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Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings
At least 32 people have died in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, officials say.
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Israel awaits Mumbai attack dead
Israeli and Jewish victims of the attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai are to be flown to Israel for burial, officials say.
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Libyan Gaza aid ship turns back
A Libyan cargo ship carrying humanitarian supplies for the Gaza Strip turns back before reaching the strip.
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Iraq-Iran war dead are exchanged
Dead Iraqi and Iranian soldiers from the 1980-88 war are exchanged, in the first such move since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
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UN contractors killed in Iraq
Two foreign UN contractors are killed and 15 injured in a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone.
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EU ready to accept 10,000 Iraqis
The EU says it is ready to accept up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees, many of whom are living in extreme hardship in Jordan and Syria.
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Jail for Jordan 'honour killing'
A court in Jordan jails a man for more than seven years for strangling his sister in a so-called honour killing.
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Emirate car ban on menial workers
The Gulf emirate of Sharjah is to ban people in certain, mainly menial, jobs from applying for driving licenses, a report says.
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Israel approves prisoner release
Israel approves the release of 250 prisoners after an earlier promise from outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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Opec refuses oil production cuts
Petroleum producers leave oil production quotas unchanged after a brief meeting in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
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Court orders Iranian man blinded
An Iranian court rules that a man who blinded a woman with acid after she spurned his marriage proposals will also be blinded.
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British spy jailed for 10 years
Army interpreter Daniel James, found guilty of spying for Iran last month, is jailed for 10 years.
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Iran to set up marriage bureaux to help young find suitable spouses
The Iranian government is to set up a network of marriage bureaux to help young Iranians find a husband or wife.
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Paying homage
Shocked Mumbai Jews remember the dead
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Looming battle
Hebron residents and settlers gear up for eviction
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Iranian bloggers
Reactions to Barack Obama's election victory
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Guantanamo end?
Bin Laden's driver may have brought down Guantanamo
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Going, going
Vote on US troops shows Iraqi democracy at work
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Still talking
What has been achieved one year after Annapolis?
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Clashes along Israel-Gaza fence
Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen clash along the border fence that separates Gaza from Israel.
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Suicide bombing at Iraqi mosque
A suicide bomber kills nine people in an attack on a Shia mosque south of Baghdad during Friday prayers, Iraqi police say.
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Iraqi parliament backs US pullout
The Iraqi parliament approves a plan on the future of US forces in Iraq, paving the way for complete withdrawal by 2011.
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Livni urges Olmert to step down
The leader of Israel's governing Party, Tzipi Livni, calls on Ehud Olmert to quit after the attorney-general says he may charge him.
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Yemen opposition protest clashes
Police fire warning shots and hurl batons at an opposition rally in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, as protesters and police are injured.
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More aid reaches blockaded Gaza
Israel permits limited aid and fuel deliveries into Gaza, which has been under an intensified blockade for three weeks.
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