Israel PM's lawyers attack lead witness in corruption probe
(AFP)
AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's lawyers on Sunday tore through the testimony of a US millionaire at the heart of a graft probe of the embattled premier in an effort to discredit him.
Brown pledges Palestinian aid, urges settlement freeze
(AFP)
AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday pledged new aid to the Palestinians and called for a freeze on Israeli settlement building to bolster the Middle East peace process.
Britain's Brown demands end to Israel settlements
(AP)
AP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded Sunday that Israel cease settlement construction and promised more money to jump-start the battered Palestinian economy.
Three killed in Lebanon refugee camp brawl
(AFP)
AFP - Three Palestinians have been killed after an argument between rival factions in a refugee camp in south Lebanon turned violent, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.
Palestinian extremist dies in Lebanon
(AP)
AP - Palestinian security officials say the leader of an extremist Palestinian group has died from wounds sustained in a clash inside a refugee camp in south Lebanon.
Israeli PM vows to recover captured soldier in Gaza
(AFP)
AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed on Sunday to bring back a soldier captured by Gaza militants more than two years ago, following a prisoner exchange with the Lebanese Hezbollah militia.
Brown due for talks in Israel, West Bank
(AFP)
AFP - Gordon Brown prepared for talks on Sunday during his first visit to Israel and the West Bank since becoming prime minister in a bid to bolster peace negotiations and economic development.
Gunbattle at Palestinian camp in Lebanon kills two
(Reuters)
Reuters - Two people were killed
on Saturday in a gunbattle between members of the Fatah faction
and Sunni Islamist militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in
south Lebanon, camp officials said.
Israel didn't know of cluster bomb use
(AP)
AP - A former Israeli defense official says the Israeli military used cluster bombs for two weeks during the 2006 Lebanon war without telling the Israeli government.
Suspected drug smuggler killed on Israel-Syria border
(AFP)
AFP - Israeli security forces opened fire on suspected drug smugglers along its border with Syria early on Saturday, killing one Syrian citizen and wounding another, officials said.