BBC News | MIDDLE EAST | Thousands rally for peace in Tel Aviv Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the immediate withdrawal of the Israel army and settlers from Palestinian territories.

BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | Al-Qaeda arms dump destroyed A giant arms horde in Afghanistan thought to have been abandoned by al-Qaeda fighters has been destroyed by British Royal Marines.

Indecision hampers US policy on Mideast | csmonitor.com After two weeks of talks with key Mideast players, the Bush team has yet to stake out a clear course.

Yahoo! News - Suicide Attack Kills 16 in Israel A pool hall popular with Israeli teen-agers became the latest Palestinian target Tuesday when a suicide bomber set off nail-studded explosives and killed 16 people. It was the first such attack in more than three weeks, and the first since the Israeli army began pulling out of the West Bank's main cities.

The Atlantic | May 2002 | Tales of the Tyrant | Bowden What does Saddam Hussein see in himself that no one else in the world seems to see? The answer is perhaps best revealed by the intimate details of the Iraqi leader's daily life.