Maronite Church leader steps in to prevent Lebanon’s political breakup
BEIRUT, Lebanon - The head of Lebanon’s influential Maronite Catholic Church stepped in on Friday to try to head off what could be the next crisis to strike this conflict-torn country — the increasing likelihood that Lebanon’s divided lawmakers will be unable to elect a […]

Sfeir Tolls Bells of Bkirki and Vatican for Lebanon’s Presidential Elections
Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir informed President Emile Lahoud in a surprise visit Friday that the Maronite Church and the Vatican support organizing Presidential elections without foreign interference and the creation of an international tribunal to try suspects in ex-Premier Rafik Hariri’s assassination and related crimes.
Sources close […]

Petraeus On Iran In Iraq
08 May 2007
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The commander of the Multinational Force in Iraq, General David Petraeus, says that “exceedingly unhelpful activities by Iran […]

USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and strike group arrive in Gulf waters
May 9, 2007

The Nimitz replaces the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which sailed out of the region Friday, and joins the USS John C. Stennis Strike Group as air support provider for ground troops operating in Afghanistan and Iraq. The US Navy’s Fifth fleet based in […]

Lebanon bishops: No constitutional changes to presidential election
Thursday, 10 May, 2007 @ 4:34 AM

Beirut - In their monthly meeting at Bkerke chaired by the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, Lebanon’s Maronite bishops expressed their gratitude to the Pope for his closeness
to the country as well as concerns for the deteriorating economic situation.
The […]

Navy ready to resume Gulf patrols
Tom Baldwin
From Times Online
The Royal Navy is to resume boarding operations in the northern Gulf that were suspended after the detention of 15 of its personnel by Iran.
The announcement, by Des Browne, the Defence Minister, yesterday, came as Iran dampened hopes that a renewed offer of help in developing […]