Obama gaining on Clinton in Pennsylvania: poll

Tue Apr 8, 2008 11:06pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by 6 points among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters but he is chipping away at her lead, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday.
With two weeks to go until the state’s April 22 primary, Clinton has a [...]

University in north Lebanon receives terror threats

Beirut- The Christian-funded Balamand University in north Lebanon Tuesday took steps to increase its security after reports of a threat by a terrorist group.

A security source said a number of flyers signed by Fatah al-Islam – a terrorist group linked to al-Qaeda – were found by students on the campus of Balamand University.
The security source, [...]

INTERVIEW-Geagea sees more killings, deadlock in Lebanon

Tue Apr 8, 2008 12:12pm EDT
By Tom Perry
MAARAB, Lebanon, April 8 (Reuters) – Lebanese leader Samir Geagea said on Tuesday he expected Syria to try to kill more leaders of his anti-Damascus governing coalition, blaming it for previous assassinations.
Geagea, one of Lebanon’s main Christian leaders, also said he saw no end in sight to a [...]

Iran ‘installing new centrifuges’

Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its main nuclear plant in Natanz, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
He also appeared to cast doubt on the official version of the 9/11 attacks and accused the US of using them as a “pretext” to launch invasions.
Iran is already thought to have some 3,000 centrifuges [...]

US ‘must suspend’ Iraq withdrawal

US ‘must suspend’ Iraq withdrawal

Petraeus said Iraq was “exceedingly complex and challenging”
Petraeus statement

The top US military leader in Iraq, Gen David [...]