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Calling the behavior "criminal neglect," Gates, who was speaking in Bangkok, said that the U.S. has made more than 15 overtures to Burma's leadership to use helicopters to deliver aid but that all have been rejected.
ZIMBABWE
Opposition Figures Held
Zimbabwean police have arrested the leader of a faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and an opposition member of parliament, their representatives said Sunday.
Arthur Mutambara, who leads an MDC splinter group, was arrested Sunday for an article critical of President Robert Mugabe.
Eric Matinenga, an opposition legislator and lawyer to the main MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, was picked up Saturday in the eastern district of Buhera and was being charged with inciting public violence, MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa said. Matinenga is the fifth MDC legislator to be arrested ahead of a June 27 presidential runoff, which pits Tsvangirai against Mugabe.
Mutambara, in an April 20 article in the independent weekly the Standard, criticized Mugabe for his handling of March elections. He also accused the government of intimidation and questioned its right to stay in office. The Standard's editor was arrested May 8.
ISRAEL
Swap With Hezbollah
Israel handed over a convicted Hezbollah spy to Lebanon on Sunday and, in a surprise move, the Islamist guerrilla group turned over what it said were the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in a 2006 war.
Hezbollah's gesture, along with recent comments by its leader, signaled that a larger prisoner exchange could be in the works between the two bitter enemies.
Israel said the exchanges were unrelated to a deal that would include Israel releasing the longest-serving Lebanese prisoner and Hezbollah freeing two soldiers captured in a 2006 cross-border raid that sparked the month-long war.
Legislators Protest in Kuwait
Muslim hard-liners in Kuwait's parliament walked out of the body's inaugural meeting to protest two female cabinet ministers who were not wearing head scarves.
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