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Friday, 09 May, 2008, 16:25 BST
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MYANMAR: Food aid "impounded" as selective approach from government dismays aid workers
09-05-2008
WFP has suspended its limited air cargo deliveries on 9 May, after two plane loads of food aid were impounded in Yangon.


Weekly Report: on Israeli Human Rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
09-05-2008
9 Palestinians, including a woman, were killed and 35 were in injured inlcuding 6 children and a woman by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.


Iraqi security forces capture top al-Qa'ida leader in Iraq
09-05-2008
Iraqi security forces captured Abu Hamza al-Muhajer, head of al-Qaida in Iraq network, in northern Iraqi city Mosul, Iraqi official television reported on Thursday.


Lebanon: Franjieh insists Hizbullah tried to prevent fighting
09-05-2008
Former Interior Minister and head of the Marada Movement Suleiman Franjieh says Hizbullah tried to avoid the events of Wednesday and Thursday for some time, "and they are the ones who were afraid of movements on the street."


Pakistan: Anti-Americanism in Pakistan upsets envoy
09-05-2008
US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson has said that the depth of anti-Americanism in Pakistan, especially in the middle class, has surprised her because Pakistan’s long-term interests are aligned with “ours and with those of other western countries”.


Provincial elections in east Sri Lanka
08-05-2008
For the three communities involved in the history of the ethnic problem in SL this election may be seen as a milestone in determining their next move.


MYANMAR: First visas issued to international relief teams
08-05-2008
John Holmes, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said in New York that four Asian members of a UN disaster coordination team had obtained clearance and would arrive in Myanmar.


Lebanon: Opposition vows no retreat after day of clashes
08-05-2008
General Labor Confederation (GLC) strike turned political and violent on Wednesday when supporters of the opposition took to the streets and blocked the main road leading to Beirut's international airport in protest at the government's recent decision to sack the facility's security chief, General Wafiq Shoucair, and counter Hizbullah's private phone network.


Pakistan: Nawaz needs to be watched, US house panel told
08-05-2008
A US congressional panel was told on Wednesday that while the PPP was doing a good job in Pakistan, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif needed to be watched.


Israeli army lkills 2, injures 20 and kidnaps 40
08-05-2008
Israeli tanks and troops left the Abasan town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday at dawn leaving behind two killed Palestinians, 20 injured, and kidnapping at least 40 residents


UK gov't 'very disappointed' at unbanning MKO
08-05-2008


Israeli army kidnaps three civilians from Hebron and nearby Sourif village
07-05-2008


India: Muslim body seeks separate mosques for women
07-05-2008


India test-fires longer version of Agni-3 missile
07-05-2008


England forecast to become most overcrowded country in Europe
07-05-2008


Palestine: Soldiers break into the house of a detained legislator, kidnap his son, son-in-law
06-05-2008


Pakistan: 7m SIMs to be blocked by month-end
06-05-2008


US links oil price hike to India, China
06-05-2008


Palestine: Israeli troops shell Beit Lahia, two residents injured
06-05-2008


5 wounded as roadside bomb hits Afghan police vehicle
06-05-2008


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