Wednesday, paralysing the capital in a long-running political standoff with the U.S.-backed government. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Bush administration accused Iran and Syria on Friday of fueling ongoing violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country's western-backed government.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_lebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080507/i/r55176236.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=oPUp_wTPJKY8AyGbudYqOw--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anti-government rioters burn tyres on the main road leading to Beirut's international airport May 7, 2008. Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition blocked main roads in Beirut with burning barricades on Wednesday, paralysing the capital in a long-running political standoff with the U.S.-backed government. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrest AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 20:45:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc48.090508224142.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FnIxzajoenTRQJrNy2Rvsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Shiite gunmen guard pro-government detainees in west Beirut. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.(AFP/Hassan Ibrahim)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/ts_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc48.090508224142.photo00.photo.default-512x340.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=FnIxzajoenTRQJrNy2Rvsw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Shiite gunmen guard pro-government detainees in west Beirut. Hezbollah fighters, their guns blazing, seized control of west Beirut on Friday after three days of deadly street battles with pro-government foes pushed Lebanon dangerously close to all-out civil war.(AFP/Hassan Ibrahim)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunresthamasmeshaal afp/20080509/mideastunresthamasmeshaal AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:49:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunresthamasmeshaal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc20.090508214910.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=IoB7_aTHgdjEPu.161v.pg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="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.(AFP/Louai Beshara)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunresthamasmeshaal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc20.090508214910.photo00.photo.default-382x512.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=IoB7_aTHgdjEPu.161v.pg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="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.(AFP/Louai Beshara)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/israel_olmert_dc nm/20080509/israel_olmert_dc Reuters Fri, 09 May 2008 19:17:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/israel_olmert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t150744_450x300_us_israel_olmert_statement.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mQa557sx4ntFAsfG0cI08A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivers a speech during a Memorial Day ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem May 7, 2008. (David Silverman/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080509/wl_nm/israel_olmert_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080509/2008_05_08t150744_450x300_us_israel_olmert_statement.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mQa557sx4ntFAsfG0cI08A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert delivers a speech during a Memorial Day ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem May 7, 2008. (David Silverman/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_olmert ap/20080509/israel_olmert AP Fri, 09 May 2008 19:17:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_olmert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.659529f5e38a4a879c1b9d9d46c4d5c0.mideast_israel_olmert_jrl104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Lm32GCU2W7NZO5QtsxFq_A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel by the United Israel Appeal of Canada in Jerusalem, Friday, May 9, 2008. Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job. Reading a statement in a nationally televised speech late Thursday, Olmert said he would resign only if police formally indicted him. He denied any wrongdoing in the case, which carries the potential to force him from office and derail fragile peace talks with the Palestinians.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Calls for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's resignation mounted on Friday as police probed allegations that he accepted hundreds of thousands of campaign dollars in cash-stuffed envelopes from a U.S. citizen.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_olmert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080509/capt.659529f5e38a4a879c1b9d9d46c4d5c0.mideast_israel_olmert_jrl104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=Lm32GCU2W7NZO5QtsxFq_A--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert speaks at an event marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of the state of Israel by the United Israel Appeal of Canada in Jerusalem, Friday, May 9, 2008. Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen render him unfit for the country's top job. Reading a statement in a nationally televised speech late Thursday, Olmert said he would resign only if police formally indicted him. He denied any wrongdoing in the case, which carries the potential to force him from office and derail fragile peace talks with the Palestinians.(AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisrael60yearsarab afp/20080509/mideastisrael60yearsarab AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 18:55:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisrael60yearsarab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndb79.090508205341.photo00.photo.default-512x377.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=yoZcrMedHeCpVZ._akEIGQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="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 "Nakba" (catastrophe) and demand the right of return for refugees in the West Bank village of Bedo south of Ramallah city.(AFP/Abbas Momani)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisrael60yearsarab"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndb79.090508205341.photo00.photo.default-512x377.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=yoZcrMedHeCpVZ._akEIGQ--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="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 "Nakba" (catastrophe) and demand the right of return for refugees in the West Bank village of Bedo south of Ramallah city.(AFP/Abbas Momani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestusrice afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrestusrice AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 18:12:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestusrice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc66.090508234638.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=DUgJUHbHsrAaJgSLF.9Nyg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Friday said Washington would provide support to Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora battling a deadly offensive by Hezbollah fighters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestusrice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc66.090508234638.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=DUgJUHbHsrAaJgSLF.9Nyg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestus afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrestus AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 17:14:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc66.090508234638.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=DUgJUHbHsrAaJgSLF.9Nyg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US State Department voiced confidence Friday in how Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora's government and army were dealing with an offensive by Hezbollah fighters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/pl_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ndc66.090508234638.photo00.photo.default-512x337.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=DUgJUHbHsrAaJgSLF.9Nyg--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lebanese soldiers on an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in a Beirut suburb in front of a portait of Lebanese Premier Fuad Siniora on May 7, 2008. Unable to pressure Syria or Iran into halting Hezbollah's offensive in Lebanon against US-backed leader Fuad Siniora, the United States has opted for "remote-control" diplomacy using its allies.(AFP/File/Ramzi Haidar)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_gaza ap/20080509/israel_gaza AP Fri, 09 May 2008 16:55:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_gaza"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080509/i/r3797293458.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eukE4HzHOky81W0Lkvz9yg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A medic walks past the body of an Israeli citizen killed by a Palestinian mortar attack at the Kfar Aza Kibutz May 9, 2008. The attack originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed the Israeli civilian and wounded three other people, according to a police spokesman and ambulance workers. After the attack, an Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security men in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)" border="0" /></a>AP - Palestinian militants fired four mortar shells at Israel from the Gaza Strip late Friday, killing an Israeli man and wounding three other people, police and rescue officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_gaza"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080509/i/r3797293458.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=eukE4HzHOky81W0Lkvz9yg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="A medic walks past the body of an Israeli citizen killed by a Palestinian mortar attack at the Kfar Aza Kibutz May 9, 2008. The attack originating from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed the Israeli civilian and wounded three other people, according to a police spokesman and ambulance workers. After the attack, an Israeli air strike killed two Hamas security men in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictusgaza afp/20080509/mideastconflictusgaza AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictusgaza"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncz94.090508162526.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=BE2lkL4i5UsVrriKojVgfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="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.(AFP/File/Musa al-Shaer)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictusgaza"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncz94.090508162526.photo00.photo.default-512x353.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=BE2lkL4i5UsVrriKojVgfQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="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.(AFP/File/Musa al-Shaer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestiran afp/20080509/lebanonpoliticsunrestiran AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 11:49:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestiran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy97.090508134902.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=HCsnadFTsl6RWTAyQ2GHMQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini speaks during a press conference in Tehran, 2007. Iran accused the United States and Israel of fueling the deadly sectarian fighting in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Iran on Friday accused the United States and Israel of fueling the deadly sectarian fighting in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_mideast_afp/lebanonpoliticsunrestiran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy97.090508134902.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=HCsnadFTsl6RWTAyQ2GHMQ--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini speaks during a press conference in Tehran, 2007. Iran accused the United States and Israel of fueling the deadly sectarian fighting in Lebanon between its Shiite militant Hezbollah ally and the Western-backed ruling majority.(AFP/Atta Kenare)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_afp/mideastisraelpoliticscorruptionolmert afp/20080509/mideastisraelpoliticscorruptionolmert AFP Fri, 09 May 2008 11:40:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_afp/mideastisraelpoliticscorruptionolmert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy94.090508133817.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Dn15FdDp8LPA4CGjoimA3g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was facing mounting calls to resign over a criminal probe into allegations he took bribes from a millionaire US financier.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was facing mounting calls on Friday to resign over a criminal probe into allegations he took bribes from a millionaire US financier.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080509/wl_afp/mideastisraelpoliticscorruptionolmert"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080509/capt.cps.ncy94.090508133817.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=Dn15FdDp8LPA4CGjoimA3g--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was facing mounting calls to resign over a criminal probe into allegations he took bribes from a millionaire US financier.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080509/wl_csm/onakba csm/20080509/onakba The Christian Science Monitor Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - Mahmoud Jadallah recalls the 1948 Arab-Israeli war as if it were yesterday. As he guides a visitor through the village he once defended against Israeli forces, the names of outposts and passwords his Arab fighters used trip off his tongue. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080509/wl_csm/oshowdown csm/20080509/oshowdown The Christian Science Monitor Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - A sudden flare-up of street violence in Beirut appears to have broken an 18-month political impasse between the Western-backed government and the opposition, led by the militant Shiite Hezbollah http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain ap/20080509/obama_mccain AP Fri, 09 May 2008 05:18:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.174720dd0827477cbcf3acf555b1d9c9.obama_2008_dcmc101.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=QXBCfryemy376Bb8BlJ0VA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a reception celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Thursday that Republican John McCain was "losing his bearings" for repeatedly suggesting the Islamic terrorist group Hamas preferred Obama for president.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_el_pr/obama_mccain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080508/capt.174720dd0827477cbcf3acf555b1d9c9.obama_2008_dcmc101.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=QXBCfryemy376Bb8BlJ0VA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks at a reception celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, Thursday, May 8, 2008, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)