var newscontent1='BEIRUT, Lebanon - A senior military official says troops shot and killed a suspected suicide bomber near Lebanons largest Palestinian camp.'
var newscontent2='BAGHDAD (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Iraq on Saturday on an unannounced visit to underline the "renewed political commitment of France" to the war-ravaged nation, diplomats said.'
var newscontent3='BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police checkpoint west of Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 10 people including the local police chief, an official said.'
var newscontent4='CAIRO, Egypt - Muslim extremist women are challenging al-Qaidas refusal to include ? or at least acknowledge ? women in its ranks, in an emotional debate that gives rare insight into the gender conflicts lurking beneath one of the strictest strains of Islam.'
var newscontent5='BAGHDAD - U.S. military deaths plunged in May to the lowest monthly level in more than four years and civilian casualties were down sharply, too, as Iraqi forces assumed the lead in offensives in three cities and a truce with Shiite extremists took hold.'