The Australian Fears grow of civil war in Lebanon | THE civil war that Lebanon has both dreaded and prepared for over two tense years inched ever closer last night, after Hezbollah guerillas shut down parts of Beirut and surrounding pro-government me... (photo: AP Photo / Bela Szandelszky)
BBC News Gaza mortar attack kills Israeli | A mortar attack fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip has killed an Israeli, police and medics have said. | The victim was hit in the kibbutz of Kfar Aza, near the border with Gaza. | Palestinian mi... (photo: AP / Tsafrir Abayov)
Gulf News Australia to restart live cattle trade to Egypt | Sydney: The Australian government said on Friday it would resume live cattle exports to Egypt provided that strict conditions are met. | The trade was suspended two years ago after Australian televi... (photo: AP Photo / Alexandre Meneghini) AustraliaEgyptLivestockPhotosTrade
The Guardian A human rights crime | The world must stop standing idle while the people of Gaza are treated with such cruelty , Thursday May 8 2008 | The world is witnessing a terrible human rights crime i... (photo: WN / WN GAZA) GazaHuman RightsIsraelPhotosPoverty
Gulf News Consensus in the US is anti-Iran | The Democratic candidates for nomination are so totally focused on their domestic struggle that they are not offering any opposition to what appears to be George W. Bus... (photo: AP Photo/Mehdi Ghasemi, ISNA) DefenceIranNuclearPhotosUS
The Independent Israel: From independence to intifada | You get the clearest sense of it in Tel Aviv. Swinging in on the Ayalon highway past the 50-floor Azrieli towers, joining the entrepreneurs in their open-necked shirts ... (photo: AP / GPO, HO) IntifadaIsraelMideastPeacePhotos
The Australian Pride, regret over Israeli anniversary | SIXTY years ago, pilot Jack Cohen had a logistical problem. Israel had bought 50 Spitfire aircraft from Czechoslovakia, and he was tasked with transporting them across ... (photo: AP Photo/Alastair Grant) IndependenceIsraelMideastPhotosWar
The Australian Effervescent Israel reaches 60 | GOING by the traditional Jewish blessing "May you live till 120", Israel reaches the half-way mark today, which is no little accomplishment considering the neighbourhoo... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit) CultureIsraelMideastPhotosSociety