| Israeli conductor Barenboim gets ovation in Egypt(By JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writer Jason Keyser, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-18 14:35) | | CAIRO – Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim stirred a sold out Cairo Opera House Thursday with a performance of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, drawing ovations in his first visit to Egypt. The famed musician's enthusiastic welcome in a major Arab capita... |
| Aid expulsion heavy blow to Darfur women, children(By SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writer Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-17 01:26) | | ABU SHOUK CAMP, Sudan – With her health options limited, one woman in this Darfur refugee camp is considering a risky alternative: a traditional healer who promises his potion of holy water, charcoal and glue, touched by verses of the Quran, can cur... |
| Obama speech draws praise in Mideast(By SAM F. GHATTAS, Associated Press Writer Sam F. Ghattas, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-09 05:09) | | BEIRUT – Syria's foreign minister praised President Barack Obama's address to the Arab and Islamic world in Turkey, and many Arabs were cheered by the American leader's promises to push for a Palestinian state. On his first visit as president to a p... |
| Suicide attack kills 4 US soldiers in Mosul(By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer Robert H. Reid, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 10:41) | | BAGHDAD – A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. patrol in northern Iraq on Monday, killing four American soldiers and an Iraqi interpreter in the deadliest single attack against U.S. forces in nine months. The blast occurred as U.S. vehicles were passi... |
| Israelis turning 'right' going into Tuesday ballot(By STEVEN GUTKIN, Associated Press Writer Steven Gutkin, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-09 08:14) | | JERUSALEM – Israel seems to be moving rightward going into Tuesday's national election, with polls giving the edge to former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a tough stance on Mideast peacemaking that could lead to a collision with the new U.S.... |
| Sudanese forces bomb outskirts of rebel-held town( 2009-02-03 04:49) | | CAIRO – Sudanese forces bombed the outskirts of a rebel-held town in southern Darfur Monday as the U.N. secretary general said peacekeepers would not heed a government request to leave the area. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told journalists in... |
| Official: Ahmadinejad will run for re-election( 2009-01-30 20:05) | | TEHRAN, Iran – An adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he will run for re-election in June. Press adviser Ali Akbar Javanfekr told The Associated Press on Thursday that Ahmadinejad will run to complete the programs he has started si... |
| Iran: Soccer club dismantles women's team( 2009-01-29 17:14) | | TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian state television says a soccer club dissolved its female team after playing against the club's male youth squad. The game was unprecedented in Iranian soccer and prompted a scandal. Tuesday's TV report came after the club susp... |
| Iran tests air-to-air missile( 2009-01-27 04:32) | | TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's state television says the country has successfully test-fired a heat-seeking air-to-air missile. The Sunday report quotes air force chief Gen. Hasan Shahsafi as saying the missile has a range of 62 miles, or 100 kilometers. The... |
| Iraq holds 4th post-Saddam vote(By The Associated Press The Associated Press 2009-01-27 04:32) | | Provincial elections Saturday will be Iraqis' fourth national ballot since the 2003 collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. January 2005: Voters chose members of an interim parliament and ruling councils in the country's 18 provinces. October 2005: Voters ap... |
| Hamas dismisses reconciliation talks with Fatah( 2009-01-25 05:47) | | DAMASCUS, Syria – A senior Hamas official has dismissed any reconciliation talks with the rival Fatah group. His remarks Thursday followed claims by the militants that they emerged victorious after the group survived a relentless three-week offensiv... |
| Saudi Arabia pledges $1 billion to rebuild Gaza( 2009-01-20 11:38) | | KUWAIT CITY – The Saudi king says his country will donate $1 billion to help rebuild the Gaza Strip after Israel's devastating three-week offensive in the Palestinian territory. King Abdullah criticizes Israel for using excessive force in Gaza and s... |
| World leaders race to consolidate Mideast truce(By JAMEY KEATEN and SARAH EL DEEB, Associated Press Writers Jamey Keaten And Sarah El Deeb, Associat 2009-01-20 06:29) | | SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt – As the warring sides agreed to a fragile cease-fire in Gaza, European and Arab leaders raced Sunday to lay groundwork for a longer-term agreement to prevent new fighting. Delivering humanitarian aid to rebuild the devastated... |
| Israeli police say rockets fired from Lebanon( 2009-01-08 22:17) | | JERUSALEM – Israeli police say at least three rockets have been fired into northern Israel from Lebanon. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the rockets fell Thursday around the town of Nahariya, five miles south of the Lebanese border. Rescue ser... |
| Iraq: Cleric urges 'revenge operations' over Gaza( 2009-01-07 12:15) | | NAJAF, Iraq – Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called on the Iraqi resistance Wednesday to stage "revenge operations" against American forces to protest Israel's Gaza offensive. The statement issued by his office in the Shiite holy city of Najaf cam... |
| Iraqi ex-speaker praises shoe-thrower as 'brave'(By JIM HEINTZ, Associated Press Writer Jim Heintz, Associated Press Writer 2008-12-25 04:08) | | BAGHDAD – The newly resigned Iraqi parliament speaker on Wednesday praised the journalist who threw shoes at President George W. Bush and said the legislature should have supported him. In central Iraq, the U.S. military says three soldiers were kil... |
| Israel's Netanyahu tells EU he will pursue peace(By STEVE WEIZMAN, Associated Press Writer Steve Weizman, Associated Press Writer 2008-12-13 14:16) | | JERUSALEM – Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu sought Thursday to reassure Europeans that he will continue peace talks with the Palestinians if he wins February's general election, despite a rightward tilt in his Likud Party. He was speaki... |
| Israel OKs money transfer to ease Gaza cash crunch(By MATTI FRIEDMAN, Associated Press Writer Matti Friedman, Associated Press Writer 2008-12-11 01:38) | | JERUSALEM – Israel agreed on Wednesday to allow the delivery of cash to banks in the Gaza Strip to ease a cash crunch that has badly hobbled the economy of the blockaded Palestinian territory. Defense Minister Ehud Barak authorized the transfer of 1... |
| Palestinian rocket hits Israeli house( 2008-11-27 14:10) | | JERUSALEM – Israeli police say a rocket fired from Gaza has hit a house in southern Israel but caused no injuries. Israel has kept its frontier with Gaza closed except for occasional shipments of essential humanitarian aid since a truce with Palesti... |
| Counting the dead gets more complicated in Iraq(By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer Kim Gamel, Associated Press Writer 2008-11-14 15:50) | | BAGHDAD – This much is agreed — a double bombing in Baghdad struck a school bus and those responding to the first blast. But the difference in casualty figures was stark. Iraqi officials said 31 people died; the U.S. military put the death toll... |
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