Middle East
Friday 16 May 2008
- Saudis increase oil output; rebuff Bush appeal (3rd Roundup)
- Saudis increase oil output; rebuff Bush appeal (2nd Roundup)
- Car accident kills UN peacekeeper, wounds another in south Lebanon
- Lebanese premier will not see Bush in Egypt, sources say
- Jordanians demonstrate to protest anniversary of Israel's founding
- Oil on agenda as Bush in Riyadh for talks with Saudi King (Roundup)
- Lebanese leaders leave for talks in Doha (Roundup)
- Al-Sistanti's aide warns of assassination attempts in Iraq
- EU's Solana welcomes Lebanon crisis deal
- US Congress delegation arrives in Israel for anniversary visit
- Bush arrives in Riyadh for talks with Saudi King Abdullah (1st Lead)
- Bush arrives in Riyadh for talks with Saudi King Abdullah
- Bush wraps up Israel visit, heads for Saudi Arabia (Roundup)
- Bush leaves Israel for Saudi Arabia (Extra)
- Lebanese leaders to travel on separate planes to Doha for talks
- Bush tours Biblical museum in Jerusalem, to head to Saudi Arabia
Thursday 15 May 2008
- House passes troop withdrawal timetable
- McCain envisions victory in Iraq by 2013
- Arab League brokered deal to end Lebanese crisis (2nd Roundup)
- Arab League delegation - Lebanon dialogue to start in Doha (Extra)
- Waltz with Bashir recounts Israel Lebanon nightmare (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: Jerusalem sidelined, as clock ticking for negotiations
- Bush: US with Israel against Iran's nuclear ambitions (Roundup)
- Iraqi commander allays fears over Mosul crackdown (Roundup)
- Hezbollah ready for dialogue as normality returns to Beirut (Roundup)
- Iran-IAEA nuclear talks in Tehran finished without any new results
- Baghdad governor's guard killed in Iraq's capital (Extra)
- Palestinians mark anniversary of 1948 Arab-Israeli war (Roundup)
- Hezbollah ready for dialogue as normality returns to Beirut (2nd Lead)
- Bush: US stands with Israel against Iran's nuclear ambitions (Extra)
- Olmert: peace treaty would be accepted by large majority (Extra)
- Hezbollah ready for dialogue as normality returns to Beirut (1st Lead)
- Palestinians mark anniversary of 1948 Arab-Israeli war (1st Lead)
- Syrians stage protests to mourn Naqba
- Bush arrives at Knesset for historic address (Extra)
- Hezbollah movement says it is ready for dialogue (Extra)
- Hezbollah to end civil disobedience, Arab delegation deal imminent
- Sirens in Ramallah mark anniversary of Palestinian dispersion (Extra)
- Baghdad reels from suicide attack, Mosul offensive picks up steam
- Palestinians set to mark anniversary of 1948 Arab-Israeli war
- Bush tours Masada fortress, to address Israel's parliament
Wednesday 14 May 2008
- Israeli airstrike on eastern Gaza kills two Hamas militants (Extra)
- Lebanese cabinet backs down from confronting Hezbollah (2nd Roundup)
- Lebanese cabinet backs down on decisions against Hezbollah (Extra)
- Arab League delegation continues talks with "optimism" (Roundup)
- Bush: Israel, US share powerful belief in advancing hope (Extra)
- US speeding up military aid shipments to Lebanon
- Olmert: Israel making great efforts in peace talks (Extra)
- Olmert condemns rocket hit, vows to take "necessary steps" (Extra)
- Jordan premier opens meeting of Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
- Rocket hits Israeli shopping mall, Israeli raidS kills four grafs 9, 10 (Roundup)
- Jordanians mark "Nakba", reassert Palestinians' right to return
- Rocket hits Israeli shopping mall, Israeli raid kills four (1st Lead)
- Bush: Hezbollah has turned against its own people (Extra)
- Rocket hits shopping centre in Israeli city of Ashkelon (Extra)
- Arabs mourn Palestinian "Nakba", deplore Israel's policy
- Jordan jails three for 15 years over plot to kill Bush
- Red Cross appeals for aid for victims of Yemen army-rebel fighting
- Iraq's al-Maliki arrives in Mosul for military offensive (Roundup)
- Arab League delegation mediates talks between Lebanese (2nd Lead)
