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Several decades ago, people lived peacefully among one another in the Mid-East. Today, however, things have changed considerably. And the violence has spread considerably--far outside of the realm of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. This video takes you b

They have a saying in Burma that if the roof is not sound, the whole house is prone to leaks - and the recent cyclone has blown the country's roof right off, causing a catastrophy that could worsen if the ruling junta continues to resist foreign aid.

From women's hospital nurse to wife of an Ethiopian clan leader, devoted aid worker Valerie Browning has published a memoir of her life, which she believes would have been no life at all without risk.

A Filipino man whose wife died after an injection mix-up during childbirth has lost his fight to stay in the UK.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says no commemoration ceremony can save the Zionist regime of Israel from collapse. “Those who believe that a birthday party would help the Zionist regime to rise from its malodorous ashes are gravely mistaken,”

'We will devise a formula based on the price of oil and the level of production that would allow for the creation of a special oil-for-food fund, taking into consideration the means of each country,' Maduro said at the summit, which involves countries of

Al-Qaeda has reportedly called on its operatives to go to Lebanon and defend what it called the Sunni community of the country.The report came while some Arab media outlets described the current clashes in Lebanon as a fight between Sunni and Shia ...

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A top United Nations official says he is "furious" over the Myanmar's government's refusal to allow the organization to distribute aid flown in for cyclone disaster victims. Future flights have been suspended by the U.N.

Shooting the Witness is an exhibition featuring the work of the late Palestinian cartoonist, Naji al-Ali, to commemorate 60 years to the Palestinian Nakba and the 20th anniversary of al-Ali’s assassination in London.

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments headed for hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, prompting the world body to suspend further help on Friday. The U.N. said the aid included 38 tons of high-energy

A reinterpretation of Guernica; a giant, kick-ass dove of peace on the war path; enormous military hardware dwarfing a frail, elderly Palestinian man; a sheep in military clothing standing over cowering, crawling human figures; and a conveyor belt of bu

Australia will try to use its regional clout to apply pressure on Burma to abandon its "obscene" decision to block international aid being offered to help cyclone victims. US offers of military assistance have been rejected and even United Nations crisis

This year Israel celebrates its 60th birthday. Yet for Palestinians and for people of conscience this is not an occasion to celebrate. The establishment of the State of Israel involved the destruction of over 530 Palestinian towns and villages and the ex

The United Nations suspended relief supplies to Myanmar on Friday after the military government seized the food and equipment it had already sent into the country.

The death and destruction in Burma is not a matter of politics, it's a matter of saving lives, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

WHO ARE THE OPPOSING SIDES? WHEN DID THEY FALL OUT? WHAT ARE THE UNDERLYING ISSUES?

By The Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand - The UN says it is suspending further aid shipments to Myanmar because it is being seized by the ruling military junta. Paul Risley, a spokesman for the World Food Program, says all the food aid a

Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.

YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help.

The World Food Programme has halted aid shipments to Burma after the contents of its first delivery were impounded on arrival in the military-ruled country.

You can help. GreaterGood.org will earmark all donations toward Burmese cyclone relief. We are working with several groups to determine where aid should be delivered in order to have the maximum effectiveness.

Hezbollah fighters seized control of rival pro-Government strongholds in Beirut today as gunbattles rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day, edging the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war. The Shia Muslim group, the most powerful armed

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, has not been captured, a senior U.S. military official told CNN on Friday. Abu Ayyub al-Masri was reportedly caught in Mosul. Intelligence officials are skeptical of the news.

Some U.S. Army and Marine entrants had convictions for crimes of dishonesty, crimes of violence and sex crimes.According to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, from 2006 to 2007 the Army more than doubled its felonious recruits

Battles between Shia and Sunni Lebanese gunmen raged through the western half of Beirut last night as political leaders scrambled to find a compromise to prevent the country slipping into full-scale civil war.

The Cyclone Nargis disaster is doubly tragic for the people of Burma. Already suffering from the lowest living standards in Asia and years of misrule and mismanagement, they have now been struck by this terrible natural catastrophe.

Tensions escalate in Lebanon after Hezbollah said Lebanon's government had declared war by targeting its communications network

Burma has rejected the need for foreign aid workers to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and has turned back a rescue team today, prompting a furious response from the UN and the international community.