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The funeral cortege of Faisal Husseini started in Ramallah in the morning and made its way slowly southwards to Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat accused Israel on Monday of failing to carry out its commitments to the current cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians.

Intense diplomatic efforts continued throughout the Middle East on Tuesday, in an attempt to ensure that the relative cessation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians doesn't crumble.

The size of Friday's voter turnout in Iran may be at least as important as who is running. It will determine whether Iran's reformers have regained momentum or spent themselves.

The U.N. Security Council has approved a one-month extension of the Iraqi oil-for-food programme.

Iraq responded with a categorical no Friday to the question of whether it would resume exporting oil if the United Nations' Security Council continues discussion of a U.S.-British resolution revamping the oil-for-food program.

Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has given the United Nations assurances that overflights across Lebanon will be immediately suspended, the United Nations said Friday. The announcement comes as Hezbollah guerrillas fired anti-tank missiles in the disputed Shebaa Farms area.

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres will meet with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to consolidate and facilitate the cease-fire, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said.

In recent days the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was not only targeted by terrorists but also came dangerously close to being attacked, several Bush administration sources told CNN on Monday.

Syria began the publicly announced redeployment of its troops in Lebanon on Thursday, pulling back from a number of areas populated by Christians.

Syrian troops were pulling out of Beirut on Sunday, a sea change in Syria's military profile in Lebanon.

CIA chief George Tenet is to continue efforts to broker a cease-fire between the Palestinians and the Israelis, officials in Israel have told CNN.

U.S. and British warplanes bombed an Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq Monday in response to hostile acts against coalition aircraft monitoring the southern no-fly zone, the Pentagon said.

Senior members of the Bush administration huddled Monday at the White House, planning their next step in the U.S.-Mideast diplomatic effort, State Department officials told CNN.

The U.S. Embassy in Yemen was a terrorist target in recent days and came close to being attacked, several administration sources told CNN on Monday.

U.S. Defense Department officials said Wednesday that Iraqi claims of casualties from an air strike in the northern no-fly zone may have resulted from one of Iraq's own surface-to-air missiles.

A five-month-old Israeli baby is in a critical condition after being hit by a rock following a new outbreak of violence in the Middle East late Tuesday.

CNN's Andrea Koppel previews U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's trip to the Middle East.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday he will travel to the Middle East next week to push for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, condemning a suicide bomb attack that killed 19 people in front of a crowded discotheque Friday, promised Saturday to exert our utmost efforts to achieve an immediate and unconditional cease-fire with the Israelis.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat, condemning a suicide bomb attack that killed 18 people in front of a crowded discotheque Friday, promised Saturday to exert our utmost efforts to achieve an immediate and unconditional cease-fire with the Israelis.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat told U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday that the Palestinians are committed to fulfilling all the agreements related to a cease-fire.

There were scattered incidents of Israeli-Palestinian violence Monday, but cease-fires declared by both sides appeared to be holding.

Warning of an extremely grave situation, Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat on Monday said Israel must act to preserve a fragile cease-fire.

Palestinian and Israeli sources said Sunday that a 22-year-old man from the West Bank was responsible for the suicide bombing attack of a Tel Aviv nightclub Friday.

A Palestinian has been seriously wounded during an attempted attack on an Israeli checkpoint near Gaza airport.

The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility Friday for a suicide bombing earlier in the day in Gaza that killed two Israeli soldiers and slightly wounded a third.

U.S. President George W. Bush has delayed for another six months any decision by the United States to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Israel is considering its response to a suicide bomb, while the Yasser Arafat said Palestinians would do their utmost to implement a cease-fire.

CIA Director George Tenet met Thursday morning with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as he tried to shore up a fragile cease-fire between Israelis and Palestinians.

JERUSALEM (CNN) - U.S. CIA chief George Tenet is set to meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders as he continues his effort to promote peace in the Mideast.