<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Middle East Coverage | NewsHour with Jim Lehrer | PBS</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/region/middle_east/</link><description>The latest news, analysis and reporting about Middle East from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and its Web site, the feed is updated periodically with interviews, background reports and updates to put the news in a larger context.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright &#xA9;2006 MacNeil/Lehrer Productions. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><image><title>NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</title><width>144</width><height>144</height><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/newshour/</link><url>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/images/rss/promo_rss.jpg</url></image><item><title>Bulldozer Attack Kills 3 on Jerusalem Street</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/middle_east/july-dec08/jerusalem_07-02.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 July 2008 10:10:00 EST</pubDate><description>A Palestinian driving a 20-ton construction vehicle attacked cars, buses and pedestrians on Jerusalem&#39;s main Jaffa Road on Wednesday, killing at least three, wounding 45 and causing panic on the busy downtown street.</description></item><item><title>Iraq Opens Oil Fields to Foreign Firms for Output Boost</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june08/iraqioil_06-30.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 June 2008 18:20:00 EST</pubDate><description>The Iraqi government announced Monday it was accepting international bids for contracts to operate six of its oil fields. An economics expert discusses the prospect of Western oil companies working in Iraq.</description></item><item><title>U.S. Lacked Clear Plan for Postwar Iraq, Army Report Says</title><link>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rss/redir/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june08/iraqreport_06-30.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 June 2008 18:10:00 EST</pubDate><description>The U.S. Army released a report Monday outlining the problems that kept it from being able to stabilize Iraq after the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003. Military experts discuss the report&#39;s findings.</description></item></channel></rss>