GAZA (Reuters) – The main border crossing between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and Egypt was temporarily opened on Saturday under a deal between the Islamist group and Cairo, Palestinian officials said.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi Shi’ite factions on Saturday reached a deal to end fighting between militia and security forces in the Baghdad bastion of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr that has killed hundreds of people, officials said.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – At least 10 gunmen were killed on Saturday when pro-government activists stormed an office of a pro-Syrian opposition party in north Lebanon, a security source said.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The Palestinians’ top peace negotiator said on Saturday he feared a criminal investigation of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert could damage the chance of a deal this year on Palestinian statehood.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese army overturned on Saturday two government measures against Hezbollah that had triggered the group to take control of Beirut and the military urged gunmen to withdraw from the streets.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said on Saturday the state would not fall to Hezbollah after the group took over the Muslim part of Beirut.

SHINWAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – A least two people were killed and seven wounded in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday in clashes between police and demonstrators protesting against civilian deaths at the hands of foreign troops, witnesses said.

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities are examining the extent of an unprecedented locust infestation that has prompted local officials in some areas to offer wheat as a reward to residents for killing the insects.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the political crisis in Lebanon, the Cairo-based Arab League said on Saturday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nineteen people have been killed and 116 wounded in clashes between security forces and militants in eastern Baghdad’s Sadr City district in the past 24 hours, the two hospitals in the Shi’ite slum said on Saturday.