| By Sebastian Rotella Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic militant group blamed in the Mumbai attacks, has actively recruited U.S.- and British-born contacts who have gone on to execute attacks for Al Qaeda. | | By Steve Padilla The faithful from around the world are making the trip to Saudi Arabia in the annual hajj, which is one of the five 'pillars' of Islam. |  | By Valerie J. Nelson Elizabeth Warnock Fernea, a scholar of women's studies in the Middle East who delved into the subject as a newlywed in 1956 in Iraq and whose memoir about the experience, "Guests of the Sheik," was the first of several of her works that examined the role of women in the region, has died. She was 81. | | By Laura King Some say Asif Ali Zardari is unqualified for office. Now he finds himself leading the nation at a time of extraordinary turmoil, even by Pakistani standards. | | By Henry Chu Since the Mumbai attacks, Manmohan Singh is facing pressure from voters who have lost faith in his government and political opponents who see an opportunity. A bruising election is shaping up. | | By Laura King Pakistani troops seal off a Kashmir camp used by Lashkar-e-Taiba, the group suspected in the Mumbai terrorist attacks, local news accounts and witnesses say. | | By Laura King More than 150 vehicles carrying equipment bound for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan are blown apart and burned at two terminals in Peshawar, Pakistan. A second attack today burns 50 containers. | | Mexico: 10 suspected traffickers killed / Mideast: Israel blocks aid effort to Gaza / Saudi Arabia: Pilgrims perform rituals of hajj / North Korea: 6-nation nuclear talks resume / Ghana: High turnout | | By Bob Drogin An undercover Maryland State Police trooper infiltrated nonviolent groups and labeled dozens of people as terrorists. |  | By Ned Parker The city and the rest of Diyala province still deal with fallout of the Sunni insurgency and Shiite mistrust. | | By Edmund Sanders Driven out two years ago, the movement is reemerging, though divided by competing ideologies and goals. A combination of brutal force and political dialogue is behind many of its recent gains. |
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The Los Angeles Times looks at Jerusalem 40 years after the 1967 war.
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