| Reporters Dispute Israeli Account of Raid An Al Jazeera reporter who was on the main ship in the flotilla intercepted on its way to Gaza on Monday said that Israeli forces fired live ammunition at the activists on the boat before commandos landed on it. feeds.nytimes.com |
Iraq’s Modern Art Collection, Waiting to Re-emerge In Baghdad, the National Museum of Modern Art is a museum in name only; what works remain from a once impressive collection are in storage, neglected. feeds.nytimes.com |
Iran Opens Its First Nuclear Power Plant Russia, which helped build the plant, emphasized that it could not be used for nonpeaceful purposes, though the United States had urged a delay in its opening. feeds.nytimes.com |
Nine killed in Iran bomb attack NINE Iranians have been killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a military parade in the northwestern Kurdish town of Mahabad. news.com.au |
News Analysis: Some Question Insistence on Israel as Jewish State The more Israel insists on Palestinian recognition of it as the nation-state of the Jewish people, the more the Palestinian leadership seems to refuse. feeds.nytimes.com |