05/01/07

* 'US vision for new MidEast will fail' Syrian President Bashar Assad predicted Monday that the US vision for a "new Middle East" would fail as the region's conflicts continue to escalate.

* Turk court advised to reject challenge: media A Turkish court has been urged to reject an opposition challenge to the presidential election that has split Turkey.

* PM vows to carry on, fix failures In a taped message broadcast on Monday night, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - reading from a text - admitted that mistakes were made and that the committee's findings were "grave and difficult."

* Iran president takes message to people In the town of Khorrambid, 700km south of Tehran, thousands of people have been waiting for Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, the Iranian president.

* Bush Seeks to Reassure Russia on Arms, E.U. on Warming President Bush tried to reassure Russia yesterday that his proposed new missile defense system represents no threat.

* Legal Expert: Findings Mean Olmert Must Resign Following the grave findings of the Winograd Commission on Monday afternoon, Atty. Yosef Fuchs of the Land of Israel Legal Forum issued a statement saying that Olmert has no choice but to resign.

* Hezbollah: Winograd report is proof we were victorious Hezbollah on Monday hailed a report into the Second Lebanon War, which accused the Israeli leadership of serious failures during the conflict.

* Campaign to Upgrade the Old City's 'Small Wall' Unknown to most visitors to the Western Wall, the remnant of the Holy Temple compound extends to the north far beyond what they can see - and a campaign is underway to publicize this.

* Risk of renewed east-west confrontation, says German FM German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned of a risk of a new east-west conflict following a sharp deterioration in relations between Moscow and western states in recent months.

* US and EU agree 'single market' The United States and the European Union have signed up to a new transatlantic economic partnership at a summit in Washington.