| Iraqi Politicians Break Bread, but Not the Standoff Iraq’s leading politicians gathered for a lunch in an effort to foster post-election reconciliation, but ended with little of it in evidence. nytimes.com |
World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: Death Sentences for Torture A Web site linked to the Intelligence Ministry reported Wednesday that a military court had sentenced two men to death and nine others to jail for torturing three protesters to death last summer at the notorious Kahrizak detention center feeds.nytimes.com |
Hezbollah Leader Says Israel Was Involved in Lebanese Assassination Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, offered Monday what he contended was evidence proving Israel’s involvement in the 2005 assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik Hariri. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | MIDDLE EAST: Israel: Boy’s Rescuer Is Granted Honorary Citizenship Israel granted honorary citizenship Monday to an Indian woman who braved gunfire to save an Israeli boy from the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks that killed his parents. feeds.nytimes.com |
Detained U.S. Hikers Must Be Tried, Iranian Official Says Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who are accused of spying, must be tried in an Iranian court. nytimes.com |