It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders – of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive for the “honour” of their families – are as barbaric as they are shameful
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Militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel today, two days after the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, causing no injuries or damage, the Israeli military said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his peace moves, just as his Palestinian counterpart faced harsh criticism for agreeing to the talks at all. Related Stories Israel and Palestinians set for face-to-face talks Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader
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The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility today for a shooting attack yesterday in which two Israelis were wounded in the occupied West Bank. Related Stories Obama’s high-stakes gamble on peace deal that eluded predecessors
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Five leading Israeli theatres were facing a mounting political row yesterday after a pledge by 60 of the country’s most prominent actors, writers and directors to boycott the companies’ planned performances in a Jewish West Bank settlement.
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Israeli actors refuse to take the stage in settlement theatre
Fais Ansari has spent a decade living and working in the Middle East, but is now back in England. He admits to having been spoilt, as petrol was so cheap and he could own dream cars such as Porsches and Audi A8s
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Iran said today that it has successfully test-fired a new generation of a short-range surface-to-surface missile. Related Stories At least 13 killed in Iraq attacks
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A string of attacks targeting Iraqi security forces killed 13 people and left scores of others injured today, officials said.
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At least 13 killed in Iraq attacks
Israel is not co-operating with the UN Human Rights Council’s probe of May’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a UN official said today. Related Stories Egyptians prepare for life after Mubarak Rail firm suggests use of ‘kosher’ cars
For Laura Fattal, one of the mothers of the three American hikers held in an Iranian prison without trial for more than a year, the hardest thing is the silence.
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The families waiting for Iran to free their children
iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies. Related Stories Washington to host Middle East peace talks next month Iran begins fueling first nuclear reactor Israel and Palestinians agree to direct peace talks Waiting for Iran to free their children The families waiting for Iran to free their children
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Iran’s ‘Ambassador of death’ unveiled
For Laura Fattal, one of the mothers of the three American hikers held in an Iranian prison without trial for more than a year, the hardest thing is the silence. She writes to him daily, and believes the letters get through.
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Waiting for Iran to free their children
In one respect, at least, the coming round of Middle East peace talks breaks new ground.
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Donald Macintyre: Can talks bring peace at last?
Israel and the Palestinians have accepted an invitation by the United States and other powers to restart direct talks on September 2 in a modest step toward forging a deal within 12 months to create a Palestinian state and peacefully end one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. Related Stories Ahmadinejad hints at Iran nuclear compromise Washington to host Middle East peace talks next month Iran begins fueling first nuclear reactor
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Iranian and Russian engineers have begun loading fuel into Iran’s first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. Related Stories Ahmadinejad hints at Iran nuclear compromise Washington to host Middle East peace talks next month
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The Obama administration yesterday called an Israeli-Palestinian summit in Washington on 2 September to kick-start direct peace negotiations which the international community insisted “can be completed within a year”. Related Stories Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home Israel and Palestinians poised for direct talks Ahmadinejad hints at Iran nuclear compromise
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Iran would stop higher-grade enrichment if it is assured of nuclear fuel supplies for a research reactor, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying in a Japanese newspaper yesterday. Related Stories Goodbye Iraq: Last US combat brigade heads home Israel and Palestinians poised for direct talks Washington to host Middle East peace talks next month
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The first direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for more than 18 months were in prospect last night after successful diplomatic efforts to find a formula designed to allow the talks to start.
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The last American combat brigade left Iraq today.
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Harvard retains the crown as top university for the eighth year in an annual ranking of the world’s universities which is dominated by the United States but shows China’s performance improving.
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A man is holding hostages in the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv after shots were fired outside, Israeli police said today.
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A Palestinian took hostages in the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv today after shots were fired outside in an incident that appeared to have only an indirect link to recent tensions between the two countries. Related Stories At least 51 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing At least 60 killed in Iraq suicide bombing 47 killed in Iraq suicide bombing Shots fired at Turkish embassy in Israel Man takes hostages at embassy in Israel
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At least 47 recruits and soldiers were killed and 77 wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up at an army recruitment centre in Baghdad today, two weeks before the end of the US combat mission in Iraq. Related Stories Tehran decides on nuclear sites At least 41 killed in Baghdad bombing At least 41 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing At least 51 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing At least 60 killed in Iraq suicide bombing
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At least 41 people have been killed and 112 wounded in a suicide bombing strike against Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad today. Related Stories Israeli soldier posts photos of Palestinian prisoner on Facebook Tehran decides on nuclear sites
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At least 41 people have been killed and 112 wounded in a suicide bombing strike against Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad today.
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A suicide bomber blew himself up among dozens of Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad today in a devastating strike that officials said killed 60 people and wounded 119. Related Stories Israeli soldier posts photos of Palestinian prisoner on Facebook Tehran decides on nuclear sites At least 41 killed in Baghdad bombing At least 41 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing At least 51 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing
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LONDON (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, criticized by many Britons for leading the country into the Iraq war, will donate the proceeds from his memoirs to a project to help wounded soldiers, a charity said on Monday.
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Gunmen attacked two police checkpoints in Baghdad today, killing four policemen and burning two bodies in public, an Interior Ministry source said in a reminder of insurgency strength in the Iraqi capital.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday defended as lawful a deadly assault on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla amid concerns that a domestic commission of inquiry will whitewash Israel’s conduct. Related Stories At least 43 dead after Basra blast Whistleblower Vanunu still defiant after yet another jailing
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The Israeli nuclear whistleblower who spent 18 years behind bars was released from jail yesterday after serving an additional three months for violating his release terms. Related Stories Militants caused blast on Japanese tanker, says UAE At least 43 dead after Basra blast
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The death toll from an explosion in Iraq’s second-largest city has risen from 20 to 43, health officials revealed today. Related Stories Militants caused blast on Japanese tanker, says UAE
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The Iraqi government has released from prison a top Saddam Hussein loyalist after he was found innocent of helping the former regime punish opponents by draining the country’s fabled marshlands, a judge said yesterday. Related Stories Assassin targets Iranian leader Iran ‘has new surface-to-air-missiles’ Reports of attack on Iranian President Iranian President unhurt after blast near motorcade Assassination attempt?
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Iraqi judge frees Saddam loyalist
Iran has obtained four S-300 surface-to-air missiles despite Russia’s refusal to deliver them to Tehran under a valid contract, a semi-official Iranian news agency claimed today. Related Stories Four die as Lebanon and Israel clash Reports of attack on Iranian presidential convoy Assassin targets Iranian leader Reports of attack on Iranian President
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A conservative website says a handmade grenade has exploded near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s convoy in western Iran. Related Stories Four die as Lebanon and Israel clash
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A handmade grenade exploded Wednesday near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s convoy in western Iran, but the leader was not harmed, a conservative website reported.
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A handmade grenade exploded today near President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s convoy in western Iran, but the leader was not harmed, a conservative website reported. Related Stories Four die as Lebanon and Israel clash Reports of attack on Iranian presidential convoy Assassin targets Iranian leader Iran ‘has new surface-to-air-missiles’
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Iran is likely to reject Brazil’s offer to give refuge to a woman convicted of adultery and initially sentenced to death by stoning, officials said today. Related Stories Man killed in Jordan as rocket attack strikes resort Ahmadinejad calls for Obama meeting Co-operation on UN flotilla inquiry
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A series of explosions were heard in the southern Israeli city of Eilat. Related Stories Iran rebuffs Obama’s call to free US detainees UAE to block many BlackBerry services in October Peres accuses Britain of anti-Israeli sentiment UAE ’security’ curbs for BlackBerry phones
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Blasts rock Israeli tourist resort of Eilat
A $25m tie-up between Britain and the Middle East is expected to be unveiled today as the oil rich emirate of Abu Dhabi adds international yacht racing to its Formula 1 sports portfolio.
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Abu Dhabi to enter team in Volvo 2011
The United Arab Emirates said today it plans to block some messaging and Web services on BlackBerry smart phones, days after it warned the device could pose a potential threat to national security and social values. Related Stories Blockade helps Hamas recruit, says ambassador Syria and Saudi leaders in mission to avert war Israel kills Hamas rocket maker Israel kills senior Hamas rocket maker Iran rebuffs Obama’s call to free US detainees
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Iran has rejected President Barack Obama’s plea to release three Americans arrested more than a year ago near the Iraq border, the foreign ministry said, insisting that justice would take its course. Related Stories Blockade helps Hamas recruit, says ambassador Syria and Saudi leaders in mission to avert war Israel kills Hamas rocket maker Israel kills senior Hamas rocket maker
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After two promising independent soul-jazz albums, Brooklyn vocalist Jose James goes all Great American Songbook on this major-label debut with Belgian pianist Neve. Related Stories Robert Winston’s Musical Analysis, Radio 4A Quiet Invasion, Radio 4 La forza del destino, Opera Holland Park, LondonFantastic Mr Fox, Opera Holland Park, LondonProms 10 and 14, Royal Albert Hall, London The Finkler Question, By Howard Jacobson Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East, By Bernard Lewis Album: Truth & Salvage Co, Truth & Salvage Co (Megaforce)
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Israeli warplanes fired missiles, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people in five targets hit across Gaza overnight, the group and the military said today. Related Stories Two British women killed in Jordan bus crash Blockade helps Hamas recruit, says ambassador Syria and Saudi leaders in mission to avert war Israel kills Hamas rocket maker
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Two Britons were killed when their bus overturned in Jordan, the Foreign Office confirmed today. Related Stories ‘Ayatollah, leave those kids alone’ – Pink Floyd get an Iranian twist Bomber kills four at Iraqi army base The press baron who’s making news in Israel
A suicide attacker drove a bomb-laden minibus into the entrance of an Iraqi army base near Saddam Hussein’s home town today, setting off an explosion that killed four soldiers and wounded 10 others, police said. Related Stories ‘Ayatollah, leave those kids alone’ – Pink Floyd get an Iranian twist
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A bomb explosion has killed six people including five civilians in a Shiite slum in eastern Baghdad, Iraqi police and health officials said today. Related Stories Lufthansa plane in accident in Saudi Arabia Hans Blix: ‘Iraq weapons inspectors were not given enough time’ UK and US ’should have realised Iraq evidence was suspect’
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Britain and the United States should have realised that their intelligence about Iraq’s supposed weapons of mass destruction was suspect, the former head of the United Nations weapons inspectors said today.
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Lufthansa airlines said one of its cargo planes was involved in an accident today in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh and Saudi witnesses and an airport official said it caught fire and crashed on landing. Related Stories The Wikileaks ’source’: Former army analyst facing 52 years in prison Iran ready for fresh talks on nuclear fuel Israel is impeding Palestinian forces’ training, says US
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Israeli-caused delays to the transfer of weapons, radios, vehicles, helmets and other equipment are hampering American efforts to train Palestinian security forces in the West Bank, according to an official report by Washington’s Government Accountability Office (GAO). Related Stories As the Israeli blockade eases, Gaza goes shopping ‘Lettuce lady’ turns over a new leaf Four killed by bomb at Baghdad TV office The Wikileaks ’source’: Former army analyst facing 52 years in prison Iran ready for fresh talks on nuclear fuel
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Iran said unexpectedly yesterday that it was prepared to return to talks on a nuclear fuel swap, shortly after the European Union agreed tougher sanctions including action to block oil and gas investment.
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Four people were killed today when a car bomb exploded in front of the Baghdad office of Arabic-language satellite TV channel Al-Arabiya, Iraq police said. Related Stories Iraq war: Blair faces another difficulty As the Israeli blockade eases, Gaza goes shopping ‘Lettuce lady’ turns over a new leaf
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Tony Blair will come under greater pressure over his role in the Iraq conflict this week, as one of the men who tried to slow the march to war in 2003 publicly raises questions over his judgement. Related Stories Fair play questioned in game of political football Toxic legacy of US assault on Fallujah ‘worse than Hiroshima’ Iran plans to build nuclear fusion reactor
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Iran said today it planned to build an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, state television reported, at a time when the West is demanding that Tehran suspend sensitive nuclear work.
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Iran plans to build nuclear fusion reactor
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Justice Secretary Jack Straw has been invited to testify next week at a U.S.
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U.S. Senate asks Straw to testify on Lockerbie
LONDON (Reuters) - Jewels bought by King Edward VIII for his American wife Wallis Simpson are expected to fetch up to 3 million pounds ($4.55 million) at auction in November, Sotheby’s said Thursday.
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Syria has banned the face-covering Islamic veil from its universities. The Education Ministry’s move on the niqab affects public and private universities and aims to protect Syria’s secular identity, but does not include the headscarf, which is worn by many Syrian women
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The death toll in the suicide bombing near Baghdad today has risen to 43, officials said. Related Stories The lawyer who hopes Baroness Ashton can free her from Gaza Iraq hotel inferno leaves 28 dead Israel set to force all citizens to swear oath to Jewish state Iranian police arrest 40 after mosque bombings
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Police in Iran have arrested 40 suspects after the devastating twin bombings of a mosque in the south-eastern city of Zahedan, according to an Iranian news agency. Related Stories The lawyer who hopes Baroness Ashton can free her from Gaza Iraq hotel inferno leaves 28 dead Israel set to force all citizens to swear oath to Jewish state
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A fire in a five-storey hotel in northern Iraq has killed 28 people, half of them foreigners. Several victims jumped to their deaths as there were no fire escapes, officials and witnesses said yesterday.
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New Israeli citizens may soon be required to swear an oath of loyalty to a “Jewish and democratic” state, a step that has drawn harsh criticism from human rights groups. Related Stories Who’d be a travel agent in Gaza? The lawyer who hopes Baroness Ashton can free her from Gaza Iraq hotel inferno leaves 28 dead
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A Libyan-chartered ship carrying aid for Palestinians set a new course for Egypt yesterday after Israel’s navy warned it away from the blockaded Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said. Related Stories Death sentence for Israeli spy Threat to peace talks as Israelis demolish home Gaza-bound aid ship on new course to Egypt Margaret Hassan murder accused goes missing Hassan killer goes missing from jail
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Israel turns away Libyan aid ship
The sister of murdered British aid worker Margaret Hassan claimed that the man accused of her murder went missing just before his retrial. Related Stories Death sentence for Israeli spy Threat to peace talks as Israelis demolish home Gaza-bound aid ship on new course to Egypt
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Margaret Hassan murder accused goes missing
A Libyan-chartered ship carrying aid for Palestinians set a new course for the Egyptian port of El Arish today after Israel’s navy warned it away from the blockaded Gaza Strip, an Israeli official said. Related Stories Death sentence for Israeli spy Threat to peace talks as Israelis demolish home
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Gaza-bound aid ship on new course to Egypt
The Middle East ruler who was lobbied by the Prince of Wales to change development plans for the Chelsea barracks site has been invited by the Queen to make a state visit to Britain. Related Stories Young sisters left alone with dead mother for two days Police chief attacks Northern Ireland’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister over riots Baby P doctor faces being struck off 60 miles of canal closed in drought Court condemns Russians’ bitter divorce
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Queen invites barracks row sheikh
Britain’s ambassador to Lebanon has sparked anger in Israel by praising a man regarded by many as the spiritual mentor of Hezbollah, it emerged today.
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Militants struck across Baghdad yesterday, killing 40 people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shia saint.
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Outlook The coalition is not having much luck with those it had hoped would do the heavy lifting work as it battles to cut the deficit.
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David Prosser: Situation vacant: Adviser with large fig leaf to mask Osborne’s spending cuts
Outlook Speaking as a customer, I’m a great fan of the grocery delivery service Ocado. Its vans turn up within minutes of when they’re supposed to and during the winter snow, I was hugely impressed with the efforts of its drivers to deliver my shopping. For these reasons and others, I intend to be a customer for some time to come.
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Outlook At last, some good news on the economy, where all the data of the past few days has been fuelling double dip fears.
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David Prosser: How long can car sales stay in the fast lane?
Jewish settlers, who claim a divine right to the whole of Israel, now control more than 42 per cent of the occupied West Bank, representing a powerful obstacle to the creation of a Palestinian state, a new report has revealed. Related Stories Return to the scene of a lynching Blockade on Gaza eased – but diplomatic fallout from flotilla attack grows
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Exposed: The truth about Israel’s land grab in the West Bank
The loss of Alan Budd from the OBR is a big deal and looks directly related to the stunt they made him do after press leaks about public sector job cuts Related Stories David Prosser: BP should hold its nerve and resist begging for funds from the Middle East
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If it worked for Barclays, then why not for BP? When the bank found itself laid low by the credit crunch and the subsequent regulatory pressure on funding, it turned to the Middle East, rather than the British government, for support, securing injections of capital from Abu Dhabi and Qatar
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David Prosser: BP should hold its nerve and resist begging for funds from the Middle East
Mohammed Oudeh, the key planner of the 1972 Munich Olympics attack that killed 11 Israeli athletes, has died in Damascus.
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A top Hamas leader has warned Israel to expect more Gaza-bound pro-Palestinian flotillas over the next two months, including vessels “from the Gulf”. Mahmoud Zahar, often seen as the dominant figure in Hamas’s political leadership in Gaza, said that he had been informed by “people … from the Gulf states” that “after the Mondial [World Cup] at least eight ships will come from the Gulf”.
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Security forces in Yemen’s port of Aden have arrested 30 people during a two day hunt for suspected al-Qa’ida operatives behind an attack on an intelligence building, a security official and the Defence Ministry said. Related Stories Gaza factories remain paralysed despite Israel pledge to ease blockade Iran says Gaza aid delegation to go on Lebanon ship
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Yemen arrests 30 in al-Qa’ida hunt
Iranian lawmakers protesting at Israel’s blockade of Gaza are planning to travel on an aid ship that is to leave from Lebanon.. Related Stories Gaza factories remain paralysed despite Israel pledge to ease blockade
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A roadside bomb apparently aimed at a senior Transport Ministry official missed its target and killed two bystanders instead, Iraqi officials said today.
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The detritus of occupation comes in all shapes and sizes. In Iraq, it’s M-16 ammunition clips, rifle bipods and body armour at Baghdad’s Haraj market.
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A controversial plan to demolish 22 Palestinian homes for a tourist centre in Jerusalem’s eastern sector was approved by the mayor today.
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Israel was last night forced by concerted international pressure into promising to relax its three-year-old blockade of Gaza by allowing in all goods except those which could be used for military purposes by the Palestinian armed factions. Related Stories Son kills father who translated for US in Iraq For the love of Neda: Iran angered by new film Iran hangs insurgent group leader Nearly 30 dead after suicide bombers attack Baghdad bank Al-Qa’ida boosted by hit on Yemeni secret police
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Iran’s official Irna news agency said the leader of the Iranian Jundallah insurgent group Abdulmalik Rigi was hanged after months of interrogation and a trial. Related Stories In desperate search for recruits, Israeli army targets foreigners Son kills father who translated for US in Iraq For the love of Neda: Iran angered by new film
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Iran hangs insurgent group leader
An al-Qa’ida-linked insurgent shot and killed his own father as he slept in his bed for refusing to quit his job as an Iraqi interpreter for the US military, police said, a rare deadly attack on a close family member over allegations of collaborating with the enemy. Related Stories In desperate search for recruits, Israeli army targets foreigners
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Israel’s security cabinet decided today to ease a Gaza land blockade following an international outcry over a deadly raid on an aid flotilla. Related Stories Soldier may face charges over Gaza killings Britain accused of backing Iranian terror group
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Israel will significantly ease its blockade of the Gaza Strip today, officials said, in an effort to blunt widespread international criticism after a deadly Israeli commando raid on a blockade-busting flotilla.
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Senior officials say top Israeli Cabinet ministers have decided on a plan to ease Israel’s bruising blockade of the Gaza Strip. Related Stories King of Jordan accuses Israel of ‘underhand’ plot to thwart nuclear project
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Israeli ministers to vote on easing Gaza blockade
Iraq’s new parliament convened for just under 20 minutes yesterday in what was little more than a symbolic inaugural session because of unresolved differences over key government positions.
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Tony Blair will join EU foreign ministers today for talks on the prospects of easing the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Related Stories Pressure on Israel to lift Gaza blockade Iraq: the most dangerous place on earth for journalists Israeli arrested over Hamas assassination Bank raid gun battle kills 15 Trimble to observe on Israeli inquiry into flotilla attack
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Lord Trimble, the former leader of the Ulster Unionists, is to be a foreign observer on an official Israeli inquiry into the naval commando raid on a Gaza-bound Palestinian flotilla which cost nine Turkish lives a fortnight ago. Related Stories Iran ‘to unveil nuclear fuel advance’ Pressure on Israel to lift Gaza blockade Iraq: the most dangerous place on earth for journalists Israeli arrested over Hamas assassination Bank raid gun battle kills 15
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The UN Security Council imposed a fourth round of sanctions on a defiant Iran today over a nuclear programme the West suspects is aimed at developing the means to build atom bombs. Related Stories New face of power in the Middle East Israeli request for more arms from US raises fears of regional violence Videos add to mystery of missing Iranian nuclear scientist
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Relations between Iran and the United States were becoming even more tangled last night over the mystery of a missing Iranian nuclear scientist and two conflicting videos, one saying he is being kept in the US against his will and the other suggesting that on the contrary he is happily studying in America. Related Stories Briton convicted in Dubai of murdering ex-girlfriend Iran prepares to confront Israel with aid flotilla New face of power in the Middle East Israeli request for more arms from US raises fears of regional violence
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The iranian red crescent is planning to send humanitarian aid by sea to Gaza in a brazen challenge to Israel’s sea blockade of the coastal enclave. The attempt to confront Israel’s naval defences could escalate tensions between Israel and Iran, its greatest foe, and trigger a rerun of the bungled raid on a Turkish vessel bound for Gaza last week that left nine activists dead.
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A Briton was sentenced to 15 years in jail in Dubai today after being convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend, a British Embassy spokesman said. Related Stories Gaza’s tunnel economy means fortunes built on Creme Eggs US cruise missile parts found in Yemeni village where 52 died Palestinian divers killed by Israeli navy Palestinian divers are killed by Israeli navy Hague presses Israel as activists return home
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Foreign Secretary William Hague called on Israel to agree to a “credible and transparent” investigation into the deadly raid on an aid flotilla as activists whose ship was blocked from delivering relief supplies to Gaza returned home today. Related Stories Queen Rania of Jordan attacks Israel over Gaza Gaza’s tunnel economy means fortunes built on Creme Eggs US cruise missile parts found in Yemeni village where 52 died Palestinian divers killed by Israeli navy Palestinian divers are killed by Israeli navy
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The Israeli navy fired on Palestinian divers off Gaza today, and Palestinian medics said they later retrieved four bodies.
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The Israeli navy fired on Palestinian divers off Gaza today, and Palestinian medics said they later retrieved four bodies. Related Stories Gaza aid workers ‘face deportation’ Netanyahu rejects UN-led inquiry into aid ship shootings Queen Rania of Jordan attacks Israel over Gaza Gaza’s tunnel economy means fortunes built on Creme Eggs US cruise missile parts found in Yemeni village where 52 died
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Palestinian divers killed by Israeli navy
A US cruise missile armed with cluster ammunition was used in an attack in Yemen in December which resulted in the deaths of 52 people, more than half of them women and children, according to a human rights watchdog. Related Stories Israel seizes second aid ship as protests grow Gaza aid workers ‘face deportation’ Netanyahu rejects UN-led inquiry into aid ship shootings Queen Rania of Jordan attacks Israel over Gaza Gaza’s tunnel economy means fortunes built on Creme Eggs
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Aid workers whose ship was blocked from delivering relief supplies to Gaza are facing deportation from Israel. Related Stories Israeli military seize Gaza-bound aid ship Israeli military ‘board Gaza aid ship’ Gaza aid ship escorted to Israeli port by military The hijacking of the truth: Film evidence ‘destroyed’ Israel seizes second aid ship as protests grow
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Gaza aid workers ‘face deportation’
Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel peacefully and without meeting resistance yesterday, just five days after they stormed aboard a Turkish vessel in an assault that left nine dead and six people still missing. Related Stories I killed six of the terror nine, commando tells newspaper Israeli military seize Gaza-bound aid ship Israeli military ‘board Gaza aid ship’ Gaza aid ship escorted to Israeli port by military The hijacking of the truth: Film evidence ‘destroyed’
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Israeli forces seized a Gaza-bound aid vessel, preventing it from breaking a maritime blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory, campaigners said today. Related Stories Israel warns Gaza-bound ‘Rachel Corrie’ to stop The other side of the Gaza blockade I killed six of the terror nine, commando tells newspaper Israeli military ‘board Gaza aid ship’
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A British journalist today told how Israeli commandos had carried out a “brutal” assault on the boat he was on as it attempted to take aid to Gaza.
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