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| Kuwaiti Elections Slated for June |
by The Media Line Staff on
Monday, May 22, 2006
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Parliamentary elections in Kuwait will take place next month after the Kuwaiti amir dissolved the 50-member parliament on Sunday evening. Amir ‘Sabah Al-Ahmad A-‘Sabah made the dramatic move after a weeklong battle over redefining electoral districts. He called for new elections on June 29, nearly a year ahead of schedule. Members of the Kuwaiti parliament who have supported gerrymandering were pressing to reduce Kuwait’s 25 electoral districts to five. They claim it is easier for the government.....
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| Air Strike in Afghanistan Kills Dozens |
by The Media Line Staff on
Monday, May 22, 2006
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Coalition forces killed at least 50 citizens and suspected Taliban militants in an air strike in southern Afghanistan, local citizens told the AP news agency. The attack was launched against a rebel stronghold in the village of 'Azizi in Qandahar Province, said a coalition spokesman, Maj. Scott Lundy. Local residents, however, claimed the coalition aircrafts bombed a school and some private houses, to which the Taliban militants had escaped. This caused the additional deaths of.....
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| Diplomats Plan Taking Iran Leader to Court |
by The Media Line Staff on
Monday, May 22, 2006
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A group of Israeli diplomats is planning legal action against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad, charging him with conspiring to carry out crimes against humanity, the Israeli daily Yedioth Aharonot reported. The diplomats are appealing to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, in light of Ahmadi Nejad’s comments last October that Israel should be “wiped off the map” and other remarks concerning Holocaust denial. After conferring with international law experts, the diplomats announced on Sunday.....
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| The Media Line Daily News Focus |
by The Media Line Staff on
Monday, May 22, 2006
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1. IRANIANS ESTABLISH "FUND FOR DEMOLISHING ISRAEL"… "The Student Fund for Demolishing Israel" was unveiled at a Teheran event on Sunday that was attended by a high-ranking official of the government's Revolutionary Guard. A spokesman for the group told the Associated Press that the formation of the organization was a "symbolic move to attract public attention to the Palestinian cause at a time when western countries have halted financial support to the Hamas-led government.".....
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| The Media Line Sunday News Roundup |
by The Media Line Staff on
Sunday, May 21, 2006
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1. OLMERT LEAVES FOR U.S. TRIP… As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leaves for his first American visit since assuming office, details of the carefully choreographed meeting he will have with President George W. Bush on Tuesday are being made known by both leaders' confidants. Olmert has backed-away from what was to have been a full-blown sales meeting to press his push toward a unilateral withdrawal from most of the remaining post-1967 territories,.....
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| Israel Regrets Deaths of Civilians |
by The Media Line Staff on
Sunday, May 21, 2006
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Israel has expressed regret over the deaths of three Palestinians who were killed during an Israeli military operation on Saturday. An aerial attack killed senior Islamic Jihad operative, Muhammad Dahdouh. In the explosion, three civilians were also killed – a four year old boy, his mother and his grandmother. Several other civilians were wounded. Israeli security sources say Dahdouh was wanted for his involvement in terrorist activities, including launching rockets at Israel. The army said.....
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| Afghanistan - 150 killed in Two Days |
by The Media Line Staff on
Sunday, May 21, 2006
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More than 150 people have been killed in a series of separate incidents across Afghanistan since Friday, Afghanistan's Daily Times is reporting. In the latest incident, Taliban fighters ambushed two Afghan army convoys in the country’s south on Saturday, sparking gunfights that killed 25 of the Taliban, five Afghani soldiers and a civilian.Armed Taliban forces also killed an American soldier and wounded six, according to the United States military. Reports indicate that Friday saw one of.....
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| Intra-Palestinian Conflict Accelerates |
by The Media Line Staff on
Sunday, May 21, 2006
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The security situation in the Palestinian areas is further deteriorating following the attempted assassination of Palestinian Intelligence chief Tariq Abu Rajab on Saturday. Although it is not yet known who is behind the assassination attempt, fingers are pointed at the Hamas movement. Abu Rajab is now being treated in an Israeli hospital. He has regained consciousness and doctors say there is no threat to his life. Two investigation commissions were appointed to probe.....
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| Syria to EU: Keep Out of Our Affairs |
by The Media Line Staff on
Sunday, May 21, 2006
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Officials in Damascus are protesting against remarks made by European Union (EU) officials on Friday, which criticized Syria’s recent crackdown on dissidents. The Syrian Foreign Ministry summoned the EU representative on Saturday and protested against interference in Syria’s internal affairs. The EU demanded that Syria review cases of political prisoners and release “prisoners of conscience.” Last week, Syrian authorities arrested at least nine people, in what human-rights organizations are calling the worst crackdown on dissidents since 2001......
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| FRIDAY HEADLINES |
by The Media Line Staff on
Friday, May 19, 2006
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1. HAMAS, FATAH ON VERGE OF CIVIL WAR…There are increasing signs the violence of the last few weeks between armed men from Hamas and Fatah is spreading. Hamas' Deputy Prime Minister Nas'r A-Sha'ir had to be rescued from a building in Tul Karem in the West Bank, when Fatah members opened fire from the street on Thursday. Hamas' Prime Minister Isma'il Haniyya has defended his decision to create a new multi-party armed force, which he.....
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