MIDDLE EAST: Israeli incursion into Shijaiyah neighborhood

Israeli tanks backed by helicopters thrust into Shijaiyah neighborhood near Gaza City early on Thursday, killing six Palestinians, including a two-year-old toddler.

MIDDLE EAST: Roadmap a starting point but not a route to peace, says UAE

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) English daily has cautiously welcomed Palestinian Prime Minister-Designate Mahmoud Abbas' statement on what he referred to as "armed chaos" in the Palestinian areas as an "important part of the future road map."

RIGHTS-EGYPT: Anti-War Demonstrators Report Torture

Students, journalists and activists rounded up during the police crackdown on anti-war demonstrations have been tortured, rights groups say.

UAE-TOURISM: Latin Americans to view Dubai’s attractions

The attractions featured by Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as a tourist destination will be aired for 60 minutes to more than 39 million prime time viewers across Latin America.

MIDDLE EAST: 28,000 Palestinians held, 541 children killed since Intifada

In a lecture at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up, Randa Sanyorah, Director General of Al Haq Organization in Ramallah, praised UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan for his great efforts in providing moral and material support to the Palestinians as embodied in many benevolent projects, establishing hospitals, and rebuilding Jenin.

IRAQ: War much easier than securing peace, says UAE daily

Securing peace and ushering in a representative form of government in Iraq could prove to be far more onerous than war, a leading United Arab Emirates (UAE) English daily commented.

NORTH KOREA: Pyongyang says "deterrent force" needed to counter US menace

The North Korean Foreign Ministry declared on Wednesday that the US menace was forcing Pyongyang to have its own "deterrent force".

IRAQ-CONFLICT: US forces kill one Iraqi in Falluja

Qatar's Al Jazeera TV Arabic channel said US forces on Wednesday killed an Iraqi national during clashes with Iraqis in Falluja, west Baghdad.

KUWAIT-IRAQ: Kuwaiti mission to travel to Iraq to search for missing

Kuwaiti teams would travel to Iraq next week to search for Kuwaitis who have been missing in Iraq since the first Gulf war in 1991, it was announced here on Wednesday.

MIDDLE EAST: Four Israelis killed and up to 50 wounded in Palestinian attack

Four Israelis were killed and up to 50 other people were wounded when a Palestinian blew himself up in a martyrdom attack at on a Tel Aviv beachfront cafe at dawn Wednesday.

MIDDLE EAST: Al-Aqsa Brigades claims responsibility for Tel Aviv bombing

Palestinian Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed joint responsibility for Wednesday morning's martyrdom bombing in a Tel Aviv beachfront café.

POLITICS-IRAN: Unease Grows over a U.S. Neighbourhood

In a political world divided between conservatives and reformists, many leaders in Iran seem to be getting uneasy over an administration being run by the U.S. in neighbouring Iraq.

MIDDLE EAST: Iraq-Israel economic relations improbable without peace in

Yussef Ibrahim, the economic expert and member of the Foreign Relations Council in New York said, in a lecture delivered at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Zayed Centre for Coordination and Follow-up that setting up commercial and economic relations between Iraq and Israel is highly improbable before reaching a peaceful and just solution to the Palestinian question.

IMMIGRATION-UAE: Amnesty another chance for regularizing status

As April 30, the final deadline set by United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities for illegal immigrants to leave the country if they want to escape penalty, is drawing closer local dailies have started to focus their attention on the issue.

HEALTH-UAE: Average life expectancy rises to 75 years

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks highest among Arab countries in terms of life expectancy -75 years - a figure comparing favorably with that in advanced countries where life expectancy has recently reached 79 years.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Al-Jazeera shows footage of injured after explosions in

At least 14 people were killed and more wounded in a series of explosions which rocked an arms depot near the Iraqi capital today.

LEBANON: Explosions in Palestinian camp

Four hand grenades exploded in Ain el Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon without causing casualties, Palestinian sources said Saturday.

IRAQ-CONFLICT: Baghdad rocked by explosions

A series of huge explosions hit an arms dump near Baghdad at dawn today shaking buildings in some parts of the city.

MIDDLE EAST: US threats to Syria serve Israeli interests, says Russian

Dr. Victor Libidiyev, director of the Russian Press Agency Bureau, said in a lecture at a United Arab Emirates (UAE) think-tank that the US threats to Syria are aimed at serving the Israeli interests and silencing Syrian voice in the region.

JAMMU-KASHMIR: Seven security men among 15 dead, 40 injured in violence

Seven security personnel, including an army major, and a block president of the ruling People's Democratic Party, were among 15 people killed and 40 injured on Friday as militants stepped up their attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

CHINA: 180 more SARS cases, five deaths, most of them in Beijing

China's Health Ministry on Friday said it had recorded 180 new cases of probable severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), five more deaths, and 330 more suspected infections.