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"Positive atmosphere" prevails in Doha talks (Extra)

May 17, 2008, 17:00 GMT

Beirut/Doha - A 'positive atmosphere' prevailed Saturday evening among the Lebanese leaders meeting Doha to end Lebanon's political crisis. ... more

Yemen ruling party sweeps governors election amid opposition boycott

May 17, 2008, 16:56 GMT

Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen's ruling General People's Congress (GPC) party dominated the country's first ever elections of provincial governors on Saturday amid a boycott by the opposition. ... more

Hezbollah arms dominates talks in Doha - sources

May 17, 2008, 16:49 GMT

Beirut - Lebanon's rival leaders focused Saturday on their talks that started on Doha on the issue of Hezbollah weapons, a member of a Lebanese delegation told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in Beirut. ... more

One member killed, 15 wounded in Baquba attack (Roundup)

May 17, 2008, 15:59 GMT

Baghdad - A member of the Awakening Council was killed Saturday and another 15 people wounded, when a female suicide bomber detonated her explosive belt in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba, witnesses said. ... more

Egypt's Mubarak presses Bush on peace process progress (Roundup)

May 17, 2008, 15:00 GMT

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - US President George W Bush held a closed meeting Saturday with Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh where the stalled Israeli- Palestinian peace process and the Lebanon crisis topped the agenda. ... more

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