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Hezbollah routs pro-government gunmen; controls Beirut

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:19:00 GMT

Reuters - BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah took control of the Muslim part of Beirut on Friday, tightening its grip on the city in a major blow to the U.S.-backed government.

Myanmar seizes U.N. food deliveries

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Reuters - 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.

Austrian Fritzl remanded for a month in incest case

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:00 GMT

Reuters - ST POELTEN, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court on Friday ordered Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children with her, to be kept in custody for a further month, a court spokesman said.

Mediator Mbeki in Zimbabwe to discuss disputed poll

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:40:00 GMT

Reuters - HARARE (Reuters) - Regional mediator and South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe on Friday for talks on the country's disputed elections ahead of a possible run-off that has raised concerns of further violence.

Olmert defies calls to resign over bribe probe

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:37:00 GMT

Reuters - 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.

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

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:36:00 GMT

Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught in what is the latest episode of false claims about the militant.

Sudan steps up security, says Darfur rebels advance

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:10:00 GMT

Reuters - KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army has stepped up security in Khartoum, saying it has intelligence that a heavily armed convoy of Darfur rebels has advanced to the neighboring Kordofan province and is planning an attack.

Top U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:09:00 GMT

Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday.

Powers say atom control treaty at risk, cite Iran

Fri, 09 May 2008 09:51:00 GMT

Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - The five major nuclear-armed powers said on Friday the Non-Proliferation Treaty was under threat and cited Iran's uranium enrichment campaign in a rare joint call for action to shore up the NPT.

U.S. forces say kill 14 militants in Baghdad

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:35:00 GMT

Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces have killed 14 militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, a stronghold of gunmen loyal to anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, the military said on Friday.