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Iran bows to pressure to review U.S. reporter's jail sentence Posted: 02 May 2009 10:48 AM PDT Iran said on Saturday it would review the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi after she was convicted of spying for the United States. ...

Pope says coming to Middle East as 'pilgrim for peace' Posted: 02 May 2009 10:26 AM PDT Pope Benedict XVI said he is coming to the Middle East this week as a pilgrim for peace in a region plagued by violence and injustice, Israel Radio reported Saturday. ...

Hezbollah slams 'dishonest' UN investigation of Hariri killing Posted: 01 May 2009 11:47 PM PDT The Lebanese-Shi'ite militia Hezbollah on Friday attacked an international investigation into the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, describing its work as politicized and dishonest. ...

Nasrallah: Hezbollah has no plans to destabilize Egypt Posted: 01 May 2009 10:48 PM PDT The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah said his Shiite group has no intention of setting up a cell in Egypt to destabilize that predominantly Sunni Muslim country, and claimed that an alleged fierce Egyptian campaign against the group has failed to discredit it in the Arab world. ...

Netanyahu aides fear 'surprise' demands from Obama Posted: 01 May 2009 08:54 PM PDT Benjamin Netanyahu's aides fear that U.S. President Barack Obama will "surprise" the prime minister with unanticipated ideas and demands at the leaders' upcoming meeting in Washington on May 18. ...

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