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Monday, May. 12, 2008 By Andrew Lee Butters/Beirut There are no longer any Hizballah fighters surrounding the grand red sandstone Beirut town house belonging to Walid Jumblatt, a member of Parliament and one of the leaders of Lebanon's governing coalition. Still, Jumblatt, a top American ally, is under virtual house arrest. After the lightning speed with which opposition Hizballah fighters defeated government supporters in a six hour battle on Thursday — only to vanish a few hours later — it became clear that it is pointless to resist the Iranian and Syrian-backed militia, which could return at any time. "I am a hostage now in my home in Beirut," he said over the telephone to his rival Nabih Berri, the speaker of parliament and a top opposition leader, while TIME waited nearby for an interview. "Tell [Hizballah leader] Sayeed Hassan Nasrallah I lost the battle and he wins. So let's sit and talk to reach a compromise. All that I ask is your protection."
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
By STEVENSON JACOB, AP Business Writer 2008-05-12 Oil prices briefly spiked to a new record above $126 a barrel Monday but later wobbled with some investors buying on worries of falling supply and others selling in response to a stronger dollar.
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
By Oleg Shchedrov and Michael Stott1 hour, 2008-05-12 Incoming Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a cabinet line-up on Monday which combined key ministers and powerful Kremlin figures into an unusually strong team under his command.
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
By MURRAY EVANS, Associated Press Writer 11 minutes ago The Environmental Protection Agency planned to check for high lead levels Monday after a deadly tornado blew through a town so polluted with lead-filled mining waste that it's a Superfund site. VIDEO HERE
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Monday, 12 May 2008 |
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By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 15 minutes ago Heavy fighting broke out Monday between government supporters and opponents in Lebanon's second-largest city, where the two sides battled with rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and mortars, security officials and residents said. VIDEO HERE
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