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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/world/mideast-conflict world Mideast Conflict en-us Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:03:28 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/world/mideast-conflict http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain ap/20120214/ml_bahrain AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:03:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f84406698cfe4079802867f93f91ce32-f84406698cfe4079802867f93f91ce32-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=2yQsJeLMdAgg9hmaOX51dw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A line of riot police stand in front of razor wire near a shopping mall and 'Cinema Dana' in Manama, Bahrain, about one-half kilometer from the hub of last year's pro-democracy protests on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, the first anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf kingdom. Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers for the anniversary.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)" border="0" /></a>AP - Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers on Tuesday as Shiites marked the one-year anniversary of their uprising against the country's Sunni rulers.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f84406698cfe4079802867f93f91ce32-f84406698cfe4079802867f93f91ce32-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=2yQsJeLMdAgg9hmaOX51dw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A line of riot police stand in front of razor wire near a shopping mall and 'Cinema Dana' in Manama, Bahrain, about one-half kilometer from the hub of last year's pro-democracy protests on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, the first anniversary of the uprising in the Gulf kingdom. Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers for the anniversary.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wl_nm/us_bahrain_protests_anniversary nm/20120214/us_bahrain_protests_anniversary Reuters world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:45:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wl_nm/us_bahrain_protests_anniversary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r512661808.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=ek5quHkeScQw2oZ9ClgNoA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="An anti-government protester shouts slogans as she stands in a cloud of tear-gas fired by the riot police during a protest that attempted to march back to Al Farook Junction, formally known as Pearl Square, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, February 14, 2012. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Armored vehicles patrolled Bahrain's capital on Tuesday in a security clampdown to deter protesters after overnight clashes outside Manama on the first anniversary of a forcibly suppressed pro-democracy uprising.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wl_nm/us_bahrain_protests_anniversary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r512661808.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=ek5quHkeScQw2oZ9ClgNoA--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="An anti-government protester shouts slogans as she stands in a cloud of tear-gas fired by the riot police during a protest that attempted to march back to Al Farook Junction, formally known as Pearl Square, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, February 14, 2012. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians ap/20120214/ml_israel_palestinians AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:03:38 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.977556da74464ef68baa2fdb5372f60b-977556da74464ef68baa2fdb5372f60b-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N.Mgfg8Lmggs03s7uYKxcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, a view of the excavation site known as the City of David, bottom, with the background of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan outside Jerusalem's Old City is seen. The Israeli government has given a hardline Jewish group permission to build a new archaeological center in Silwan, officials said Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0" /></a>AP - The Israeli government has given a hardline Jewish group permission to build a new archaeological center in a tense Arab neighborhood in east Jerusalem, officials said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.977556da74464ef68baa2fdb5372f60b-977556da74464ef68baa2fdb5372f60b-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=N.Mgfg8Lmggs03s7uYKxcw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, a view of the excavation site known as the City of David, bottom, with the background of the Arab neighborhood of Silwan outside Jerusalem's Old City is seen. The Israeli government has given a hardline Jewish group permission to build a new archaeological center in Silwan, officials said Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_attacks ap/20120214/israel_attacks AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:32:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8OqmcNhU8PsbJ6nimtWO6Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Israeli Cabinet minister says his country will "settle the score" with the perpetrators of a bombing attempt in Bangkok.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_attacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120214/capt.f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-f62ccece76bc43f4902c430ce0f71c3c-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=8OqmcNhU8PsbJ6nimtWO6Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Thai Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) official makes a check on a backpack that was left on the bomb site by a suspect bomber in Bangkok, Thailand Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. Two explosions boomed through a busy neighborhood in the Thai capital Tuesday, police said, but it was not immediately clear what caused the blasts or whether there were any fatalities. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120214/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_apnewsalert ap/20120214/ml_apnewsalert AP world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:23:13 GMT AP - Cabinet minister says Israel will settle the score with Bangkok attackers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wl_nm/us_israel_security_embassies nm/20120214/us_israel_security_embassies Reuters world Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:49:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wl_nm/us_israel_security_embassies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r3853251381.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=nFI.mEBfPKb0CA_CkKpXMw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="People examine a damaged Israeli embassy car after an explosion in New Delhi, February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Israel accused arch-enemies Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah of being behind twin bomb attacks that targeted Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia on Monday, wounding four people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120214/wl_nm/us_israel_security_embassies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20120214/i/r3853251381.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=nFI.mEBfPKb0CA_CkKpXMw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="People examine a damaged Israeli embassy car after an explosion in New Delhi, February 13, 2012. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wl_nm/us_bahrain_protest nm/20120213/us_bahrain_protest Reuters world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:35:36 GMT Reuters - Hundreds of protesters marched in the Bahraini capital Manama Monday, trying to retake a landmark roundabout and blocking a highway on the eve of the first anniversary of a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf Arab kingdom. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wl_nm/us_bahrain_police_timoney nm/20120213/us_bahrain_police_timoney Reuters world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:20:03 GMT Reuters - A top U.S. lawman hired by Bahrain to help clean up its security practices after revelations of torture used to help crush a protest movement last year said the government was serious about reforms and but youth violence was posing obstacles. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinian_hunger_strike ap/20120213/ml_palestinian_hunger_strike AP world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:33:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinian_hunger_strike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.e8f8ba6dab4a48bb8ecd979c4b97ace7-e8f8ba6dab4a48bb8ecd979c4b97ace7-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=THGRrqnKFbUhKKdmqYAHVw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Palestinians hold images of Khader Adnan, 33, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel who has been on hunger strike, as they protest in his support, and for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. In a high-stakes gamble, Adnan has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)." border="0" /></a>AP - An Israeli military court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Palestinian man on hunger strike for 58 days to have his jail term reduced, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinian_hunger_strike"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120213/capt.e8f8ba6dab4a48bb8ecd979c4b97ace7-e8f8ba6dab4a48bb8ecd979c4b97ace7-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=THGRrqnKFbUhKKdmqYAHVw--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinians hold images of Khader Adnan, 33, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel who has been on hunger strike, as they protest in his support, and for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, Feb. 13, 2012. In a high-stakes gamble, Adnan has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)." border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120213/ap_on_bi_ge/ml_israel_corruption_charges ap/20120213/ml_israel_corruption_charges AP business Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:06:29 GMT AP - A spokesman for ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says a Tel Aviv court will hold its first hearing into a wide-ranging real estate scandal involving the former leader. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120213/wl_nm/us_bahrain_king_opposition nm/20120213/us_bahrain_king_opposition Reuters world Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:59:19 GMT Reuters - Bahraini riot police waged pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated before the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad suggested protesters calling for his overthrow was a "problem for national unity." http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation ap/20120212/ml_palestinians_reconciliation AP world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:17:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120212/capt.fa6d23f4643c4837a8b6ab924b84aa7c-fa6d23f4643c4837a8b6ab924b84aa7c-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Jhqe_qGj43rWNM4hjo2.qQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2012 file photo, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, center, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, arrive to sign an agreement in Doha, Qatar. A rare public rift broke open Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a reconciliation deal that would require it to relinquish key areas of control in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A mounting rebellion by Hamas leaders in Gaza against a breakthrough power-sharing agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas highlights a potentially fatal flaw &mdash; the deal never spelled out how the Western-backed leader can take charge again in Gaza, the territory he lost to a violent takeover by the Islamic militants.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_reconciliation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120212/capt.fa6d23f4643c4837a8b6ab924b84aa7c-fa6d23f4643c4837a8b6ab924b84aa7c-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=Jhqe_qGj43rWNM4hjo2.qQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2012 file photo, the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, center, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, arrive to sign an agreement in Doha, Qatar. A rare public rift broke open Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 in the usually tightly disciplined Islamic movement Hamas over a reconciliation deal that would require it to relinquish key areas of control in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_palestinians ap/20120212/ml_iran_palestinians AP world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:04:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120211/capt.0bb923d198724de798b956843da45935-0bb923d198724de798b956843da45935-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=m6u_kSfZs9gPCG8bTdJ4tA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Visiting Hamas prime minister from Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, gestures as he delivers his speech in front of portraits of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, marking the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power. Haniyeh addressed the crowd, congratulating Iranians on the 1979 anniversary and vowing that his militant Palestinian group would never recognize Iran's and Hamas' archenemy, Israel. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran's leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group's resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported on Sunday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120212/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120211/capt.0bb923d198724de798b956843da45935-0bb923d198724de798b956843da45935-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=m6u_kSfZs9gPCG8bTdJ4tA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Visiting Hamas prime minister from Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, gestures as he delivers his speech in front of portraits of late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran, on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, marking the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that toppled the country's pro-Western monarchy and brought Islamic clerics to power. Haniyeh addressed the crowd, congratulating Iranians on the 1979 anniversary and vowing that his militant Palestinian group would never recognize Iran's and Hamas' archenemy, Israel. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120211/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_violence nm/20120211/us_palestinians_israel_violence Reuters world Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:57 GMT Reuters - An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian civilian Sunday, hospital officials said, and the military described the operation as retaliation for a cross-border rocket launch. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120210/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_chile_wildfires_israeli ap/20120210/lt_chile_wildfires_israeli AP world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:44:30 GMT AP - Chile has settled its criminal case against an Israeli hiker accused of negligently causing a fire that destroyed much of the Torres del Paine national park. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_shifting_hamas ap/20120209/ml_shifting_hamas AP world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:25:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_shifting_hamas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.0a3e7a8fd6c24b008513593698e3c37d-0a3e7a8fd6c24b008513593698e3c37d-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=lLoY9IBTXNrARD4VrubsCw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh speaks to the press after Friday prayers, in Gaza City. Even as Qatar was helping mediate a unity accord with rival Palestinian factions, the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza was leading his own tour through wealthy Gulf states. His tone was far more like a CEO than anti-Israel firebrand: meeting Gulf rulers and investment groups about pumping money into struggling Gaza. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh wrapped up a three-nation Gulf trip Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait that included talks on potential investments in areas such as housing, road building agricultural in Gaza. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Hamas appears to be drifting away from its longtime patron Iran &mdash; part of a shift that began with last year's Arab Spring and accelerated over Tehran's backing of the pariah regime in Syria.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_shifting_hamas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.0a3e7a8fd6c24b008513593698e3c37d-0a3e7a8fd6c24b008513593698e3c37d-0.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=lLoY9IBTXNrARD4VrubsCw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 file photo, Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh speaks to the press after Friday prayers, in Gaza City. Even as Qatar was helping mediate a unity accord with rival Palestinian factions, the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza was leading his own tour through wealthy Gulf states. His tone was far more like a CEO than anti-Israel firebrand: meeting Gulf rulers and investment groups about pumping money into struggling Gaza. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh wrapped up a three-nation Gulf trip Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait that included talks on potential investments in areas such as housing, road building agricultural in Gaza. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_hunger_striker ap/20120209/ml_palestinians_hunger_striker AP world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:34:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_hunger_striker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.d0cdbe176de14006a523db11ec554c7b-d0cdbe176de14006a523db11ec554c7b-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Bozt5kEdHxXiszflXG1l5A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Palestinian school-boys hold images of Khader Adnan, 33, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel who has been on hunger strike for 55 days, during a protest in solidarity with his action, and calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods. Arabic text reads, 'The prisoner Khader Adnan continue an open hunger strike'. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)" border="0" /></a>AP - In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120209/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_hunger_striker"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120209/capt.d0cdbe176de14006a523db11ec554c7b-d0cdbe176de14006a523db11ec554c7b-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=Bozt5kEdHxXiszflXG1l5A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian school-boys hold images of Khader Adnan, 33, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel who has been on hunger strike for 55 days, during a protest in solidarity with his action, and calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. In a high-stakes gamble, an imprisoned member of a Palestinian militant group has waged a hunger strike for almost two months, trying to draw attention to Israel's military justice system and its treatment of detainees who can be held without charge for lengthy periods. Arabic text reads, 'The prisoner Khader Adnan continue an open hunger strike'. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120209/wl_nm/us_israel_palestinians_prisoner nm/20120209/us_israel_palestinians_prisoner Reuters world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:23:09 GMT Reuters - A Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for 55 days to protest against his detention without trial by Israel is refusing medical treatment and his life is in danger, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_israel_hostage ap/20120208/eu_france_israel_hostage AP world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:39:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_israel_hostage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.b0168036ad8944a2849c9f039ff75bec-b0168036ad8944a2849c9f039ff75bec-0.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=lnaYCrjMbLRDQd4Qtl9AwA--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, bids farewell to Gilad Schalit, an Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants in Gaza, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)" border="0" /></a>AP - An Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants met Wednesday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120208/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_israel_hostage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20120208/capt.b0168036ad8944a2849c9f039ff75bec-b0168036ad8944a2849c9f039ff75bec-0.jpg?x=113&y=130&q=85&sig=lnaYCrjMbLRDQd4Qtl9AwA--" align="left" height="130" width="113" alt="photo" title="French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, bids farewell to Gilad Schalit, an Israeli-French soldier who was held hostage for five years by Palestinian militants in Gaza, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120208/wl_nm/us_bahrain_violence nm/20120208/us_bahrain_violence Reuters world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:02:28 GMT Reuters - The funeral march for Mohammed Yaacoub had barely ended last week when police and protesters faced off in the town of Sitra, an impoverished district of Bahrain that has borne the brunt of a year of unrest.