xml/MiddleEast.xml en-gb The highlighted stories from the Middle East category of the Spiderednews web site. Mon, 21 May 2012 10:39:53 GMT © 2012 SpideredNews.com15YAHOOMon, 21 May 2012 05:58:11 +0000 Lebanese security officials say overnight clashes in Beirut between Sunni groups that support and oppose the regime in Damascus have killed one person and wounded 10.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998723http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998723LebanonBBCMon, 21 May 2012 03:00:41 +0000The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has arrived in Tehran, voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998429http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998429IranREUTERSMon, 21 May 2012 08:47:20 +0000VIENNA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief began talks in Tehran on Monday, Iranian media said, after voicing hope for a deal to investigate suspected atomic bomb research - a pohttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999128http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999128IranYAHOOSun, 20 May 2012 11:11:14 +0000 Yemen's army and air force supported by local militiamen and with US backing stepped up an offensive to expel Al-Qaeda from their southern bastions, with fighting concentrated around the towhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996139http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996139Middle EastYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 14:54:35 +0000 A car bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing nine people in the latest in a series of blasts in recent months targeting securhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993660http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993660SyriaYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 09:18:35 +0000 A suicide car bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in Syria's eastern city of Deir el-Zour on Saturday, the latest in a wave of blasts targeting security agencies in recehttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993668http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993668SyriaYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 09:36:45 +0000 Iran on Saturday said sanctions over its disputed nuclear programme should be lifted in talks with world powers next week in Baghdad, but maintained the punitive measures would not compel ithttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993666http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993666IranYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 12:18:51 +0000 A suicide vehicle bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing nine people in the latest in a series of blasts in recent months tarhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993663http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993663SyriaNPRMon, 21 May 2012 07:01:00 +0000After the Arab Spring, Saudi rulers still have a firm hand on the country and its oil wealth. But in a country known for its restrictions, many people here are speaking openly about the need fhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998905http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998905Saudi ArabiaNYTIMESMon, 21 May 2012 06:20:28 +0000Three days before Egypt's presidential elections, a combination of high stakes, suspense and confusion has made for a heady atmosphere. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998798http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998798EgyptCHICAGOTRIBUNESun, 20 May 2012 18:33:07 +0000SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - Unidentified assailants shot and seriously wounded a U.S. military instructor in Yemen on Sunday, while the army closed in on a town controlled by al Qaeda-linked fightehttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997139http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997139Middle EastUSATODAYSun, 20 May 2012 12:45:17 +0000No casualties were reported from Sunday's blast in Douma. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996827http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996827SyriaFEEDSPORTALMon, 21 May 2012 08:40:41 +0000Denmark's foreign minister has joined South Africa in a call to ban Israeli goods produced on occupied Palestinian land from branding themselves "made in Israel".http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999212http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=999212Palestine and IsraelREUTERSSun, 20 May 2012 11:33:34 +0000TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Lebanese soldiers shot dead a Sunni cleric and a second member of an anti-Assad Lebanese political alliance in northern Lebanon on Sunday, security sources said. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996559http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996559LebanonYAHOOSun, 20 May 2012 10:57:40 +0000 A court on Sunday convicted Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi of sending people to throw stones and protesting without a permit, but cleared him on two other charges.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996143http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996143Palestine and IsraelBBCMon, 21 May 2012 00:02:53 +0000IAEA head Yukiya Amano arrives in Tehran voicing optimism about reaching agreement on Iran's controversial nuclear programme.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998333http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998333IranREUTERSSun, 20 May 2012 13:12:37 +0000DOUMA, Syria (Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded on Sunday about 150 metres (yards) from a United Nations convoy carrying the head of a Syria ceasefire monitoring mission and a senior U.N. ofhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996548http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996548SyriaREUTERSSun, 20 May 2012 13:52:30 +0000VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear supervisor flies to Tehran on Sunday looking for a deal to inspect suspected weapons sites - a potential breakthrough that Iran may hope could persuade the http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996540http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996540IranYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 15:37:15 +0000 Clashes between Al-Qaeda gunmen and the army have left 26 people dead near the jihadists' stronghold of Jaar, and a drone killed two in a strike on a militant vehicle, military and tribal sohttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993649http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993649Middle EastYAHOOSun, 20 May 2012 11:46:44 +0000 A restive district of the Syrian capital that has been a hotbed of dissent against President Bashar Assad was rocked by fighting overnight between government forces and army defectors, opposhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996138http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996138SyriaNYTIMESSat, 19 May 2012 05:00:49 +0000Tens of thousands of protesters swarmed onto a major highway on Friday to criticize a proposal by Saudi Arabia for a closer union with Bahrain. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993689http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993689Saudi ArabiaNYTIMESSat, 19 May 2012 00:18:58 +0000The head of the U.N. military observer mission in Syria was forced to defend his team from the ridicule of protesters on Friday. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993704http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993704SyriaYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 17:40:24 +0000 A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in eastern Syria on Saturday killing nine people, as US President Barack Obama said the G8 wanted a political transition in the violence-wracked countryhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993633http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993633SyriaMSNSat, 19 May 2012 11:37:47 +0000A car bomb in the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor killed nine people and wounded about 100 Saturday, the official SANA news agency said.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993852http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993852SyriaMSNSat, 19 May 2012 15:53:47 +0000ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a new U.S.-backed offensive against insurgents in thttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993835http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993835Middle EastGUARDIANSat, 19 May 2012 15:09:00 +0000 Obama and French president Hollande in step over possible growth package but gulf remains between European leaders The eurozone crisis is set to dominate the Group of Eight (G8) talks Satuhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993340http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993340IranREUTERSSat, 19 May 2012 21:12:00 +0000BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb killed nine people at a Syrian military post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, an attack the government said was the latest proof that an uprising ahttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993931http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993931SyriaGOOGLESat, 19 May 2012 17:47:59 +0000Yemeni officials say fresh clashes with Al Qaeda fighters in the south have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected US drone strike has killed two militants. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994140http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994140Middle EastHINDUSTANTIMESSun, 20 May 2012 14:08:28 +0000A hardline Iranian MP took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open "nightclubs" in the http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997914http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997914IranHINDUSTANTIMESSat, 19 May 2012 13:30:10 +0000A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden car outside security headquarters in Syria's biggest eastern city today, killing nine people and wounding 100, state media said. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=995449http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=995449SyriaCHICAGOTRIBUNESat, 19 May 2012 18:24:00 +0000CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly thttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994652http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994652IranUSATODAYSat, 19 May 2012 16:56:17 +0000Yemeni officials say clashes with al-Qaeda have left at least 34 people dead, while a suspected U.S. drone strike has killed two militants. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994297http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994297Middle EastYAHOOSat, 19 May 2012 19:14:25 +0000 A car bomb in the parking lot of a Syrian military compound killed at least nine people Saturday, the latest in increasingly frequent bombings in the country's major cities to target the reghttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996157http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996157SyriaBBCSun, 20 May 2012 18:35:35 +0000Shelling by Syrian forces kills 34 people, according to the British-based group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998390http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998390SyriaGOOGLESat, 19 May 2012 12:40:51 +0000Iran today said sanctions over its disputed nuclear programme should be lifted in talks with world powers next week in Baghdad, but maintained the punitive measures would not compel it to abanhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994154http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994154IranFEEDSPORTALSun, 20 May 2012 23:46:36 +0000UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks over Iran's contentious nuclear programme. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997763http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=997763IranREUTERSSat, 19 May 2012 23:27:26 +0000CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday he would make proposals for eurobonds at an upcoming European summit as he outlines his ideas to stimulate http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996567http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=996567IranUSATODAYSat, 19 May 2012 16:10:36 +0000}A car bomb blew up at a military compound in eastern Syria on Saturday, the latest blast in recent months targeting security installations. http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994301http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994301SyriaINDEPENDENTFri, 18 May 2012 23:00:01 +0000 The UN nuclear agency chief will visit Tehran tomorrow to sign a deal allowing his organisation to resume probing Iran's disputed nuclear programme.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993489http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993489IranINDEPENDENTFri, 18 May 2012 23:00:01 +0000 Syrian security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse thousands of people rallying yesterday in Aleppo, in what activists said was the largest protest yet in a city that has http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993479http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993479SyriaREUTERSSat, 19 May 2012 04:43:47 +0000CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - Group of Eight leaders agreed in their initial discussions at Camp David on Friday that Iran needs to disclose more about its nuclear ambitions and that it washttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993977http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993977IranINDEPENDENTFri, 18 May 2012 23:00:01 +0000 In a brilliant essay aptly called "Doing Time", the great radical American journalist Andrew Kopkind once described working as a 26-year-old in the magazine's Los Angeles bureau during the ehttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993465http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993465Palestine and IsraelINDEPENDENTFri, 18 May 2012 23:00:01 +0000 Hunger striking is a tactic more often associated with prisoners of conscience and political detainees, but a group of expatriates serving prison sentences in Dubai have a background in highttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993455http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=993455United Arab EmiratesYAHOOSun, 20 May 2012 23:28:23 +0000 NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Sunday voiced concern about violence in Syria, but said the alliance has "no intention" of taking military action against the regime.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998736http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998736SyriaGUARDIANSun, 20 May 2012 19:15:01 +0000 An Islamist president would ensure a break from the past but economic not ideological issues must set the agenda Earlier this month, millions of people throughout the Arab world viewed, fhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998525http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998525EgyptWSJMon, 21 May 2012 03:41:03 +0000Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi died, his brother said--nearly three years after the Scottish government discharged him from prison on the grounds that he had about three months to livhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998840http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998840Middle EastYAHOOSun, 20 May 2012 21:57:21 +0000 He was the embodiment of one of modern Libya's darkest chapters -- a man synonymous with horrifying scenes of wreckage, broken families and a plane that fell out of the sky a generation ago.http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998745http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998745Middle EastYAHOOSun, 20 May 2012 23:23:41 +0000 Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding six people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighboring http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998741http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998741LebanonGUARDIANSun, 20 May 2012 23:35:37 +0000 Fighting ensues after Lebanese soldiers shoot Sunni cleric and another member of March 14 political alliance Residents of a Beirut suburb fired heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998467http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=998467LebanonCBCSat, 19 May 2012 16:33:59 +0000 A suicide vehicle bomb tore through the parking lot of a military compound in an eastern Syrian city on Saturday, killing nine people in the latest in a series of blasts in recent months tarhttp://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994582http://www.spiderednews.com/index.php?article_ID=994582Syria