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MIDEAST: Bombings Hit Children Hardest
About 55 percent of all casualties at the Beirut Government University Hospital are children of 15 years of age or less, hospital records show.MIDEAST: Lebanese Devastated In All Sorts of Ways
Much of Beirut is a devastated city, infrastructure in many areas lies in a shambles after the Israeli bombing. But the Lebanese are also just feeling devastated.MIDEAST: Lebanese Devastated In All Sorts of Ways
Much of Beirut is a devastated city, infrastructure in many areas lies in a shambles after the Israeli bombing. But the Lebanese are also just feeling devastated.MIDEAST: Fury Grips Syria Over Lebanon Attacks
The daily Israeli bombardment of Lebanon and the floods of refugees pouring in have set off a wave of anger through Syria.MIDEAST: Lebanese Refugees Crowd Damascus
Syrian capital Damascus is being flooded with refugees. The devastation in Beirut is beginning to show in another capital.MIDEAST: Lebanese Refugees Crowd Damascus
Syrian capital Damascus is being flooded with refugees. The devastation in Beirut is beginning to show in another capital.MIDEAST: Hezbollah An Emerging Political Force
Hezbollah, a group often misunderstood by Westerners, is a militant but also a political group.MIDEAST: Fleeing Lebanese Speak of Indiscriminate Bombing
People fleeing the bombing of Lebanon say the Israelis are targeting civilian neighbourhoods and vital infrastructure, and not just Hezbollah centres.MIDEAST: Refugees Speak of Catastrophic Bombing
Refugees fleeing Beirut in the face of Israeli air attacks are speaking of "haphazard bombings" and a crisis situation developing in the city.MIDEAST: Lebanese Tremors Rock Syria
Syrians are outraged over Israeli air strikes in Lebanon that have killed 27 civilians and closed down Beirut's international airport.IRAQ: Another Face, Another Raid
It could be called perhaps just another raid.IRAQ: Rebuilding Not Yet Reality for Fallujah
One and a half years after the November 2004 U.S. military assault on Fallujah, residents tell of ongoing suffering, lack of jobs, little reconstruction and continuing violence.IRAQ: Residents Struggle to Survive, In and Out of Ramadi
As the threat of a giant U.S. military operation in Ramadi lingers and sporadic clashes plague the city daily, residents struggle to cope, both inside and outside the sealed city.IRAQ: Another U.S. Cover-Up Surfaces
In the wake of the Haditha massacre, reports of another atrocity have surfaced in which U.S. troops killed two women in Samarra, and then attempted to hide evidence of their responsibility.IRAQ: Baghdad Slipping Into Civil War
The new clashes between Shia militiamen dressed in Iraqi military and police uniforms and resistance fighters and residents from the Sunni Adhamiya district of Baghdad have convinced many that what Baghdad is witnessing is no less than a civil war.IRAQ: Baghdad Slipping Into Civil War
The new clashes between Shia militiamen dressed in Iraqi military and police uniforms and resistance fighters and residents from the Sunni Adhamiya district of Baghdad have convinced many that what Baghdad is witnessing is no less than a civil war.IRAQ: Baghdad Morgue Overflowing Daily
As sectarian killings continue to rise in Iraq, the central morgue in Baghdad is unable to keep up with the daily influx of bodies - a minimum of 60 and sometimes more than 100, a morgue employee told IPS.IRAQ: Baghdad Morgue Overflowing Daily
As sectarian killings continue to rise in Iraq, the central morgue in Baghdad is unable to keep up with the daily influx of bodies.IRAQ: Sunnis Press for Peace
As violence continues throughout much of Iraq, many Sunni political and religious leaders continue to urge their followers to resist launching reprisal attacks.IRAQ: Mosque Outrage Also Brings Solidarity
Widespread sectarian violence generated by the recent bombing of the Shia Golden Mosque in Samarra has also brought widespread demonstrations of solidarity between Sunnis and Shias across Iraq.IRAQ: Mosque Outrage Brings Solidarity
Widespread sectarian violence generated by the recent bombing of the Shia Golden Mosque in Samarra has also brought widespread demonstrations of solidarity between Sunnis and Shias across Iraq.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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