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Israel vows to continue its offensive in Gaza, despite a truce call from the UN to end nearly two weeks of fighting. |
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A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails. |
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Iraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax. |
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Five employees of US security firm Blackwater plead not guilty in a US court to the manslaughter of 17 Iraqis in 2007. |
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A female suicide bomber kills at least 35 Shia pilgrims including Iranians near a shrine in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. |
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A rights groups accuses Israel and Hamas of endangering civilian lives in the conflict in Gaza, including the use of "human shields". |
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The Red Cross accuses Israel of failing to help wounded civilians in Gaza, as the UN suspends aid work there fearing attacks. |
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Israel says it accepts the principles of a truce plan for Gaza but its military offensive against Hamas has resumed. |
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The Vatican's justice minister criticises Israel's actions and compares Gaza to a "big concentration camp". |
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The BBC's Richard Lister reports on President-elect Barack Obama's unwillingness to comment on Israel's invasion of Gaza. |
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Oil rises briefly above $48 a barrel on fears of heightened Middle East tension after Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. |
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Mummy of 'lost queen of Egypt' recovered after 4,300 years |
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Injured survive without food or water for days |
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Israelis strongly back offensive in Gaza - for now |
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Iran moves to take advantage of the crisis in Gaza |
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The challenge of reporting Gaza from the outside |
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How easy is it to set up a new museum in Iraq?
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What can be defined as military target? |
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An air passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script is awarded a payout of $240,000, his lawyers say. |
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Iran says it will provide security for Nobel Peace Prize-winning lawyer Shirin Ebadi, amid global concern for her safety. |
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The trial of the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at US President Bush is postponed pending an appeal against the charges. |
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A Danish man of Palestinian origin is arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding two Israeli salesmen in Denmark. |
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The first commercial flight between Western Europe and Baghdad in at least 17 years lands in the Iraqi capital. |
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A suicide bombing kills at least 23 people at a Sunni gathering in a town south of Baghdad, Iraqi police say. |
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A boat taking medical supplies to Gaza has been rammed by the Israeli navy in international waters, activists say. |
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Demonstrators storm the compound of the British Embassy in Iran, the Foreign Office confirms. |
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Crude oil prices rise on concerns Israel's attacks on Hamas could threaten supplies from the Middle East. |
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More bad economic news from the US on Tuesday sends oil prices falling back below $39 a barrel. |
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Commentators in the Palestinian press are united in dismay at the Israeli operation in Gaza. |
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Israeli and Palestinian papers anticipate violence when a truce between militant groups in the Gaza Strip ends. |
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Iranians blogging in Farsi give their reaction to Obama's election victory. |
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The Iraqi cabinet approves a security pact with the US, which foresees a US troop withdrawal by the end of 2011. |
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People in Gaza may be without UN food aid from Saturday, after Israel refused to allow in emergency supplies. The territory has been sealed off since 5 November; Israel says continued mortar fire from Gaza militants is to blame. Three Gazans describe how the enforced closure has affected them. |
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A year of change ends, but what about the future? |
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BBC reporter reaches end of epic Bethlehem trek |
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People in Gaza and Sderot consider what lies ahead |
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Major settlement 'unlawful' under Israeli law |
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Exploring the exotic world of Syrian lingerie |
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A super-tanker captured by Somali pirates in November with two million barrels of oil is released, reports say. |
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The workers on the Israel-Gaza border who never meet |
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Israeli soldiers shelled a Gaza house they had moved 110 Palestinians into, killing 30, the UN quotes witnesses as saying. |
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Jeremy Bowen argues both sides are set to go on |
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The UN says its main aid agency in Gaza will resume operations there after receiving safety assurances from Israel. |
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Senior Palestinian officials are in Egypt for talks, as fighting continues between Israeli forces and Hamas militants in Gaza. |
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The suffering on both sides of the Israel-Gaza conflict |
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Israel drops leaflets on the Gaza Strip warning residents that it plans to escalate its military action against Hamas. |
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Three Gazans are reportedly killed and dozens more injured amid fears of an escalation in the two-week-old Israeli offensive. |
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President-elect Barack Obama says the US will take a different approach in dealings with Iran under his leadership. |
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Iraqi security forces say they have captured a leading Sunni militant thought to be the leader of militant group Ansar al Sunna. |
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Israel confirms reserve units have been sent to the Gaza Strip, as its campaign and Hamas there enters a 17th day. |
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Medics in Gaza say dozens of civilians have been harmed by suspected phosphorus shells fired illegally by Israel. |
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Israeli officials say a UN school in Gaza was hit by a stray mortar killing 40 people - contradicting an earlier explanation. |
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Israeli forces move slowly into Gaza's most densely populated areas, reports say, but the military denies escalating the conflict. |
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A series of bomb blasts during rush hour in Baghdad kills at least eight people and injures many others, officials say. |
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Osama Bin Laden's former driver is freed from jail in his native Yemen after being sent there from Guantanamo Bay. |
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Ban on reporters fits pattern of previous wars |
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Kuwait's PM forms a new cabinet, replacing the previous government which quit in November after a dispute with parliament. |
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Israel's election authorities ban two of the three main Arab political parties from running in next month's general elections. |
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The UN secretary general calls for Israel and Palestinian militants to halt the Gaza conflict, now entering its 18th day. |
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Israel says it attacked more than 60 targets overnight in Gaza as its offensive against Hamas entered its 18th day. |
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Two men convicted of adultery have been stoned to death in Iran, a rare punishment stipulated by Iran's strict interpretation of Islamic law. |
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Retired Israeli generals on military goals in Gaza |
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BBC - and Iranian authorities - await reaction to new TV channel |
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Unemployment is the biggest issue facing Iranians, a BBC poll suggets, as its new Persian TV channel launches. |
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The BBC's newest satellite TV channel is about to come on air, a Farsi language service beamed to Iran and Central Asia. |
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Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip pass 1,000, medical sources in Gaza say, as diplomatic efforts continue to reach a ceasefire. |
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Osama Bin Laden urges Muslims to launch a holy war to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza in a new audio message. |
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Stakes high for Obama in dealings with Iran |
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UN chief Ban Ki-Moon heads to Israel amid signs of some progress in efforts to secure a truce in the Gaza Strip. |
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The UN humanitarian chief urges Israel to fully open all crossings with Gaza, as Israel completes its troop pull-out. |
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Rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel's devastating offensive will cost billions of dollars, the United Nations warns.
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Divisions among Arab countries re-emerge at a summit in Kuwait that has been dominated by the crisis in Gaza. |
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The brother of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W Bush tells the BBC he is not seeking asylum in Switzerland. |
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Ancient Persians were the first people to deploy chemical warfare against their enemies, a study says. |
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A gas firm in Yemen says armed tribesmen have kidnapped a German engineer and two Yemeni colleagues. |
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The global economic crisis has cost Arab countries $2,500bn in the last four months alone, according to Kuwait's foreign minister. |
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Gaza doctor's loss strikes a chord with Israeli audience |
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Left amid the debris and the dirt by Gaza's war |
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What was UN chief's impact on Gaza truce? |
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Recent war casts shadow over Israel's election |
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BBC Persian TV's launch is welcomed by Iranian bloggers |
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Cultural diplomacy secures exchange of Iranian artefacts |
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Twenty-three Chinese construction workers are deported by Saudi Arabia after protesting that their pay was too low. |
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The head of the UN aid agency in Gaza, Unrwa, accuses the Israeli military of firing white phosphorus shells at its compound. |
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Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip pass 1,000, medical sources in Gaza say, as diplomatic efforts continue to reach a ceasefire. |
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Six seriously injured Palestinian children are flown to Belgium from the war-torn Gaza Strip for hospital treatment. |
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Osama Bin Laden urges Muslims to launch a holy war to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza in a new audio message. |
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The BBC's newest satellite TV channel goes on air, a Farsi language service beamed to Iran and Central Asia. |
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Unemployment is the biggest issue facing Iranians, a BBC poll suggests, as its new Persian TV channel launches. |
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Uganda blocks a meeting of Africa's royalty led by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, saying it would be too political. |
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Two men convicted of adultery have been stoned to death in Iran, a rare punishment stipulated by Iran's strict interpretation of Islamic law. |
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Saudi industrial and petrochemical firm Sabic sees profits steeply decline in the fourth quarter as demand drops. |
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Oil rises briefly above $48 a barrel on fears of heightened Middle East tension after Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. |
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Gaza saw heavy fighting overnight as the UN secretary general headed to Cairo to try to secure an end to the conflict. |
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Newspapers in the Muslim world give a pessimistic response to the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. |
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Media in the Arab world reflect differences among Arab leaders on the diplomacy in the Gaza conflict. |
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Iranians blogging in Farsi give their reaction to Obama's election victory. |
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The Iraqi cabinet approves a security pact with the US, which foresees a US troop withdrawal by the end of 2011. |
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People in Gaza may be without UN food aid from Saturday, after Israel refused to allow in emergency supplies. The territory has been sealed off since 5 November; Israel says continued mortar fire from Gaza militants is to blame. Three Gazans describe how the enforced closure has affected them. |
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Turkey outraged by Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip |
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BBC - and Iran - await reaction to new TV channel |
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Retired Israeli generals on military goals in Gaza |
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The lifeline for pariah single mothers in Morocco |
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The UN humanitarian chief urges Israel to fully open all crossings with Gaza, as Israel completes its troop pull-out. |
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Rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel's devastating offensive will cost billions of dollars, the United Nations warns.
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Divisions among Arab countries re-emerge at a summit in Kuwait that has been dominated by the crisis in Gaza. |
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The brother of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W Bush tells the BBC he is not seeking asylum in Switzerland. |
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Ancient Persians were the first people to deploy chemical warfare against their enemies, a study says. |
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A gas firm in Yemen says armed tribesmen have kidnapped a German engineer and two Yemeni colleagues. |
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The global economic crisis has cost Arab countries $2,500bn in the last four months alone, according to Kuwait's foreign minister. |
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Gaza doctor's loss strikes a chord with Israeli audience |
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Left amid the debris and the dirt by Gaza's war |
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What was UN chief's impact on Gaza truce? |
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Recent war casts shadow over Israel's election |
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BBC Persian TV's launch is welcomed by Iranian bloggers |
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Cultural diplomacy secures exchange of Iranian artefacts |
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Twenty-three Chinese construction workers are deported by Saudi Arabia after protesting that their pay was too low. |
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The head of the UN aid agency in Gaza, Unrwa, accuses the Israeli military of firing white phosphorus shells at its compound. |
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Palestinian deaths in the Gaza Strip pass 1,000, medical sources in Gaza say, as diplomatic efforts continue to reach a ceasefire. |
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Six seriously injured Palestinian children are flown to Belgium from the war-torn Gaza Strip for hospital treatment. |
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Osama Bin Laden urges Muslims to launch a holy war to stop the Israeli offensive on Gaza in a new audio message. |
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The BBC's newest satellite TV channel goes on air, a Farsi language service beamed to Iran and Central Asia. |
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Unemployment is the biggest issue facing Iranians, a BBC poll suggests, as its new Persian TV channel launches. |
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Uganda blocks a meeting of Africa's royalty led by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, saying it would be too political. |
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Two men convicted of adultery have been stoned to death in Iran, a rare punishment stipulated by Iran's strict interpretation of Islamic law. |
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Saudi industrial and petrochemical firm Sabic sees profits steeply decline in the fourth quarter as demand drops. |
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Oil rises briefly above $48 a barrel on fears of heightened Middle East tension after Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. |
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Gaza saw heavy fighting overnight as the UN secretary general headed to Cairo to try to secure an end to the conflict. |
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Newspapers in the Muslim world give a pessimistic response to the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. |
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Media in the Arab world reflect differences among Arab leaders on the diplomacy in the Gaza conflict. |
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Iranians blogging in Farsi give their reaction to Obama's election victory. |
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The Iraqi cabinet approves a security pact with the US, which foresees a US troop withdrawal by the end of 2011. |
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People in Gaza may be without UN food aid from Saturday, after Israel refused to allow in emergency supplies. The territory has been sealed off since 5 November; Israel says continued mortar fire from Gaza militants is to blame. Three Gazans describe how the enforced closure has affected them. |
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Turkey outraged by Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip |
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BBC - and Iran - await reaction to new TV channel |
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Retired Israeli generals on military goals in Gaza |
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The lifeline for pariah single mothers in Morocco |
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The UN humanitarian chief urges Israel to fully open all crossings with Gaza, as Israel completes its troop pull-out. |
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Rebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel's devastating offensive will cost billions of dollars, the United Nations warns.
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Divisions among Arab countries re-emerge at a summit in Kuwait that has been dominated by the crisis in Gaza. |
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The brother of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W Bush tells the BBC he is not seeking asylum in Switzerland. |
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Ancient Persians were the first people to deploy chemical warfare against their enemies, a study says. |
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A gas firm in Yemen says armed tribesmen have kidnapped a German engineer and two Yemeni colleagues. |
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The global economic crisis has cost Arab countries $2,500bn in the last four months alone, according to Kuwait's foreign minister. |
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Palestinians and Israeli discuss the new president |
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What was UN chief's impact on Gaza truce? |
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Gaza doctor's loss strikes a chord with Israeli audience |
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Left amid the debris and the dirt by Gaza's war |
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BBC Persian TV's launch is welcomed by Iranian bloggers |
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Cultural diplomacy secures exchange of Iranian artefacts |
