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Israel prepares to transfer Fatah Gaza refugees to West Bank

Israeli is preparing to transfer to the West Bank Palestinian Fatah activists who fled internecine fighting in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Defence Ministry said Monday.

The move comes amid fierce inter-Palestinian clashes in the Strip between Fatah and Hamas, which administers the enclave. It overturns a previous decision made at the request of Palestinian...

Silence Covers Palestinian Refugee Camp After A Long Time

An apparent peace returned to northern Lebanon after a week of turmoil and gunfights, while government officials try to find a solution to the crisis. It looks like the government wants the Islamist militants who gunned-down several soldiers and allegedly started the week-long clashes. A military siege has been ruled out, a...

Sunni Leaders: Ten Civilians Killed By US Airstrike

New accusations target the US forces stationed in Iraq, as the Association of Muslim scholars reported the death of ten civilians in Iraq, all killed by US airstrike. The warplanes struck neighbourhoods in the outskirts of Baghdad while Iraqi ground forces that arrested about 40 people, the association said. The US...

Fewer US Troops In Iraq

Washington authorities want to reduce the number of US troops deployed in Iraq in the next year, American media reported Saturday. The New York Times informed in its Saturday edition that the Bush administration is considering the withdrawal of more than 40,000 servicemen from the war-torn country. This rumor comes before the...

Fifteen Iraqis Allegedly Killed By Coalition Forces

According to an Iraqi official at least 15 civilians were killed Friday by bombs launched by US and British warplanes in the country’s capital Baghdad and Basra. The official said US planes bombed a residential area in Sadr City, killing about ten people and wounding a dozen more. A similar incident allegedly took place in...

Hamas: Caporal Shalit Will Be Murdered

The armed wing of Hamas threatened to slay the abducted caporal Gilad Shalit if Israeli airstrikes continue in the Gaza Strip and any of their leaders will be killed. "Israel can forget about Shalit, if leading members of Hamas die," a Hamas spokesperson said. Caporal Gilad Shalit of the Israeli Armed Corps was...

No Rest For Israeli Air Force

Israeli airstrikes on facilities belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip continued through Saturday, five persons being in four different locations, official sources reported. A first air raid targeted a populated area in the Gaza City, four powerful explosions being heard and numerous vehicles belonging to emergency services were...

Thousands Attend Islamabad Rally For Suspended Judge

Thousands of people participated in a rally held on the streets of Islamabad Saturday to protest once against the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and to show their support for the embattled lawmaker. A long series followed the suspension of Chaudhry on March 9, most of the protests turning violent, with persons...

Foreign Military Aid for the Lebanese Army

The United States and Arab allies kept their promise and sent military aid on Friday to Lebanon’s army in its fight against al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded inside a Palestinian refugee camp.Many Beirut residents spotted two military transports as they landed at the local airport Friday morning. By the end of the day, at...

Abducted Pakistani Policemen Finally Released

Following several rounds of tough negotiations between Red Mosque representatives and authorities, accompanied by a week of internal turmoil, the two policemen abducted in Islamabad were released on Thursday."We are freeing the two officers as a gesture of goodwill on humanitarian grounds and at the request of their families,"...

Lebanese Army Resumes Siege On Refugee Camp

The ceasefire is no longer respected in northern Lebanon, as the army and militants began to exchange heavy fire Thursday afternoon, army officials confirmed.According to witnesses, heavy machinegun and rocket fire was heard and seen from the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, prompting speculations that the Lebanese troops prepare...

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