International Herald Tribune (Africa and the Middle East)
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Iran says it has 4,000 centrifuges working on enrichment
The number was up from the 3,000 centrifuges that Iran announced in November that it was operating at its plant in the central city of Natanz. Still, it is well below the 6,000 it said last year that it would operate by summer 2008, suggesting the program may be behind schedule.
Zimbabwe lifts ban on humanitarian organizations
South Africa said power-sharing talks between Mugabe's government and opposition leaders would resume Friday although Mugabe's top negotiator said there was no need for further discussions.
Media says Hezbollah hit helicopter by mistake
The Hezbollah said it handed over on Friday a suspect who fired at a Lebanese army helicopter the previous day, while media reports claimed the fatal shooting was a mistake by the militant group.
70 African migrants missing in Mediterranean
A harrowing boat journey across the Mediterranean left about 70 African migrants missing after rough seas capsized the craft, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday.
U.S. military secretly sending foreign fighters to home nations
The system is similar in some ways to the rendition program used by the Central Intelligence Agency to secretly transfer suspected militants back to their home countries to be jailed and questioned.
43 years after canceled concert, Israel is ready to rock with a Beatle
Excitement is building for Paul McCartney's first concert in Israel, an epilogue to a tale that began in 1965 when the authorities canceled a Beatles concert on "spiritual and cultural" grounds.
U.S. to turn security of Anbar Province over to Iraq
The province had been a stronghold of the Sunni insurgency and one of the most violent regions in Iraq.
Lebanese Army helicopter hit and pilot killed
A Lebanese Army helicopter made a forced landing after being hit by gunfire in south Lebanon on Thursday, the military said, adding that the pilot had been killed.
Hijackers of Sudanese plane free hostages
The two hijackers who had commandeered a jetliner from the Darfur region of Sudan on Tuesday had asked for asylum in Libya, but it was not clear whether their request had been granted.
Rice criticizes Israel's building in West Bank
The U.S. secretary of state was responding to a report by Peace Now that stated that Israel had nearly doubled its settlement construction in the West Bank in the past year.
Slaying of a child rivets Israel
Israel is in the grip of a nightmarish tale of cross-generational infidelity, child abuse and murder, and an anguished nation is asking how it could happen there.
Mugabe heckled in Zimbabwean Parliament
President Robert Mugabe opened Parliament to jeers from opposition lawmakers hours after the police arrested three more of them, bringing the total in custody to five.
Somali gunmen release UN staff member
The head of the local refugee agency had been held captive for more than two months.
Court papers describe killings by 3 U.S. troops in Iraq
Three noncommissioned U.S. Army officers killed four Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots to the head, two of the officers said in sworn statements.
Zimbabwe opposition accuses Mugabe of abandoning talks
President Robert Mugabe will fail if he tries to rule alone, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change warned Wednesday.
Bomber kills 25 in attack on Iraqi police recruits
The Iraqi authorities and witnesses on the scene disagreed on whether the blast had been caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt or a car bomb.
Soon on the Web: Dead Sea Scrolls
With an eye toward preservation, experts in Israel are digitally photographing the scrolls the aim of making all of them available.
Zimbabwe opposition wins key post
In a sign of political strength, Zimbabwe's main opposition party won the powerful position of speaker of Parliament.
Syria and Iran warm to Russia as U.S. tensions grow
President Bashar Assad of Syria has publicly stepped up his outreach to Russia in recent days in an apparent effort to exploit a new Russian-American rift.
Iran says it has started building submarines
A television report said the vessels would be capable of firing missiles and torpedoes.
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