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Fatah's Preventive Security headquarters has been captured; witnesses say the vanquished were dragged from the building and executed. The Palestinian Authority's presidential palace and intelligence headquarters on Gaza's coast are now under attack.
There are fears that Fatah could launch an offensive if its forces continue to lose ground in Gaza.
Prince Bandar is accused of taking bribes from BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor.
June 13, 2007 · In Beirut, a bomb claimed the lives of an anti-Syrian member of parliament, his son and several others Wednesday. The explosion is the latest in a string of targeted killings stretching to the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri two years ago.
June 14, 2007 · Artillery and machine gun fire echo around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp as the Lebanese government orders the army to finish off Fatah Islam militants holed up there. A third day of fighting reflects the government's determination to pursue militants who attacked Lebanese troops on Sunday and Monday, killing 29 soldiers.
June 13, 2007 · Fatah militia increasingly beseiged in fighting described as approaching all-out civil war between the government factions.
June 13, 2007 · Hamas militants appear to be gaining the upper hand in the fight against gunmen from the rival Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip. There is now no talk of a cease-fire, and the "unity" government has collapsed. A group of Palestinians staged a protest against the fighting and came under fire.
June 13, 2007 · Elder statesman Shimon Peres was elected to the largely ceremonial post of president of Israel Wednesday, capping a career that has spanned six decades and, Israelis hope, restoring dignity to a position that has been marred by allegations of rape and sexual assault swirling around the country's current president. Web Extra: Profile: Shimon Peres
June 13, 2007 · As fighting at a Palestinian refugee camp enters its fourth week, the death toll keeps rising. Meanwhile, the battle revives questions about other armed factions operating in Lebanon.
June 13, 2007 · Alvaro de Soto, the highest-ranking U.N. official in Israel, says the U.N. no longer has an impartial role as a Middle East negotiator. He blamed pressure from the United States in a confidential report leaked to newspapers.
June 12, 2007 · Ambassador Dennis Ross talks about his role as chief Middle East peace negotiator during the Clinton and George H.W. Bush administrations. His new book is Statecraft: And How to Restore America's Standing in the World.
June 12, 2007 · Members of the junior party in the Israeli coalition will choose between Ehud Barak and Ami Ayalon. Barak served as prime minister from 1999-2001. Ayalon, who became a peace activist after retiring as head of the Shin Bet security agency.
June 11, 2007 · The Turkish government is engaged in an ongoing conflict with a Kurdish rebel group, and now there are fears that the fighting will spill over the border with northern Iraq.
June 11, 2007 · Human rights organizations have long accused Arab governments of torture. Jordan, which became the first Arab state to host a U.N. investigaton of torture, is not pleased with the results.
June 10, 2007 · The Turkish army clashed with Kurdish rebels Sunday in southeast Turkey, killing several. Turkey's military chief of staff recently called for cross-border operations in Iraqi Kurdistan.
The question of whether a nuclear Iran should be tolerated is the focus of a public-policy debate.
Chart military and civilian deaths in Iraq and hear key moments from the war.
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