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A BBC correspondent transfers bags to another room after a rocket landed on the roof of the BBC office in central Baghdad. The rocket caused no casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP.

Rocket slams into BBC office in Baghdad

AFP - 4 minutes ago

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A rocket hit the BBC office in central Baghdad on Friday without causing casualties, security officials and the British broadcaster's bureau chief told AFP. More »

  • Democratic presidential hopeful Illinois Sen. Barack Obama talks with reporters outside his Capitol Hill offices in Washington, DC. White House hopefuls on Thursday hailed their ties to Israel and vowed to stand by the Jewish state as the key US ally celebrated its 60th anniversary.

    White House hopefuls vow to be allies of Israel

    AFP - Friday, May 9 01:18 am

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - White House hopefuls on Thursday hailed their ties to Israel and vowed to stand by the Jewish state as the key US ally celebrated its 60th anniversary. More »

  • An undated picture released in 2006 by the US Army shows Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. A man calling himself the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested in the north of the country, state television reported on Thursday quoting an interior ministry spokesman.

    'Qaeda chief in Iraq' arrested: TV

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 10:57 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A man calling himself the head of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested in the north of the country, state television reported on Thursday quoting an interior ministry spokesman. More »

  • An Iraqi grieves as his father's coffin is tied to the roof of a taxi in Najaf. A rocket attack on a coalition military base in Basra killed two civilian contractors Friday, while a retaliatory strike and separate attacks elsewhere in Iraq killed 23 others, officials said.

    25 killed in Iraq as rockets shatter Basra calm

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 09:05 pm

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - A rocket attack on a coalition military base in Basra killed two civilian contractors Friday, while a retaliatory strike and separate attacks elsewhere in Iraq killed 23 others, officials said. More »

  • Pope Shenuda III, Head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, seen here in January 2008, returned to Cairo on Thursday after medical tests in the United States, an aide said.

    Egypt's Coptic Pope back from US health check

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 07:16 pm

    CAIRO (AFP) - The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenuda III, returned to Cairo on Thursday after medical tests in the United States, an aide said. More »

  • A view of the Israel exibition area at Turin's book fair. Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has opened the prestigious book fair in the northern city amid Muslim anger over the choice of Israel as the event's guest of honour.

    Turin book fair showcases Israeli writers amid controversy

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 06:56 pm

    TURIN, Italy (AFP) - The prestigious Turin book fair got underway on Thursday showcasing Israeli writers to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish State, sparking boycott calls and protests by pro-Palestinian groups. More »

  • Palestinian refugee Kamleh Kadada, 76, carries the key of her former house at the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. The creation of the Jewish state drove some 760,000 Palestinians to flee their homes. Most went to refugee camps in neighbouring Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Gaza, which was under Egyptian control at the time.

    Palestinian refugees in Gaza still dream of going home

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 06:17 pm

    JABALIYA REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AFP) - When Israeli soldiers razed his village of Najd during the Jewish state's independence war, Yussef Abu al-Jidyan fled to a Gaza refugee camp where he has now lived for 60 years. More »

  • Thousands of Arab Israelis call for refugee right of return

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 07:21 pm

    SAFURIYAH, Israel (AFP) - Arab Israelis marched Thursday for the right of return for refugees who fled their homes during the 1948 war that followed the creation of Israel as the Jewish state marked its 60th anniversary. More »

  • Smoke billows from burning tyres as a Lebanese boy flashes the victory sign at a blocked road leading to Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut. Fierce armed clashes erupted in west Beirut between supporters of Lebanon's Western-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition

    Heated clashes erupt in Beirut

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 04:49 pm

    BEIRUT (AFP) - Fierce armed clashes erupted on Thursday in west Beirut between supporters of Lebanon's Western-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition, a security official told AFP. More »

  • Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran university in 2007. Khamenei has said that Iran's arch-foe the United States is the main obstacle to resolving both the crisis in Iraq and the Palestinian question.

    US the main obstacle to Mideast peace: Iran leader

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 02:52 pm

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that Iran's arch-foe the United States was the main obstacle to resolving both the crisis in Iraq and the Palestinian question. More »

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