Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/middleeast.html en-en Sat, 17 May 2008 06:23:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/middleeast.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080517/twl-kuwait-vote-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080517/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-kuwait-vote-3cd7efd_2 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:23:00 +0000 Kuwaitis began voting on Saturday to elect a new parliament in this oil-rich Gulf state which has been rocked by political turmoil that resulted in two parliaments being dissolved in as many years. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-mideast-us-diplomacy-bush-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-mideast-us-diplomacy-bush-3cd7efd_7 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:31:00 +0000 US President George W. Bush pressed Saudi Arabia to raise oil output on Friday, but the world's biggest crude exporter said global supply is balanced with demand. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-iraq-unrest-us-mosul-qaeda-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-iraq-unrest-us-mosul-qaeda-3cd7efd_4 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:28:00 +0000 Iraq on Friday offered cash in exchange for weapons in the main northern city of Mosul, described by US commanders as Al-Qaeda's last urban bastion in the country, on the third day of a crackdown against the insurgents. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-iraq-unrest-iran-ba734b9.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_iraq/twl-iraq-unrest-iran-ba734b9_2 Fri, 16 May 2008 15:13:00 +0000 Four Iranian embassy staff and their Iraqi driver were wounded when their convoy was shot at in the Iraqi capital, the embassy and Iraqi officials said on Friday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-iraq-unrest-us-sadrcity-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-iraq-unrest-us-sadrcity-3cd7efd_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:35:00 +0000 The radical movement of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr voiced optimism on Friday that a truce with the Iraqi government will hold, but also called on the faithful to drive out occupying US forces. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-mideast-israel-60years-attacks-qaeda-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-mideast-israel-60years-attacks-qaeda-3cd7efd_3 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:30:00 +0000 Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden slammed Western leaders for taking part in Israel's 60th birthday celebrations and vowed that Muslims would fight and not give up "one inch of Palestine," in an audio message Friday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-entertainment-film-festival-cannes-i-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-entertainment-film-festival-cannes-i-3cd7efd_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:21:00 +0000 Israel's Ari Folman, in Cannes to premiere his fiercely anti-war animation "Waltz With Bashir," says his country is awash with ex-soldiers like himself who have repressed horrific memories of their time in the Israeli army. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-mideast-conflict-gaza-egypt-hamas-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-mideast-conflict-gaza-egypt-hamas-3cd7efd_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:04:00 +0000 The Palestinian Hamas movement will send a delegation to Egypt to discuss a proposed truce with Israel in the Gaza Strip where the Islamists seized power nearly a year ago, a spokesman said on Friday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-mideast-conflict-gaza-synagogue-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-mideast-conflict-gaza-synagogue-3cd7efd_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:50:00 +0000 A rocket fired by Gaza militants damaged a synagogue and another hit a kindergarten in the southern Israeli city of Sderot overnight, a military spokeswoman said on Friday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080516/twl-iraq-unrest-morgue-3cd7efd.html /afp/20080516/r_t_afp_wl_mideast/twl-iraq-unrest-morgue-3cd7efd_1 Fri, 16 May 2008 04:55:00 +0000 Dozens of Iraqis gather in a dimly lit room to scan hundreds of pictures on computer screens -- disfigured images of burnt faces, blown up body parts, beheaded corpses. AFP