Karin Laub

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Hundreds of Palestinians face eviction from land

Karin Laub · July 24, 2012 6:45 pm

Rights groups: Spike in Israeli settler violence

Karin Laub · July 11, 2012 4:20 pm

Palestinian municipal elections set for Oct. 20

Karin Laub · July 10, 2012 1:46 pm

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004 file photo, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat pauses during an emergency cabinet session, at his compound, in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Yasser Arafat's body may be exhumed to allow for more testing of the causes of his death, the Palestinian president said Wednesday, July 4, 2012, after a Swiss lab said it found elevated levels of a radioactive isotope in belongings the Palestinian leader is said to have used in his final days.(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)

Aide: Palestinian leader wants more on Arafat

Karin Laub · July 6, 2012 4:00 am

Palestinian lawmaker Shami Al-Shami, 47, is treated by medics for gun wounds sustained outside his home in the West Bank town of Jenin, Sunday, July 1, 2012. Al-Shami said Sunday he has been shot twice in the leg by assailants as he got out of his car outside his home. Jenin once served as a model for Palestinian law and order, but has experienced a wave of brazen attacks by gunmen over the past year. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)

Palestinians detain dozens in weapons crackdown

Karin Laub · July 2, 2012 4:00 am

Palestinian footballer to end strike, go free

Karin Laub · June 18, 2012 9:03 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2011 file photo, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, chat during a special ceremony at Camp Victory in Baghdad. Opponents of Al-Maliki have failed to muster enough support to bring him down in a vote of no confidence, Talabani said in a statement posted on his website Sunday, June 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool, File)

Embattled Iraqi PM holding on to power for now

Karin Laub · June 11, 2012 9:01 am

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 file photo, Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during an interview with the Associated Press near Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles (260 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's first major trial dealing with the countryâs savage Sunni-Shiite sectarian killings is tainted by politics, critics say _ an ominous sign for those hoping for justice for tens of thousands of victims of street executions, bombings and kidnappings. The defendant, Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, says charges that he ran Sunni death squads are part of a political vendetta by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a Shiite. Al-Hashemi's nine-member legal team walked out in protest in the second court session late last month, citing judicial bias. And the prosecution's case relies heavily on the testimony of co-defendants, that the defense claimed was coerced, pointing to one who died in custody. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)

Critics say politics tainting trial of Iraqi VP

Karin Laub · June 8, 2012 6:51 pm