Nov 14, 2004

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President George Bush has assured Middle East andEuropean allies that he intends to make the establishment of a Palestinianstate a priority.

Nov 05, 2004

NICOSIA [MENL] -- The United States has closed its embassy in Syria becauseof an alert of an Islamic attack.

Nov 03, 2004

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military has warned the government of PrimeMinister Ariel Sharon that a withdrawal from the Egypt-Gaza borderwould have strategic repercussions.

Nov 02, 2004

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Bahrain, rocked by a year of increasingly violentShi'ite protests, plans to curtail the right to assemble and protest.