CAIRO, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — With black smoke belching from battered vehicles on the congested streets of Cairo and the sickly smell of exhaust hanging in the air, Mohamed Daoud's taxi glides quietly along on cheap, clean fuel. ... > full story
GAZA, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A Libyan ship trying to deliver aid to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Monday turned back in the face of an Israeli naval blockade, Palestinian officials said. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda's second-in-command said in an Internet video the U.S. financial crisis was caused by Washington's military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan and taxpayers were paying the price. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — Flying chairs and punches thrown by women students at a Gaza university this week may seem a rather minor manifestation of the factional fighting that has riven Palestinian society over the past year or so. ... > full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to hold presidential and parliamentary elections in April despite opposition from Hamas rivals who run the Gaza Strip, a senior aide said on Tuesday. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 25, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel closed its commercial border crossings with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Palestinian militants fired a rocket toward the Jewish state, the Defence Ministry said. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 24, 2008 (Reuters) — Israel opened border crossings with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday, allowing in limited amounts of food and fuel for the second time in three weeks after the United Nations warned of a looming humanitarian crisis. ... > full story
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he would call for elections in 2009 if his secular Fatah movement and its Islamist rivals Hamas do not reconcile by the end of this year. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian armed groups in Gaza remain committed to a truce with Israel if the Jewish state reciprocates, Hamas's Gaza leader said Friday, even as militants launched more attacks from the coastal territory. ... > full story
DUBAI, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom. ... > full story
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Putting down piracy Nov. 21, 2008 (News & Observer, North Carolina) — Here's to India's navy. While much of the maritime world wrings its hands over the annoying pirates of Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula, an Indian ...
Saudis May Use Military Force Against Somali Pirates Nov. 20, 2008 (Huffington Post) — facebook"); check = true; } if (BOOKMARKSNIFF. runstate.visitedlinks["reddit"] && !check) { $('yahoo').className = 'reddit_string_def'; ...
Pirates set 10-day deadline for ransom Nov. 20, 2008 (The Standard, China) — Somali pirates who hijacked Saudi supertanker Sirius Star have demanded a US$25 million (HK$195 million) ransom.. "The Saudis have 10 days to ...
British pirate hostages named as negotiations begin Nov. 19, 2008 (London Times) — The families of two British officers being held by Somali pirates said that they hoped the men would be "home safely very soon" after ransom ...
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