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Shiite gunmen patrol the streets as they take control of the area during clashes between pro-government supporters of Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Shiite gunmen and their allies in Chouweifat south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, May 11, 2008.

Lebanese clashes shift to mountains
International Herald Tribune

: Fierce clashes broke out Sunday in mountains east of Beirut between supporters of the Western-backed government and followers of Hezbollah, the militant group backed by Iran. The fighting, in the Chouf Mountains overlooking Beirut, followed overnight clashes in the northern city of Tripoli that left at least two people dead and five wounded,...

photo: AP / Hussein Malla

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It's time for an aid intervention
The Australian

WHAT are we waiting for? Where now is liberal interventionism? More than 100,000 people are...

A Mother's Day pledge
The Washington Times

How fitting is it that Mother's Day and teen Pregnancy Prevention Month are both in May. On...

Rights group unhappy that Britain did not charge ex-Sri Lankan rebel with alleged abuses
International Herald Tribune

: Amnesty International said it is concerned that Britain released a former Sri Lankan rebel...

'No government help' in Burma

A fallen tree and destroyed house left in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Rangoon, Burma May 5, 2008.

BBC News

A Rangoon resident, who wanted to remain anonymous, said there was no government help for people affected by the cyclone. He...
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In Burma, Fear Trumps Grief

A large sign rests on a damaged house following Cyclone Nargis in Rangoon, Burma May 5, 2008.

Time Magazine

She told me how the torrent of water stole away her one-year-old daughter. With one child gone, all San San Khing could do was clasp her five-year old son to her chest and hope. By the time the tidal surge triggered by cyclone Nargis receded on May...
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Blair discusses Mideast peace with Saudi king

Special Envoy of the Quartet of the Middle East Tony Blair gestures while speaking during a media conference after a meeting of the Mideast Quartet at the Palace of Culture in Lisbon, Thursday July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte) fa0

Khaleej Times

RIYADH - Middle East envoy Tony Blair met on Sunday with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss peace efforts in the region, the official SPA news agency reported. Blair discussed with...
photo: AP Photo/Paulo Duarte

Israelis uneasy about nation's next 60 years

A Palestinian woman works in her field next to the Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem Wednesday, June 6, 2001. According to an Israeli newspaper the United States has agreed to Israel´s interpretation of a settlement freeze, part o

Palm Beach Post

JERUSALEM - Sixty years after its founding, Israel boasts a powerful military, vibrant economy,...
photo: AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito

Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000

A Myanmar soldier, right, pauses and he and his colleagues unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008. More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon

Philadelphia Daily News

The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar - A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. The double-decker boat that...
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

Obama outlines plans for race against McCain

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a rally Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 (tmg1)

Buffalo News

Barack Obama began sketching the outlines of his expected presidential contest against Republican John McCain on Saturday, saying the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities than about questions of political ideology or who is...
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren