Xinhua Middle East news advisory -- June 4
CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are some of the majorMiddle East news stories due to be covered or pursued by Xinhua NewsAgency on Saturday.
-- Monitoring the situation in Libya as British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague is scheduled to arrive Saturday in east Libya'sBenghazi, the bastion of the opposition who is fighting againstleader Muammar Gaddafi.
-- Monitoring situation in Yemen after President Ali AbdullahSaleh was wounded in the back of head when his presidential palacewas attacked by shells on Friday, injuring him and several seniorofficials.
-- Monitoring situation in unrest-hit Syria after the internetwas cut off in Syrian capital Damascus and many other regions of thecountry, which was witnessing a new violent wave of protest onFriday.
-- Official from the Damascus-based Hamas politburo said FridayEgypt sponsors efforts to exchange prisoners between Hamas andIsrael and the swap may enter the "implementation phase" within 48hours.
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