News About Wars On Planet Earth 20-NOV-09 en-us Washington (UPI) Nov 19, 2009 - "It will be just like Syria," said the strategic scholar just back from Israel and speculating about the much-debated question of whether Israel will eventually bomb Iran's nuclear installations.]]> Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 - Iran has sent warships to the Gulf of Aden, ostensibly to combat Somali pirates preying on major shipping lanes.]]> Sanaa (AFP) Nov 17, 2009 - With rhinoceros horns under a world preservation order, increased use of plastic from China and lack of interest from young men, Yemen's prided "jambia" curved dagger is under threat.]]> Jerusalem (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 - Two Israeli soldiers were sentenced to 30 days in jail on Monday for refusing to take part in the evacuation of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, a military spokesman said.]]> Colombo (AFP) Nov 13, 2009 - Sri Lanka's government sidelined top general Sarath Fonseka because of fears he would launch a coup, he wrote in a bitter resignation letter ahead of an expected election battle with the president. ]]> Kandy (AFP) Nov 12, 2009 - Myanmar's junta leader General Than Shwe said he was "thrilled" to be in Sri Lanka, where he was given a 21-gun salute and an elaborate red-carpet welcome at the start of his four-day state visit Thursday.]]> Sanaa (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - Yemen said on Wednesday that it had signed a military cooperation deal with the United States although the US embassy would confirm only that talks had been held on joint counterterrorism efforts.]]> Sydney (AFP) Nov 11, 2009 - Britain's last surviving World War I veteran shunned Remembrance Day commemorations Wednesday because he was against the glorification of war, his family was reported as saying.]]> Ramallah, West Bank (UPI) Nov 11, 2009 - Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has a plan to establish a de facto Palestinian state in the West Bank by 2011, throwing 16 years of futile peacemaking out the window. ]]> Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 - After five months of intense political wrangling, with Syria and Saudi Arabia pulling the strings, Lebanon seems set to get a new government that includes Hezbollah.]]>