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The Western-backed Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas staged a show of force on Sunday in the largest of Lebanon's 12 refugee camps, the scene of recent clashes with Islamists. The parade at Ain al-Helweh on the outskirts of

A foreign farm worker was wounded on Saturday when Israeli troops opened fire near the border with Lebanon, a military spokesman said. Soldiers on patrol in the area near the kibbutz of Manara spotted men acting "suspiciously" and opened fire,

South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-Hee said Saturday that his country was committed to its military contribution in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Lee's remarks came after meeting Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence in Rabieh.

Candidates of the March 14 Forces prevailed on Sunday in the elections of the Lebanese Dentists Syndicate in the North. Future Movement candidate Mohammad Ali Saadeh was elected as the syndicate's chief. Later in the day, the winning candidates visited

President Michel Sleiman and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora met on Sunday as Lebanon was preparing to send its interior minister to Syria on Monday for the first time since former Premier Rafik Hariri's murder in 2005, in an effort to

A Canadian journalist described in a new video released on Sunday how her abductors kept her in a hole in the ground in Afghanistan for four weeks, sometimes chained and blindfolded. Wearing a headscarf and muddied traditional Punjabi outfit, Canadian

A Taliban suicide attacker rammed a bomb-filled minivan into a NATO military convoy in Afghanistan Sunday, killing two Spanish soldiers and critically wounding another, authorities said. The attack was in western Herat Province's Shindand district where in August, Kabul and

As he picked plastics and paper off the rubble-filled conveyor belt, Issam Sayyed indicated a white house behind him, pock-marked with bullet holes and with its roof caved in. "That's my home," said the father of nine, a Palestinian refugee

These days status symbols are everywhere - from cars and jeans to cell phones and, now, even chocolate. We all love chocolate, but what is the ultimate price to pay for the delicious dessert?Patchi, the famous Lebanese luxury chocolate-makers, have

With the autumn sun warming Beirut's Corniche, a slight breeze bringing fresh air from the sea, most Lebanese on Sunday had other things in mind than the political struggle about a national defense strategy. "We're having a walk and we

Iran's Parliament on Sunday tightened the rules for people wishing to run for president, setting age limits and strict educational criteria in a bid to deter frivolous candidacies. The move comes ahead of a presidential election set for June 12

More than 30 suspected militants were killed in military air strikes and ground operations against Al-Qaeda and Taliban-linked targets in northwest Pakistan, officials said Sunday. The highest number of dead was in the restive Swat Valley, which was until last

Troubled neighbors Sudan and Chad were on Sunday exchanging ambassadors, six months after diplomatic ties were ruptured over tit-for-tat accusations of support for armed rebels, diplomats said. Chadian ambassador to Sudan, Baharadine Haroune Ibrahim, was greeted by Libyan and Sudanese

Islamist insurgents on Sunday attacked Somali interim government troops in the capital, triggering clashes that killed five civilians, witnesses said. Seven other civilians were wounded in the fighting in southern Mogadishu's Folorensa Junction and Taleh districts where interim government troops

The Iraqi government is set to put former rebels in Baghdad on its payroll, partially integrating what is arguably the country's largest militia into the armed forces, a senior official said Sunday. The transfer of responsibility for paying the so-called

More than five years after the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq, Arab capitals are beginning to send ambassadors to Baghdad. But some Egyptian commentators question the timing of the moves, which they attribute to pressure from Washington. "Arab governments