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  1. A banner of Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora burns after it was set alight by Hezbollah fighters in the Mazra'a area in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Hussam Shbaro

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    Lebanon govt denounces Hezbollah "coup" in Beirut

    Reuters - 17 minutes ago

    BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah group took control of the Muslim half of Beirut on Friday in what the U.S.-backed governing coalition described as "an armed and bloody coup". More »

  2. Estate agent signs outside a row of houses in south London, May 18, 2007. Home repossession orders in England and Wales hit the highest level since the early 1990s in the first three months of this year, government figures showed on Friday, and experts say the situation is set to worsen.

    Politics

    Home repossession orders surge

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:27 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - More people in England and Wales are just one step away from losing their homes than at any time since the early 1990s as the credit crunch bites, figures showed on Friday, and experts say things can only get worse. More »

  3. Children rest at Kwak Mhue Orphan Home in Yangon May 7, 2008. REUTERS/Anaing/The Mandalay Gazette

    Politics

    Myanmar seizes U.N. food deliveries

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 12:53 pm

    YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta impounded two U.N. food aid shipments at Yangon airport on Friday, officials said, triggering more outrage at the military government's refusal to accept a major international relief operation. More »

  4. Politics

    U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 04:13 pm

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught. More »

  5. Politics

    Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:42 am

    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert defied a barrage of calls to resign on Friday after he admitted taking cash from an American businessman at the centre of a police inquiry into allegations of bribery. More »

  6. Politics

    Poll gives Brown's Labour lowest-ever rating

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 10:28 am

    LONDON (Reuters) - The Labour Party fell to its lowest-ever poll rating in a survey published on Friday, a week after big losses in local elections cast doubt on the leadership of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. More »

  7. Politics

    Britain won't charge ex-Tiger with war crimes

    Reuters - Friday, May 9 06:14 pm

    LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has released former Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebel Karuna Amman from prison where he was detained on immigration charges, it said on Friday, believing he could not be convicted of war crimes. More »

  8. Politics

    'Medvedev girl' backs Russia's new president

    AFP - Thursday, May 8 03:53 pm

    MOSCOW (AFP) - His predecessor Vladimir Putin had pop songstresses swooning and even made it into women's magazines when he bared his torso. More »

  9. Politics

    Brown enters Jewish power list

    AFP - Friday, May 9 11:49 am

    LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown entered the list of people with greatest influence on British Jews published Friday, although he does not have the "natural affinity" of Tony Blair. More »

  10. Politics

    Iraq rocket attack on Basra base kills two

    Reuters - Thursday, May 8 08:11 pm

    BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Militants fired rockets into a British forces base in Iraq's southern oil town of Basra on Thursday, killing two contractors and wounding four other civilians, the U.S. military said on Thursday. More »

Most Viewed Photos - Politics

  • 1.People take shower and brush their teeth on a street in Yangon May 7, 2008. REUTERS/StrringerReuters
  • 2.Estate agent signs outside a row of houses in south London, May 18, 2007. Home repossession orders in England and Wales hit the highest level since the early 1990s in the first three months of this year, government figures showed on Friday, and experts say the situation is set to worsen.Reuters
  • 3.Two birds fly in front of the summit of the world's highest mountain Mount Everest, also known as Qomolangma, in the Tibet Autonomous Region May 5, 2008. REUTERS/David GrayReuters
  • 4.A banner of Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora burns after it was set alight by Hezbollah fighters in the Mazra'a area in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Hussam ShbaroReuters
  • 5.Hezbollah gunmen detain alleged gunmen from a group called Future loyal to Saad al-Hariri during clashes in a street in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Sharif KarimReuters
  • 6.A Shi'ite opposition gunman takes position in a street in Beirut May 8, 2008. REUTERS/ Fadi GhalioumReuters
  • 7.Smoke rises from the Future TV studios after it was set ablaze by opposition gunmen from the Syrian Socialist Nationalist Party in the coastal Raoushe in Beirut May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Khalil HassanReuters
  • 8.Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) attends a Memorial Day ceremony commemorating fallen soldiers at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem May 7, 2008. REUTERS/David Silverman/PoolReuters
  • 9.Demonstrator Maboud Ebrahimzadeh is held down during a simulation of waterboarding outside the Justice Department in Washington November 5, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters
  • 10.Residents carry belongings past policemen after leaving their homes during clashes in Beirut May 9, 2008. . REUTERS/Jamal SaidiReuters

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