Article archive for category "Middle East"
Monday 30 November 2009
- One Palestinian killed, three wounded in Gaza explosion
- Britain hopes for "swift" end to crisis over yacht crew (Roundup)
- Five Britons captured on yacht by Iran's navy, London says
- Iraqi general assassinated in disputed city of Kirkuk
- Hezbollah chief says US role is diminishing in the region
- Lebanese Shiite cleric lashes out at Swiss minaret ban
- Czech intelligence: Saddam ordered Prague attack
- Germany hands over Maritime Task Force in Lebanon to Italy
- Iran playing dangerous game, Kouchner says
- Iran still open to diplomacy in nuclear dispute, says speaker
- Egypt's Mufti slams Swiss vote on minarets
- Iran wants to build 10 more enrichment sites (3rd Roundup)
Sunday 29 November 2009
- Israel likely to exchange 980 Palestinian prisoners for Shalit
- Iran wants to build ten more enrichment sites (2nd Roundup)
- Barak calls for inspectors to police settlements freeze (Roundup)
- Israeli ministers from Netanyahu's party slam settlement freeze
- Three family members killed in Egypt holiday crash
- Iran repeats threat to limit cooperation with IAEA (Roundup)
- Iran angered by world powers in nuclear dispute
Saturday 28 November 2009
- Egyptians protest in Saudi Arabia over hajj management
- Israel will develop West Bank touristic places despite freeze
- Coach says government should resolve Iraq football crisis
- Saudi Arabia raises death toll from flooding to 106
- Iran vows to obey non-proliferation treaty despite IAEA resolution
- Iraqi imams warn of foreign interference in January election
Friday 27 November 2009
- Norway: Iran has Nobel laureate's deposit box with medal (3rd Roundup)
- US: Iran will face "consequences" on nuclear activity (Roundup)
- US: Iran will face "package of consequences" on nuclear activity
- Norway: Iran has Nobel laureate's deposit box with medal (2nd Roundup)
- Norway: Iran has Nobel laureate's deposit box with medal (Roundup)
- Israel strikes at Gaza rocket launching squad (Roundup)
- Iraq war based on "questionable legitimacy," says former UN envoy
- Israel welcomes IAEA Iran decision
- Israel okays 28 public buildings in West Bank settlements (Roundup)
- Iran issues threats after IAEA resolution (Roundup)
- Iran will reduce its cooperation with IAEA (Extra)
- Resolution against Iran adopted at IAEA (1st Lead)
- Iran denies confiscating Nobel laureate's medal
- Israeli strike at Gaza militant squad kills one: army (1st Lead)
- Iran warns IAEA not to use "language of force"
- Four injured in Israeli shelling in northern Gaza: Hamas
- Israel okays construction of 28 public buildings in settlements
Thursday 26 November 2009
- Jordan rejects Israeli offer of partial settlement freeze
- Israel says it foiled major attack after infiltrator chased off
- Abbas says Netanyahu chose "settlement, not peace"
- Lebanon's new government agrees to let Hezbollah keep arms
- Pressure mounts on Iran at ElBaradei's final IAEA board (Roundup)
- Pressure mounts on Iran at nuclear watchdog meeting 5,6 (2nd Lead)
- ANALYSIS: Israeli moratorium, a PR stunt or enough to revive talks?
- Norway protests confiscation of Iranian Nobel laureate's medal
- Palestinians reject Israeli settlement move (Roundup)
- Early military decisions dictated rush into Iraq war, diplomat says
- Iranians secular dissident sentenced to six-year jail term
- Floods kill 77 as hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia (2nd Roundup)
- Pressure mounts on Iran at ElBaradei's final IAEA board (1st Lead)
- Turkish president to visit Jordan on Tuesday
- At least four killed, 36 injured in fresh Iraq violence
- Floods kill 48 as hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia (Roundup)
- Floods kill 48 as hajj pilgrimage begins in Saudi Arabia
- ElBaradei "disappointed" about Iran over fuel deal (Extra)
- Report: Iraq to sign EU partnership agreement next month
- No prisoners swap deal before Muslim holiday: Hamas
- Iran issue still unsolved at ElBaradei's final IAEA board
- Israeli settlement suspension "propaganda", say Palestinians
- Chavez calls Ahmadinejad "gladiator" against imperialism
Wednesday 25 November 2009
- Israel offers settlement suspension, Palestinians reject (2nd Roundup)
- Netanyahu: Israel to implement 10-month settlement suspension (Extra)
- US welcomes Netanyahu freeze on West Bank settlements
- Palestinians reject Netanyahu's settlement freeze offer (Extra)
- ElBaradei sceptical about Iran's nuclear counterproposals
- Israeli cabinet approves 10-month settlement moratorium (Extra)
- British officials reject Iraq link with terrorism, weapons (Roundup)
- ElBaradei sceptical about Iranian nuclear deal ideas (Extra)
- 1ST Netanyahu asks cabinet to okay settlement building halt (Roundup)
- Iraq not "top of the list" of concerns over weapons, inquiry told
- Netanyahu asks cabinet to okay settlement building freeze (1st Lead)
- Family of six among 11 killed in fresh Iraq violence (2nd Roundup)
- Hamas split over agreeing to prisoner swap with Israel (Roundup)
- Netanyahu asks cabinet to approve settlement building freeze (Extra)
- Excluding East Jerusalem from settlement halt "major issue": Fayyad
- At least five dead, 41 injured, in twin Iraq bombings (Roundup)
- Iran's defence minister predict more wars in region
- Iran's supreme leader says efforts by opposition futile (Roundup)
- Rights group: Settlers who harm Palestinian olive crops unpunished
- Facebook "farewell" post sparks massive manhunt in Israel
- US tricking Tehran with nuclear deal, parliament chief says
- Report: Obama's Muslim grandmother among Mecca pilgrims
- Convicted rapist hanged in Iran
- Iran's supreme leader says efforts by opposition futile
- At least one dead, 46 injured, in twin Iraq bombings (1st Lead)
- Israel-Hamas prisoner swap talks enter critical stage
- "Dozens" of casualties in twin Iraq bombings
Tuesday 24 November 2009
- Expanded settlement at Gilo threatens Middle East peace process
- World powers seek IAEA resolution on Iranian nuclear site (Roundup)
- Kirkuk Arabs threaten to boycott Iraqi elections
- Britain launches hearings to find "truth" about Iraq war (Roundup)
- World powers seek IAEA resolution voicing "serious concern" Iran
- Jordan's king calls for fair polls, amended election law (Roundup)
- Ban on Tehran daily over Baha'i temple picture lifted
- Peace talks "as soon as possible" Westerwelle urges (Roundup)
- Four die as Israeli civilian helicopter plunges into sea
- Preacher among at least six killed in fresh Iraq violence
- Iraq's January election could be delayed, warns official (Roundup)
- Palestinians: Shalit negotiations hang on exile for Barghouti
- Whitewash or catharsis? Britain launches Iraq war probe (News Feature)
- Car thieves in Lebanon using women as bait
- ANALYSIS: Effects of probable Israeli-Palestinian swap already clear
- No deal with Hamas yet, Israel's Netanyahu says (Roundup)
- Iraq's January election could be delayed, warns official
- Jordan opposition welcomes dissolution of lower house
- Britain launches hearings to find "truth" about Iraq war
- German foreign minister: nuclear Iran unacceptable
- No deal on prisoners exchange yet, says Netanyahu (Extra)
- Iraqi MP threatens to cut trade with Syria over Baghdad attacks
- Israeli planes strike again in Gaza, three wounded (1st Lead)
- Iran backpedals on nuclear deal rejection
- German foreign minister: Mideast peace talks "as soon as possible"
- German mediator to meet Hamas leader in Cairo over prisoner swap
- Israeli planes strike again in Gaza, three wounded
Monday 23 November 2009
- German foreign envoy: "Special responsibility" to Israel (Roundup)
- Germans have "special responsibility to Israel: Westerwelle (1st Lead)
- Jordan's king dissolves lower house, orders early elections
- Iraqi parliament sends elections law back to presidency (Roundup)
- DNA proves remains found in Lebanon are of British journalist
- US acknowledges possible delay in Iraqi elections
- Tehran threatens to enrich uranium locally if IAEA deal fails
- Tehran daily banned for printing Baha'i temple picture
- Iraqi parliament sends elections law back to presidency (2nd Lead)
- Lebanese justice minister dismisses judge over corruption
- German Foreign Minister arrives in Israel for talks
- Iraqi parliament sends elections law back to presidency (1st Lead)
- Iraqi parliament will not override veto of elections law
- US-British alliance in Iraq marked by tension, says report
- Minorities in northern Iraq targeted in assassinations, abductions
- Iranian couples arrested for starting swinger website
- Iran ex-president calls for more tolerance of critics
- Hamas leaders in Cairo for talks on prisoner swap deal
Sunday 22 November 2009
- Arab media: Deal for release of Gilad Shalit to be signed on Friday
- Leaked documents reveal shortcomings of British role in Iraq war
- Iran's controversial former interior minister dies
- Mubarak to Peres: Israel must stop building settlements (2nd Roundup)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres (Roundup)
- Ten wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza (Roundup)
- Egyptian court orders release of Muslim Brotherhood figures
- Mubarak to Peres: Israel must stop building settlements (Roundup)
- Lebanon celebrates 66th Independence Day
- Former Iran vice-president sentenced to prison for protests (Roundup)
- Peres arrives in Cairo ahead of meeting with Mubarak
- Suicide bomber kills Iraqi policeman, injures at least eight
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres (2nd Lead)
- Ten wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza (1st Lead)
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards to hold military manoeuvres Adds warning against Israel by Guards' official in final grafs (1st Lead)
- Opposition leader vows to continue despite pressure
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards to hold military manoeuvres
- Former Iran vice-president sentenced to prison for protests
- Israeli jets attack Gaza Strip targets
Saturday 21 November 2009
- Iraq parliament postpones vote on election law veto
- Lebanese mother confesses to wiping out family
- UAE police give haircuts to 'indecent' youths
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards to hold military manoeuvres
Friday 20 November 2009
- UN panel condemns Iran's crackdown on protesters
- World powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal (2nd Roundup)
- Jordanians demonstrate against Israeli measures in Jerusalem
- World powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal (Roundup)
- Lebanon hands over six alleged terrorists to Saudi Arabia
- Thirty five injured as football fans riot in Cairo (2nd Roundup)
- Bedouins protest in Sinai, alleging police killed man
- ElBaradei: Iran has not totally rejected nuclear fuel plan
- Defense Secretary Gates: US withdrawal still on schedule
- Angry football fans riot in Cairo (Roundup)
- Angry football fans riot in Cairo (Roundup)
- Discreetly, Saudis speculate about the throne succession (Feature)
- Angry football fans clash with police in Cairo (2nd Lead)
Thursday 19 November 2009
- "Thousands" besiege Algerian embassy in Cairo (1st Lead)
- "Thousands" besiege Algerian Embassy in Cairo
- Israeli High Court rules that private prisons harm inmates' rights
- World powers to discuss Iran action in Brussels (Roundup)
- Football match strains Algerian-Egyptian relations
- Israel bombs "weapons factory" and two tunnels in Gaza (Roundup)
- Iraqi parliament to vote on vice-presidential veto of election law
- World powers to discuss Iran action in Brussels
- At least four killed in Mosul attacks
- Ahmadinejad: Iran to go its way despite Western warnings
- Israel bombs "weapons factory" and two tunnels in Gaza (1st Lead)
- Iran not worried about sanctions after rejecting nuclear deal
- Israel bombs "weapons factory," two smuggling tunnels in Gaza
- Obama: International community discussing new Iran sanctions (Extra)
- Palin: Jewish settlements should expand
Wednesday 18 November 2009
- Iran threatens IAEA ahead of inspection of new site
- Body found in search for murdered 1980s British hostage in Lebanon
- Jordan "concerned" on UN budget shortfall for Palestinian refugees
- Iran rejects compromise deal to ship uranium abroad (2nd Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: East Jerusalem again at heart of Israeli-Palestinian row
- Iraqi lawmakers fear elections may be postponed (Roundup)
- Israel faces worldwide anger over settlement building plans (Roundup)
- Gulf countries condemn Israel's settlement expansion plan
- Iran rejects compromise deal, will not send uranium abroad (Roundup)
- EU critical of Israel's decision to expand Gilo settlement
- Iraq to launch landmine-clearing campaign
- Iran will not send enriched uranium abroad
- Iraqi vice president returns elections law to parliament
- France's Kouchner urges Israel to advance peace process (1st Lead)
- PA condemns Israel's decision to build 900 housing units in Gilo
- France's Kouchner calls on Israel to advance peace process
- Three convicted drug traffickers hanged in central Iran
- UN chief Ban: Israel's new settlements "illegal"
- Young Saudi women in uphill battle to engage in sports (Feature)
Tuesday 17 November 2009
- Iranian judiciary sentences more dissidents to death
- Jordan blasts Israeli plan to build 900 new settlement units
- France's Kouchner urges Abbas to stay in office
- US 'dismayed' by Israeli building plans in Jerusalem (Roundup)
- Watchdog inspects Syrian reactor for second time
- Syria denies contact with Israeli media in Paris
- Kurdish, Sunni threats put Iraqi elections in peril
- Proposed Israeli building project raises US concerns anew
- Clash erupts in eastern Lebanon over a parking space
- ANALYSIS: Palestinians turn to UN in bid to pressurise Israel
- Abbas: no peace talks unless Israel halts settlements (Roundup)
- Mubarak: Egypt "fully supports" Palestinian president Abbas
- Iranian courts asked to revise death verdict against Kurdish rebels
- Bomb kills three in northern Iraq (1st Lead)
- FIFA threatens Iraq with suspension over federation ruling
- "Situation escalating" after Egyptian factory in Algeria burned
- Iran: IAEA nuclear reports "tiring game"
- Hamas says Palestinian parliament to remain until new elections
- Bomb kills three in northern Iraq
- Too early to back an independent Palestine, EU says
- California Governor Schwarzenegger visits US troops in Iraq
- Malaysian police nab Iranian duo in drug bust
Monday 16 November 2009
- Amnesty: Egypt's housing plans failing Cairo's poor
- Iraqi president meets with Sarkozy to start four-day visit (Roundup)
- Independent Palestine calls intensify despite doubts (3rd Roundup)
- Independent Palestine calls intensify despite doubts (2nd Roundup)
- UN Security Council supports Iraq's parliamentary elections
- Syrian explanation about uranium does not square with IAEA tests
- Iran-backed Iraqi Shiite chieftain meets Jordanian leaders
- IAEA: New Iran plant raises question about other sites Bushehr power plant (Roundup)
- Ex-soldier: Abuse by British army in Iraq was widespread (Roundup)
- Jordan's king urges US Jewish leaders to back two-state solution
- IAEA: New Iran plant raises question about other sites (1st Lead)
- Israel warns Palestine against unilateral independence (Roundup)
- At least 26 dead in fresh Iraq violence (Roundup)
- France urges caution on Palestinian statehood declaration
- IAEA: New Iran site raises question about other secret locations
- At least 13 dead in attack west of Baghdad (2nd Lead)
- Iraqi president to meet with Sarkozy in four-day visit (1st Lead)
- Ex-soldier says abuse by British army in Iraq was widespread
- At least 13 dead in attack west of Baghdad (1st Lead)
- Iraqi president to meet with Sarkozy at start of four-day visit
- PREVIEW: Play it again, Saadane and Shehata
- Saudi Arabia to try Yemeni rebels over border attack
- 13 dead after machine-gun attack west of Baghdad
- Ahmadinejad positive on Turkey as partner in Iran nuclear deal
- Hamas criticizes PA attempt to seek UN recognition of statehood
- Egypt launches first Arabic Internet domain
- Convicted rapist hanged publicly in northern Iran
- Iraqi lawmaker accuses Gulf states of financing Baathists
Sunday 15 November 2009
- Netanyahu: If Palestinians take "unilateral steps", so will Israel
- Report: Trial of French lecturer in Iran to resume Tuesday
- Netanyahu: "Israel is ready to hold negotiations" with Syria
- Palestinians may ask UN to support declaration of independence (Roundup)
- Palestinians may ask UN to support declaration of independence
- Bill Clinton: Mideast peace possible without Rabin's murder
- Iranian parliament approves three new ministers
- Iran opposition condemns police violence against protestors
- Iraq's President Talabani to meet Sarkozy in France
- Two convicted rapists hanged in western Iran
Saturday 14 November 2009
- In tense game, Egypt beat Algeria forcing playoff (Roundup)
- Egypt and Algeria kick off "football war" match
- IAEA discussing Turkey as potential partner in Iran nuclear deal
- Saudi army strikes deeper into rebel-controlled areas in Yemen
- Hamas accuses Israel of fabricating pretext for new war in Gaza
- Iran invites Egyptian foreign minister to Tehran for talks
- Saudi tests spotlight risks of intermarriage by cousins (Feature)
Friday 13 November 2009
- Assad urges Netanyahu to resume Turkish-mediated talks (Roundup)
- UN: Saudi villages evacuated over Yemen fighting
- EU, Iraq finalize far-reaching cooperation deal (Roundup)
- EU, Iraq finalize far-reaching cooperation deal
- Voters fear blood-stained election campaign in Mosul (News Feature)
- Violence in Cairo, Algeria in runup to World Cup tie (2nd Roundup)
- Violence in Cairo, Algeria mar runup to key World Cup match (Roundup)
- Baghdad voters see hope, risks in January elections (Feature)
- Tensions heightened after Cairo "attack" on Algerian footballers
- Syrian president demands action from Obama on Mideast peace process
- Egypt denies fans attack on Algerian team in Cairo (Roundup)
Thursday 12 November 2009
- US moves to seize building tied to Iranian bank
- Algerian football players slightly injured in Cairo attack
- Lebanese, Syrian leaders agree to continue bilateral ties (Roundup)
- Dutch will not talk to Hamas, foreign minister reaffirms
- It's good to talk - unless the bill renders you speechless
- ANALYSIS: Abbas threat to quit stirs still waters of peace process
- Palestinian commission says it can't hold voting on time (Roundup)
- Israel indicts militant settler for series of attacks (Roundup)
- Palestinian Central Election Committee says no election in January
- Iraq warns of rise in attacks ahead of elections
- Israel indicts militant settler behind series of killings
- Lebanese president heads to Damascus for talks
Wednesday 11 November 2009
- Netanyahu, Sarkozy meet in Paris amidst peace stalemate (Roundup)
- Nasrallah says Lebanese will defend their land if Israel attacks
- Netanyahu in Paris for talks with Sarkozy
- Iran calls on France to stop political pressure over lecturer
- 15 Egyptian police injured in clashes with Bedouin near Gaza
- Thousands mark Arafat death, show support for Abbas (Roundup)
- Report: Iranian protestor sentenced to jail term, lashes
- Tens of thousands mark five years since Arafat death (2nd Lead)
- Tens of thousands mark five years since Arafat death (1st Lead)
- Tens of thousands in Ramallah mark five years since Arafat death
- Hamas to sign reconciliation pact by end November, official says
- Danish student journalist detained in Iran returns to Denmark
- Iraq requests international probe into Baghdad bombings
- Israel's Lieberman in Netherlands amid call to talk with Hamas
- Hebrew-to-Arabic translation still controversial among Arabs (Feature)
Tuesday 10 November 2009
- Peres calls for direct, unconditional talks with Syria
- UN: Ceasefire in southern Lebanon holding well despite violations
- Five Jordan policemen to face trial over death of civilian
- New preservation project for King Tut tomb in Egypt
- Netanyahu calls reports of tensions with US "nonsense"
- UN warns against backwards slide in Middle East peace process
- Iran releases detained Danish student journalist
- Al-Maliki says ex-Baathists cleared to run in elections
- Rights group: US pullout could worsen tensions in north Iraq
- Sarkozy urges Abbas to remain in his post
- Lebanon's new cabinet holds its first meeting
- Jordan uncovers network for forging residence permits for Iraqis
- Obama, Netanyahu meet as Mideast peace talks flounder (Roundup)
- Five years on, Palestinians still mourning Arafat (News Feature)
Monday 09 November 2009
- UN chief welcomes Lebanon's newly formed government
- PROFILE: Lebanon's national unity cabinet
- Netanyahu wants peace with Palestinians "soon"
- Palestinians dent Israeli barrier on day of Berlin Wall anniversary
- Lebanese president announces national unity cabinet (Roundup)
- Lebanese president announces national unity cabinet
- Iraqi elections to be delayed for a week
- Minister: Jordan close to European Energy Charter full membership
- US to give Iran "space" to mull nuclear fuel deal (Roundup)
- Iran charges US hikers with espionage
- Israel quarantine case proves a man is a dog's best friend
- US ready to give Iran "space" to mull nuclear fuel deal
- Nuclear deal delay has economic reasons, says Tehran
- Report: Iranian police ready again for hand amputation for thieves
- Two US pilots killed in helicopter crash in Iraq
- Netanyahu, Obama to meet Monday
- Shiite politician gunned down outside northern Iraqi home
Sunday 08 November 2009
- Obama welcomes approval of Iraq election law as "milestone" (Extra)
- Iraq parliament approves long delayed elections law
- Netanyahu heads to US; Obama parley unconfirmed (Roundup)
- Israeli opposition lawmaker calls for temporary Palestinian state
- Jordan's king departs on working visit to Britain
- Saudi Arabia says regained mountains from Yemeni rebels (Roundup)
- Israeli Premier Netanyahu leaves for US; unclear if will meet Obama
- Yemeni fighter jet crashes during raid on rebel strongholds
Saturday 07 November 2009
- Peres: "Peace process is not a lost case"
- Iran's judiciary releases detained AFP reporter (Roundup)
- Iran is still studying UN nuclear fuel deal, says lawmaker
- Lebanon expected to announce unity cabinet in 48 hours (Roundup)
- Tehran police: More than 100 arrested at opposition rally
- Lebanon's rival factions agree on national unity cabinet - sources
- An Egyptian film festival, without Egyptian films (Feature)
Friday 06 November 2009
- Iran frees Canadian, Germans detained during protests
- Saudi fighter jets resume pounding Yemen rebels (2nd Roundup)
- Calls for Abbas to drop plans not to seek re-election (Roundup)
- Israel rejects UN resolution on Goldstone report (Roundup)
- Hundreds march in Fatah demonstrations urging Abbas to run again
- Danish student reported arrested during protests in Iran
- Report: Iran police arrest four journalists at protests
- Saudi fighter jets resume pounding Yemen rebels on borders (Roundup)
- Saudi fighter jets resume pounding Yemen rebels on borders
- Israel rejects General Assembly resolution on Goldstone report
Thursday 05 November 2009
- UN-adopted Goldstone report goes to Security Council (Roundup)
- UN General Assembly adopts Goldstone report (1st Lead)
- UN General Assembly adopts Goldstone report (Urgent)
- Israel protests arms cargo ship intended for Syria
- Abbas won't seek re-election (2nd Roundup)
- Abbas not to seek re-election (Roundup)
- Abbas not to seek re-election in January (1st Lead)
- ROUNDUP Israel releases ship carrying Iranian weapons
- Yemen rebels say civilians killed in Saudi airstrikes (Roundup)
- Lawmaker: Iraqi elections will likely be delayed
- Palestinian official: Abbas does not want to seek re-election
- Shiite rebels say Yemeni civilians killed in Saudi air strikes
- Hezbollah denies links with arms ship
- Jordan Islamists urge Arab world to drop hopes about Obama
- Reconstructed hymens are forbidden, Saudi religious scholars say
- Around 5,480 people convert to Islam through mobile hotline
- Israel releases ship carrying Iranian weapons (1st Lead)
- AFP reporter in Iran arrested during protests
- Iran will seek new ways to arm Hezbollah, Israeli officials say
Wednesday 04 November 2009
- Gaza report debate aims for UN Security Council action (Roundup)
- In Pictures: 'Iran Opposition Take to the Streets'
- In Pictures: 'Israel Seizes Arms Ship'
- Israel seizes weapons-smuggling ship off coast (3rd Roundup)
- Arabs, Israelis clash on Goldstone report in UN debate (1st Lead)
- Syrian foreign minister in Tehran for bilateral, regional talks
- Iraqi election law again falters on Kirkuk dispute (Roundup)
- European Union reaffirms support for two-state solution (Extra)
- Obama wants US, Iran to move beyond troubled past
- Iran denies link to arms shipment intercepted by Israel
- US soldiers kill Iraqi man in raid near Syrian border
- Israel seizes weapons-smuggling ship off coast (2nd Roundup)
- UN General Assembly begins debate on Goldstone report
- France condemns Iranian government's violence against demonstrators
- Brains on trains: Israeli scholars deliver moving lectures (Feature)
- Israel seizes weapons-smuggling ship off coast (Roundup)
- Egyptian opposition politician barred from traveling to US
- Clinton: No change in US policy on West Bank settlements (2nd Roundup)
- Abbas will not seek re-election without peace talks, official warns
- Report: Iraqi election law again falters on Kirkuk dispute (1st Lead)
- Saudi soldier killed, 11 injured in clashes with gunmen (Roundup)
- Denmark repatriates 12 Iraqi asylum seekers
- Clinton: No change in US policy on West Bank settlements (Roundup)
- Hamas denies owning long-range rockets
- Ahead of UN debate, Israeli rights group urges probe into Gaza war
- Iraqi lawmakers report progress on debate over Kirkuk vote
- Quake shakes southern Iranian port; scores injured (2nd Roundup)
- Anti-government protestors, police clash in Tehran police firing, arrests in grafs 8-11 (2nd Lead)
- Clinton in Egypt amid West Bank settlement row
- Quake shakes southern Iranian port, 700 injured (Roundup)
- Saudi soldier killed, 11 injured in clashes with gunmen near border
- Israel Navy intercepts weapons-laden cargo ship off Israeli coast
- Anti-government protestors, police clash in Tehran (1st Lead)
- Quake shakes southern Iranian port, 270 injured
- Anti-government protestors, police clash in Tehran
Tuesday 03 November 2009
- PREVIEW: UN General Assembly to discuss Goldstone report on Gaza
- Miliband calls Israeli settlements "illegal" (Roundup)
- Leaders of Jordan, Kazakhstan discuss Mideast peace, bilateral ties
- Clinton arrives in Cairo, caught in settlement row (2nd Roundup)
- At least one Iraqi killed, six injured, in Mosul
- Report: Iran hangs convicted Sunni rebel
- Jordan's king meets Miliband, urges EU pressure on Israel
- Iraqi Christians demand inquiry into killings, intimidation
- Eight killed in eastern Yemen ambush
- Clinton expected in Cairo, caught in settlement row (Roundup)
- Tel Aviv in range of Hamas missiles, Israeli general says (Roundup)
- Iran's supreme leader raises red flag about talks with US
- Italian president vows to preserve peace and fight terrorism
- Defence minister: Renewal of negotiations is vital Israeli interest
- Clinton expected in Cairo in latest stop in Middle East tour
- Hamas has missiles which can strike Tel Aviv, Israeli general says
- Syrian foreign minister expected in Iran
Monday 02 November 2009
- Abbas meets US envoy, insists on settlement freeze
- Iran says foiled assassination plots against top official
- Iran wants to purchase nuclear fuel, seeks more talks (2nd Roundup)
- Iraqi election law stalled as Kurds hold firm on Kirkuk (Roundup)
- Iraqi election law stalled as Kurds vow "no concessions" on Kirkuk vice president's remarks
- Jordan's king meets Mitchell, stresses US "leading role" in Mideast
- US used "false pretext" to invade Iraq in 2003, ElBaradei says
- Clinton stresses US opposition to Israeli settlements
- Iran bans critical business daily
- IAEA's ElBaradei urges Iran to clarify future nuclear intention
- Iran favours purchase of nuclear fuel, envoy says (Roundup)
- US envoy leaves Israel with no peace talks announcement (Roundup)
- Yemen rebels say army launched attacks from Saudi territory
- Iran wants to buy uranium for Tehran reactor (1st Lead)
- British foreign secretary to visit Jordan Tuesday
- Iran wants to purchase uranium for Tehran reactor, envoy says
- Israeli police nab suspect in "worst murder in country's history"
- Iraqi Kurds vow "no concessions" on Kirkuk as parliament meets
- Iran's Guards warn opposition against illegal rallies
- Netanyahu meets US envoy in bid to end settlement dispute
- UN envoy to probe Baghdad security following deadly bombings
- Iran to review UN nuclear deal for enrichment in Russia, France
Sunday 01 November 2009
- Jewish settler arrested for murder of two Palestinians
- Leaders of Jordan, Egypt blast Israel for "derailing" peace efforts
- Israel welcomes, Palestinians reject, US settlement remarks (Roundup)
- 10 dead, 50 injured in attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
- Yemeni policeman killed in clashes with militants
- One killed, 10 injured in an attack in southern Iraq (2nd Lead)
- Five killed, 35 injured in bombing at market in Iraq (1st Lead)
- Mortar attack targets US base in Ramadi - no casualties
- Israel welcomes Clinton's settlement freeze remarks
- Trial of eight accused of supporting rebels gets underway in Yemen
Saturday 31 October 2009
- Clinton: Israel settlement offer "unprecedented" (Roundup)
- Hillary Clinton arrives in Israel to meet Prime Minister Netanyahu
- Ehud Barack: "death of negotiations only benefits Hamas" (Roundup)
- Unofficial talks over Nabucco pipeline, says Tehran gas chief
- Egypt to open Gaza border for three days
- Abbas told Clinton: No peace talks before Israeli settlement freeze
- Yemeni court jails and censors journalists for defaming president
- Fresh succession debate as Egypt's ruling party opens annual meeting
- Lawmaker says Tehran reactor to be shut down
- Yemen court sentences eight more Shiite rebels to death
Friday 30 October 2009
- One Israeli tourist killed, 34 hurt in road accident in Jordan
- US calls on Iran to release American hikers
- Netanyahu: Four-country draft deal with Iran "positive" (Roundup)
- US, France want Iran to clarify stance on uranium deal (Roundup)
- Report: Iran has not yet replied to nuclear watchdog on fuel deal
- Thousands demonstrate against naturalization law in Bahrain
- ANALYSIS: Experts gloomy about Iranian uranium deal
- France wants "official" response from Iran on nuclear proposal
- Mitchell preparing Clinton Mideast talks (Roundup)
- Clinton to meet Palestinian president in Abu Dhabi (Roundup)
- Clinton to meet Palestinian president in Abu Dhabi
- Netanyahu: Israel sees four-country proposal to Iran as "positive"
- Mitchell to Netanyahu: regional peace "common objective" (Extra)
- Famous Iranian reformist journalist released on bail
- Obama envoy meeting Netanyahu in bid to revive Mideast peace talks
- EU expresses "grave concern" over Iran's nuclear programme
Thursday 29 October 2009
- Israel to Turkey: "We must make an effort to repair friendship"
- Al-Qaeda group claims rocket fire on Israel from Lebanon
- Iran seeks changes to international uranium deal (3rd Roundup)
- UN General Assembly to debate Gaza report next week
- Iraqi parliament delays vote on election law again (Roundup)
- EU criticizes jail term for British embassy employee in Iran
- Clinton to meet with Israelis, Palestinians (Roundup)
- Iran seeks changes to international uranium deal (2nd Roundup)
- BACKGROUND: A Q&A on Iran's planned nuclear fuel deal
- IAEA: Iran gave initial response, more nuclear talks needed (Extra)
- Obama envoy starts new round of talks with Israelis, Palestinians
- 3ND LEAD: Iraqi parliament delays vote on election law again
- Al-Quds Committee describes Jerusalem as key to Mideast conflict
- Britain demands Iran overturn prison sentence on embassy employee
- Israeli minister welcomes Syrian call for resuming peace talks
- Bomb shakes Kirkuk as Iraqi parliament argues election law (2nd Lead)
- Bomb shakes Kirkuk as Iraqi parliament debates elections law (1st Lead)
- Iran wants amendments in uranium exchange deal (Extra)
- 60 Iraqi security officials arrested after Baghdad blasts
- Israel: Iran's uranium deal insufficient
- Ahmadinejad: Iran would welcome uranium exchange deal (Roundup)
- Bomb blast in Kirkuk as Iraqi parliament debates elections law
- Iran's president calls on US to drop support for Israel
- Ahmadinejad: Iran would welcome uranium exchange deal
- IAEA experts end Iran inspection, arrive in Vienna
Wednesday 28 October 2009
- Saudi man dies in New Zealand car crash
- IAEA inspectors set to return after probing Iran nuclear site
- Debate on Kirkuk again delays vote on Iraqi election law (Roundup)
- Iraqi militia leader survives assassination attempt
- Kurdish parliament ratifies new, slimmed-down, cabinet
- Lebanese army defuses four rockets in southern Lebanon (Roundup)
- Debate on Kirkuk again delays vote on Iraqi election law
- Hamas vows to prevent holding elections in Gaza
- Lebanese army defuses four rockets in southern Lebanon
- Trial of suspected Hezbollah cell resumes in Egypt
- Report: Clinton to visit Israel and West Bank
Tuesday 27 October 2009
- SIDEBAR: Boy, 11, killed in Iraqi car bombing
- Katyusha rocket fired at Israel from Lebanon (Roundup)
- Rocket fired from south Lebanon into northern Israel
- Sixty children "missing" after Baghdad bombing (2nd Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: Turkish-Iranian relations grow, but so do question marks
- Iran talks delayed as EU's Solana awaits Iran response (Roundup)
- Sixty children "missing" after Baghdad bombing (Roundup)
- Report: Syria questions EU commitment to human rights
- Amnesty: Israel denies Palestinians access to water (Roundup)
- Egypt's transport minister resigns over train crash (Roundup)
- Solana awaiting Iran response to UN plan (1st Lead)
- Solana awaiting Iran response to UN plan
- Egypt's transport minister resigns over train crash
- Ahmadinejad hails Turkish premier for supporting nuclear programme
- Four more Shiite rebels sentenced to death in Yemen
- UN launches mobile phone food aid programme for Iraqis in Syria
- Amnesty: Israel denies Palestinians access to water (1st Lead)
- Al-Qaeda-linked group claim Baghdad deadly blasts
- Amnesty: Israel denies Palestinians access to water resources
Monday 26 October 2009
- Iranian cleric says country is neither Islamic, nor republic
- Turkish Premier Erdogan starts three-day Tehran visit
- At least four killed in Iraq car bombing (Roundup)
- IAEA inspections going on as scheduled, says Iran in grafs 4-6 (Roundup)
- Jordan opposition parties, trade unions want peace pact cancelled
- Yemen begins trial of Shiite rebel leader's fugitive brother
- At least 139 dead in Baghdad's twin blasts, higher toll feared
- Israel sets up team to collate findings from Gaza fighting probes
- IAEA inspections going on as scheduled, says Iran
- Jordanian police investigating attack on opposition leader
Sunday 25 October 2009
- Israeli police clash with rioters at Jerusalem holy site (2nd Roundup)
- Twin blasts in Baghdad leave at least 130 dead (2nd Roundup)
- In Pictures: 'Baghdad Bomb Attack'
- Saudi woman sentenced to 60 lashes over sexually themed TV show
- Jordan warns Israel against provocation in Jerusalem
- Twin blasts in Baghdad leave at least 130 dead (Roundup)
- Israeli police clash with rioters at Jerusalem holy site (Roundup)
- IAEA inspectors set to inspect Iran's new nuclear site (1st Lead)
- Government spokesman: Baathist party behind blasts (3rd Lead)
- Iraq calls three-day national mourning for Baghdad blasts (Extra)
- Israel Railways plans to turn carriages into mobile lecture halls
- Twin bombs in Baghdad kill at least 50: health minister (2nd Lead)
- IAEA inspectors set to inspect Iran's new nuclear site
- Twin bombs in Baghdad kill at least 65 (1st Lead)
- BACKGROUND: Iraq's worst terror attacks in 2009
- Twin bombs in Baghdad kill at least 35
- Egyptian train crash death toll rises to at least 20 - report
- Israeli police clash with rioters at Jerusalem holy site (1st Lead)
- Israeli police clash with rioters in flashpoint Jerusalem holy site
Saturday 24 October 2009
- IAEA inspectors in Iran for new nuclear inspection (Roundup)
- IAEA inspectors in Tehran to visit new nuclear site (Extra)
- At least 15 killed, 24 injured in Egypt train crash
- Kirkuk Arabs call for postponing elections (Roundup)
- Eight injured in sectarian clashes in Egypt
- In Pictures: 'Egypt El Alamein Battle Commemoration'
- Kirkuk Arabs call for postponing elections
- Egypt opposition politician sues President Mubarak's son (Roundup)
- Muslim Brotherhood: US, Israel interfered in 2005 Egypt polls
- Heaping helping of hummus earns Lebanon Guinness World Record
- Palestinian election decree fans flames of feud (Roundup)
- Egypt's opposition leader sues President Mubarak's son
- Iranian parliament against uranium exchange deal
- Peres: Prevent, not just inspection, needed for Iran's nuke plans
- At least two killed in suicide attack on Iraqi political party
- IAEA inspectors travel to Iran to visit new nuclear site
- Lebanon's court issues 10 life sentences against al-Qaeda members
- Abbas says elections are a constitutional requirement
Friday 23 October 2009
- Abbas says elections to be held in January (Roundup)
- Obama makes "very important" call to Abbas
- Iran breaks IAEA deadline for nuclear fuel deal (2nd Roundup)
- Abbas says elections to be held in January
- Iran to break IAEA deadline for nuclear fuel deal (Roundup)
- Iran to reply next week on nuclear fuel deal (Extra)
- Israel warns UN discussion of Gaza report will blunt peace talks
- Red Cross: Aid yet to reach tens of thousands in northern Yemen
- Draft Iran deal has Israel worried
- Anti-government slogans at Tehran press fair, say witnesses (Roundup)
- Nuclear deal awaits Iranian OK after other parties approve (3rd Lead)
- US, France and Russia agree to Iran fuel deal (2nd Lead)
- Anti-government slogans shouted at Tehran press fair, say witnesses
- Russia, France, US to agree to Iran fuel deal (1st Lead)
- Israel complains to Ban about "automatic majority" in UN
- Russia, France, US set to agree Iran fuel deal (Extra)
- Support for Netanyahu and Likud growing, Israeli poll shows
- UN warns Iraqi refugees in Europe being sent back to dangers
Thursday 22 October 2009
- Iran hangs five murder convicts, including woman
- Iraq's al-Maliki discusses elections with his Jordanian counterpart
- Iran must totally stop enriching uranium, Israeli minister says
- Lebanese singer named UNICEF goodwill ambassador
- Israeli, Iranian officials attended secret Cairo nuclear talks (2nd Roundup)
- Goldstone challenges Obama to point out flaws in the report
- British naval personnel to resume training in Iraq
- Iran: No direct cooperation with France in uranium deal dateline (Roundup)
- Israeli, Iranian officials attended nuclear talks in Cairo (Roundup)
- Iran denies nuclear meeting with Israel (Extra)
- No direct cooperation with France in uranium deal, says Iran
- Jordan seeks pope's help on Jerusalem holy sites
- Iraqi security forces arrest eight suspects linked to al-Qaeda
- Israeli, Iranian officials attended nuclear talks in Cairo
Wednesday 21 October 2009
- Sudanese man attempts to hijack Egypt Air flight
- Iran nuclear fuel talks end with proposal - but no deal (2nd Roundup)
- Iran nuclear fuel talks end with proposal - but no deal (2nd Roundup)
- At least 10 killed, 28 injured in Iraq attacks (2nd Roundup)
- Rights group: Hamas must probe attacks on Israeli civilians (Roundup)
- Iraqi parliament delays discussion of electoral law (Roundup)
- Six killed in cargo plane crash near Sharjah airport
- Four killed, three injured in attacks in Mosul (Roundup)
- Iran nuclear fuel talks end with proposal - but no deal (Roundup)
- Four killed, three injured in attacks in Mosul
- Iran nuclear fuel talks end with proposal but no deal (1st Lead)
- Rights group: Hamas must probe rocket attacks on Israeli civilians
- Iran talks end, IAEA proposal to be signed off by capitals (Extra)
- Syrian boy falls into manhole, body found 15 kilometres away
- Iraqi parliament delays discussion of electoral law
- Much remains unresolved as Iran nuclear talks enter third day
- Israel nabs US paedophile fleeing 110-year jail sentence
- Iran arrests three suspects linked to suicide bombing (2nd Roundup)
Tuesday 20 October 2009
- Obama to Mideast: "History shows us what is possible"
- UN sports envoy calls for Israeli-Palestinian football match
- Lieberman, Goldstone, trade verbal snipes over Gaza
- Jordan receives 50 million dollars in new batch of US aid
- Iran nuclear talks "slower than expected", says ElBaradei (Roundup)
- Iran talks "slower than expected", ElBaradei says (Extra)
- US demands immediate release of Iranian-American scholar
- Iran nuclear talks to continue Wednesday (Extra)
- Arab League chief refuses to rule out Egypt presidential bid
- Iraqi elections law hangs on Kirkuk (Roundup)
- Obama urges al-Maliki to hold elections on time
- Iran arrests three suspects linked to suicide bombing (Roundup)
- Nuclear talks held up by Iran's rejection of France (2nd Lead)
- Iran nuclear talks likely to resume next week, say diplomats (Extra)
- Iraqi elections law hangs on Kirkuk
- At least seven killed, 14 injured in fresh Iraq violence (Roundup)
- Iranian lawmakers sue opposition leader Moussavi
- Iran arrests three suspects linked to suicide bombing
- 12-year jail term for Iranian-US scholar (Roundup)
- More PKK fighters expected to surrender, says Turkish minister
- 12-year jail term for Iranian-US scholar
- Abbas blames Hamas for delaying Palestinian reconciliation
- Israel, US to hold joint air defence exercise
- Yemeni court condemns 10 more Shiites to death (Roundup)
- Nuclear talks held up by Iran's rejection of France (1st Lead)
- At 60, matured Netanyahu has second go at peace making (News Feature)
- Yemeni court condemns 10 more Shiites rebels to death
- Tehran zeroes in on France as Vienna nuclear talks set to continue
- Four killed, nine injured in Iraq blast
Monday 19 October 2009
- Solana says Palestinian state should be established along '67 lines
- Al-Maliki in Washington seeking investment (Roundup)
- Al-Maliki in Washington seeking investment
- ElBaradei: Iran nuclear fuel talks "off to a good start" (2nd Roundup)
- UN General Assembly considers debate on Gaza war crimes report
- PKK "peace caravan" crosses into Turkey (Roundup)
- UN condemns suicide attack that killed dozens of Iranians
- Senior Iraqi official assassinated in Mosul (Roundup)
- Iran nuclear fuel talks off to "good start", says ElBaradei (Roundup)
- Swiss government condemns attack in Iran
- ANALYSIS: New challenges facing strained Turkey-Israel relationship
- Iran nuclear fuel talks start amid warning from Tehran (2nd Lead)
- Jordan to conduct survey the its Palestinian camps
- PKK move to test Turkey's Kurdish initiative
- Deadly attack on Revolutionary Guards strains Iran-Pakistan ties
- Muslim Brotherhood denies reports that leader has resigned
- Iran will boost uranium enrichment if Vienna talks fail (1st Lead)
- Hezbollah claims to have discovered Israeli spy devices in Lebanon
- At least four injured in Iraq suicide bombing
- Iran to increase uranium enrichment if Vienna talks fail
- EU presidency condemns Iran suicide attack
- Stressed Cairenes take separate paths to make marriage last (Feature)
- Death toll rises to 42 in Iranian attack (Extra)
Sunday 18 October 2009
- Official: EU can't effect breakthrough on Israel-Palestinian issue
- 6TH Dozens of Iranian guards killed in suicide attack Pakistani envoy in graf 9, in graph 8 clarifies that Shoushtari is also deputy commander of ground forces (Roundup)
- US condemns attack on Iranian guards, denies involvement
- Netanyahu "shocked" by brutal murder of Israeli family (Roundup)
- Syria asks to delay signing of EU partnership agreement
- 5TH Dozens of Iranian guards killed in suicide attack (Roundup)
- Dozens of Iranian guards killed in suicide attack (4th Roundup)
- Popularity of Palestinian President drops against Hamas, poll finds
- At least one Iraqi civilian killed, nine injured in bomb blast
- Dozens of Iranian guards killed in suicide attack (3rd Roundup)
- Eleven killed, 18 injured in Egyptian road accident
- ANALYSIS: Drug-war in south-eastern Iran reaches deadly dimensions
- Dozens of Iranian guards killed, wounded in attack (2nd Roundup)
- Dozens of Iranian guards killed, wounded in attack toll (Roundup)
- Lebanese army probes blast that rocked southern town (Roundup)
- Hezbollah slams countries that voted against Goldstone report
- Israeli family murder "worst for decades," police say
- Lebanese army probes blast that rocked southern town
- Dozens of Iranian guards killed, wounded in attack (1st Lead)
- At least 20 Iranian guards killed in south-eastern Iran
- Africans dominate Amman International Marathon
Saturday 17 October 2009
- Iran releases Newsweek reporter on bail US, Canada (3rd Roundup)
- Newsweek "relieved" over Bahari's release (Extra)
- Palestinian, Russian films get top awards at Abu Dhabi festival
- Iran releases Newsweek reporter on bail (2nd Roundup)
- Iran releases Newsweek reporter on bail (Roundup)
- Iran releases Newsweek reporter on bail
- Hariri says "breakthrough" in cabinet formation a matter of days
- Six policemen killed, 12 injured in Iraq attacks (Roundup)
- After Geneva vote, Obama policies blasted in Jordan (News Feature)
- Quake shakes Tehran, "no damage"
- Official: Hamas will respond to reconciliation pact in Cairo Sunday
- Netanyahu: "Israel must prepare to fight delegitimization"
- Russian Mideast envoy in Beirut, then Damascus
- Four policemen killed, ten injured in attack in western Baghdad
- Yemen court sentences two Shiite rebels to death, jails 10 others
- Senegalese president arrives in Tehran
- Senegalese president arrives in Tehran
Friday 16 October 2009
- Hamas accepts Egypt's proposed inter-Palestinian reconciliation
- Hamas welcomes vote in favor of Goldstone report
- Jewish group calls adoption of Goldstone report outrageous (Extra)
- UN Human Rights Council adopts Gaza war crimes report (Roundup)
- At least 12 killed, 74 injured in suicide bombing in Iraq (Roundup)
- Jordan's king meets Zapatero, urges "effective" EU Mideast role
- Israel rejects "unjust" UN Humans Rights Council resolution (Extra)
- Turkish officials say controversial tv show to continue airing
- Palestinians welcome Human Rights Council report vote (Extra)
- UN Human Rights Council adopts Gaza war crimes report (2nd Lead)
- UN Human Rights Council adopts Gaza war crimes report (1st Lead)
- Sadrist Movement in Iraq holds primaries ahead of January vote
- Spain's Zapatero has talks in Beirut, visits Spanish UN soldiers
- UN Human Rights Council passes Gaza war crimes report (Urgent)
- At least 11 killed, 50 injured in suicide bombing in Iraq
- UN Human Rights Council prepares to vote on Gaza war crimes report
- Israel releases two Syrian prisoners after 25 years: report
- Protests against Ahmadinejad planned on anti-US day, says cleric
- PREVIEW: Goodwill is put to the test as Iran nuclear talks reopen
- Renewed protests against Ahmadinejad planned, says senior cleric
- Hamas asks for more time to consider reconciliation deal
Thursday 15 October 2009
- Netanyahu hopes Rights Council will reject Goldstone report
- Lebanon welcomes election in the UN security Council
- Israel: Adopting UN war crimes report will hurt peace (Roundup)
- US: UN should look at Gaza war crimes report fairly (Extra)
- Erdogan: Turkey working on Iraqi-Syrian tension (Roundup)
- UN rights council debates Gaza war crimes report (1st Lead)
- EU: Israel, Palestinians should investigate Gaza war (Extra)
- US actress Mia Farrow outraged by conditions in blockaded Gaza
- Hezbollah denies claims that rockets were stored at blast site
- UN rights council begins debating Gaza war crimes report (Extra)
- Archeologist discovers ancient holy lake in northern Egypt
- Jordan passes tough jail terms on 12 al-Qaeda-linked terrorists
- Report: Hamas to sign reconciliation pact on Tuesday
- Turkish premier Erdogan in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi leaders
- UN rights council to debate Gaza war crimes report
- Egypt's anti-succession campaign launched amid low security (Feature)
Wednesday 14 October 2009
- Israel protests "inciting" new Turkish drama about West Bank
- Fayyad: Palestinians don't want "Mickey Mouse" state
- Gaza report stirs clash in UN Security Council (Roundup)
- At least 11 killed, 44 injured in separate blasts in Iraq (Roundup)
- Jordan discusses forthcoming polls in Iraq with top UN envoy
- Israel: Goldstone report "legitimizes terrorism" (1st Lead)
- Palestinian official denounces Israel in UN Security Council
- Fatah signs Egyptian-proposed reconciliation deal with Hamas (Roundup)
- Israel threatens no peace talks unless Gaza report dropped 048, updates throughout (Roundup)
- Barak in Warsaw praises new US missile shield plans
- Fatah signs Egyptian-proposed reconciliation deal with Hamas
- Seven killed, 6 wounded in mortar attacks on Baghdad market (Extra)
- Israeli archeologists discover 1,700-year-old footprints
- Israel complains to UN about south Lebanon blast (Extra)
- Yemen president expects victory over Shiite rebels in "days" (Extra)
- UN says "inspected" Lebanon blast site is within its jurisdiction
- Israel says no fresh peace talks unless Gaza report is dropped
- One killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza tunnels (1st Lead)
- Israel bombs tunnels in southern Gaza after rocket attack
- B'Tselem to Israel: Stop jailing Palestinians without trial
Tuesday 13 October 2009
- Israeli video shows explosion site in Lebanon (Extra)
- Militia leader among eight killed in Iraq bombing
- UN official "very concerned" about overnight blast (2nd Roundup)
- Hamas spokesman accuses Egypt of torturing brother to death (Roundup)
- Abbas says Hamas leaders fled to Sinai during Israeli war on Gaza
- UN representative expresses concern about overnight blast (Roundup)
- UN to reopen debate on Gaza war crimes report (Roundup)
- Syria and Turkey cancel visa requirements
- UN to reopen debate on Gaza war crimes report
- UN rights chief concerned over Iran execution of child offender
- Poll: Egyptian ethics going "from bad to worse"
- Hamas spokesman accuses Egypt of torturing brother to death
- Lebanese army and UN forces start investigating Hezbollah blast
- Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist arrives in Geneva
- Iran takes legal action against opposition cleric over rape claims
- Two killed in clash along Saudi border with Yemen
- Six convicts hanged in Iran
- Turkish foreign minister travels to Syria as relations warm
- Britain slaps trade sanctions on Iranian firms
Monday 12 October 2009
- Hezbollah says official was wounded, not killed in blast (Roundup)
- Blast kills Hezbollah official in Southern Lebanon
- At least six killed, 16 injured in Iraq violence
- Israel will not let citizens face war crimes trials, Netanyahu says
- Claims Israel digging under holy site outright lie, Netanyahu says
- Egyptian police destroy four smuggling tunnels along Gaza border
- Israel "concerned" about Turkey relations
- Women peace campaigners arrive at Syrian-Lebanon border
Sunday 11 October 2009
- Abbas slams Hamas for delaying reconciliation pact
- Ahmadinejad: Uranium exchange "test" for cooperation with West
- At least 22 killed in Iraq bombings (Roundup)
- First UN aid convoy crosses Saudi border to Yemen (Roundup)
- US envoy ends attempt to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks
- Jordan's king stresses German, EU role in Mideast peace process
- Palestinian unity deal postponed for "several weeks" (Roundup)
- Jerusalem flashpoint site reopens to all Muslim worshippers (Roundup)
- At least 16 killed in Iraq bombings (1st Lead)
- Abul Gheit: Reconciliation agreement to be postponed "several weeks"
- Bomb attacks leave at least 16 dead in western Iraq
- Minor hanged in Tehran
- Lebanese Armenians are unhappy with Turkey deal
- Jerusalem flashpoint site reopened to all Muslim worshippers
Saturday 10 October 2009
- Israel looking at ways to strengthen Abbas (Roundup)
- Hamas: Egypt postpones reconciliation pact to December (2nd Roundup)
- Yemeni parliament lifts immunity of rebel leader's brother (Roundup)
- Optimism over bid to form Lebanese cabinet after Damascus summit
- Hamas: Egypt offers new proposal for reconciliation pact (Roundup)
- Egypt arrests 24 Muslim Brotherhood members in al-Aqsa protest
- Iran confirms 3 death sentences amid AI warning (2nd Roundup)
- Yemeni parliament strips brother of rebel leader of immunity
- Iran capable of 20 per cent enriched uranium but to buy abroad
- Jordan confirms 5 peacekeepers killed in UN aircraft crash in Haiti
- Hamas discusses with Cairo postponing the reconciliation pact
- Israel considering ways of strengthening Palestinian leader Abbas
- Amnesty warns of a wave of death sentences in Iran (Roundup)
- First death sentence given in Iran election protests, Amnesty says
- UN seeks contact with Yemen rebels on aid corridors
Friday 09 October 2009
- No concessions from Abbas; Erekat regrets Goldstone decision
- Jordan's king congratulates Obama, hopes to work together for peace
- Nobel prize for Obama premature, says Tehran
- Three killed in explosion in western Iraq
- Arabs: Obama's Nobel is for "good intentions, not actions"
- Israel, Palestinians hope prize will boost Mideast peace (Roundup)
- Britain commemorates soldiers who died in Iraq conflict (Roundup)
- 16 injured in clashes in Jerusalem after Friday prayers (Roundup)
- ANALYSIS: For Mideast, Nobel prize a blessing or curse for Obama?
- Jordanians protest Israeli measures in East Jerusalem
- Palestinians clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem
- Iran renews effort to fight Barbie dolls with Islamic model
- Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist to visit Switzerland
- Iranian dissidents to be released soon, says legislator
- Britain commemorates soldiers who died in Iraq conflict
- Israel congratulates Obama, hopes prize will boost Mideast peace
- Egypt's al-Azhar bans full-face veil in female-only classes
- The Egyptian "Traveller" opens Abu Dhabi film festival
- Obama envoy Mitchell meets with Israeli premier
- Hamas calls for "day of rage" over Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque
Thursday 08 October 2009
- Palestinians drum up support for UN debate on Goldstone report
- US envoy hopes for early relaunch of Mideast peace talks (2nd Roundup)
- Abbas' sons to sue media, individuals for libel
- Gaza zoo paints solution to zebra shortage
- Obama envoy hopes for early relaunch of Mideast peace talks (Roundup)
- Red Cross warns Yemen situation can worsen further
- Saudi King leaves Damascus after "historic" two-day visit
- Jews forbidden to go to flashpoint Jerusalem site: top rabbi
- Obama envoy hopes for early relaunch of Mideast peace talks (2nd Lead)
- Obama envoy starts fresh round of Middle East talks (1st Lead)
- Egyptian mother-in-law killer wins lottery in jail
- Obama envoy in Tel Aviv for fresh round of Middle East talks
- More than 100 arrested in US, Egypt phishing scheme
Wednesday 07 October 2009
- UN Security Council meets on Goldstone report
- UN sends official to Yemen on humanitarian mission
- Wave of violence erupts in northern Lebanon
- Israeli leaders congratulate winner of chemistry prize (Roundup)
- Obama envoy lands in Israel as part of bid to revive peace talks
- Jordan urges UN to force Israel to stop Jerusalem violations
- ANALYSIS: Abbas fighting for survival after Goldstone report deferral
- Legendary film director opens Beirut film festival
- Egyptian students protest university ban on full-face veil
- Lebanon fears extremists have entered the country as tourists
- Iraq frees 36 Iranian opposition members (Roundup)
- Iraq frees 36 Iranian opposition members
- Palestinian film festival to feature fall of Berlin Wall
- Israel committed to safeguarding holy places, president says
- Hamas asks Cairo to postpone signing reconciliation deal: Official
- Saudi King arrives in Syria in a sign of improving relations
- At least five killed, 15 injured in Iraq attacks (Roundup)
- At least four killed, nine injured in fresh Iraq attacks (1st Lead)
- Bangladesh appoints first envoy to Iraq in six years
- Saudi man gets 1,000 lashes and five years for TV sex boasts
- Ahmadinejad confirms Iran's willingness to exchange uranium
- Israeli Nobel chemistry winner "pretty surprised" by award
- Ahmadinejad says Tehran ready for direct talks with US
- Three injured in a bomb attack in Baghdad
- Obama "drops in" on Talabani
Tuesday 06 October 2009
- Israeli police release Islamic Movement head (Extra)
- At least nine killed, 31 wounded in Iraq minibus bombing (Roundup)
- At least nine dead in attack near Fallujah (Extra)
- US prepared to move with sanctions on Iran
- Israeli police "arrest Islamic Movement head" (Roundup)
- Regional controversy over Egyptian "ban" on full-face veil (Roundup)
- Israeli-Palestinian armed clash reported on Gaza Strip border
- Thousands demonstrate in southern Yemen demanding "independence"
- Vandals damage ancient Nabataean city in southern Israel
- Iraqi Official: Basra is "98-per-cent secure"
- World powers "no longer seeking enrichment stop": Iran paper (Roundup)
- Israeli ministers call for outlawing Arab-Israeli Islamic Movement
- Controversy over suggested ban on niqab continues in Egypt
- World powers no longer after enrichment suspension, Iran paper says
- BACKGROUND: Little Iranian village suddenly gets world attention
Monday 05 October 2009
- Jordan's king blasts Israel's "provocative" measures in Jerusalem
- Fatah, Hamas to sign reconciliation deal on October 25
- Jordan totally backs Egypt's efforts to end Palestinian feuds
- Yemeni war plane crashes in Saada province
- Arab journalist unions open conference on press freedom
- Saudi king sacks senior cleric who condemned mixed-sex university
- Ten detained, as 30,000 Jews pray in tense Old City of Jerusalem
- Damascus shuns Abbas over Goldstone's Gaza report delay
- Body of kidnapped Christian businessman discovered in Iraq
- Iran says no change in nuclear stance after Geneva talks
Sunday 04 October 2009
- Jordan protests to diplomats over al-Aqsa closure (Roundup)
- Jerusalem's Holy site remains shut Monday after clashes (2nd Roundup)
- Jerusalem's Holy site to remain closed Monday after clashes (Roundup)
- Jordan summons Israeli envoy to protest violations in Jerusalem
- ElBaradei in Tehran - how much is this a breakthrough? (News Feature)
- Israel frees 20th prisoner in Shalit sign-of-life deal (Roundup)
- Awakening Councils kill al-Qaeda prison escapee, capture another
- IAEA to inspect new Iranian nuclear site on October 25 (Roundup)
- IAEA to inspect new Iranian nuclear site on October 25 (Extra)
- Clashes break out in Jerusalem after holy site closed
- International Atomic Energy Agency chief starts talks in Tehran
- Lebanon sentences three for plotting to kill Libyan premier
- Netanyahu to undergo tests on bladder and colon in hospital
- Hamas official: Prisoner deal with Israel could happen within weeks
- Report: Iran has data to make atomic bomb
Saturday 03 October 2009
- French envoy brings a message of support to Lebanon
- IAEA head arrives in Tehran (2nd Roundup)
- Iraqi parliament building evacuated after bomb scare
- Hamas official says prisoner swap may be done within months
- IAEA head arrives in Tehran (Roundup)
- IAEA head arrives in Tehran
- Hamas says it has not accepted rival security force return to Gaza
- Number of Lebanese ordered out of UAE stands at 300, says deportee
- Ahmadinejad says no secrecy involved in Iran's nuclear facility
Friday 02 October 2009
- Resolution at UN on Goldstone report deferred to March (3rd Roundup)
- Resolution at UN on Goldstone report deferred to March (2nd Roundup)
- ElBaradei to follow up on Geneva talks in weekend visit to Iran
- Palestinian groups slam government at rights council (Extra)
- Lebanese Shiites decry alleged illegal deportations from UAE
- Hamas condemns, PA explains position on Goldstone report
- BACKGROUND: Full text of statement read by captive Israeli soldier
- Shalit video released to media, shows soldier healthy, thin (Extra)
- Iraqi forces arrest two al-Qaeda suspects
- Israel frees 19 Palestinian prisoners in proof-of-life deal (Roundup)
- Sanctions on Iran a last-resort option, Turkey says
- Palestinian joy, Israeli anxiety as swap goes ahead (News Feature)
- Palestinians defer resolution on Goldstone report (Roundup)
- Israeli soldier looks healthy in sign of life video: report (Extra)
- Vatanen wins support for FIA presidency at Amman conference
- Israel frees 19 Palestinian prisoners in sign-of-life deal (2nd Lead)
- ANALYSIS: After progress in Geneva, Obama keeps up pressure on Iran
- Israel frees 18 Palestinian prisoners to West Bank (Extra)
- Yemeni fighter jet crashes during anti-rebel raid
- Palestinians defer resolution on Goldstone report (1st Lead)
- Palestinian prisoners arrive in West Bank ahead of release (Extra)
- Israel-Hamas video-prisoners exchange gets underway (1st Lead)
- Israel-Hamas video-prisoners swap gets underway (Extra)
- Israel set to free 20 prisoners in exchange for video of soldier
- Report: Palestinians will yank resolution on Goldstone report
Thursday 01 October 2009
- Iran agrees to inspections, more talks with US and allies (Roundup)
- Obama warns US patience with Iran is limited (Roundup)
- Israel, Palestinians readying for Friday swap deal (2nd Roundup)
- Obama warns US patience with Iran is limited
- IAEA chief ElBaradei to visit Iran soon (Extra)
- Iran agrees in principle to enrich some uranium abroad (Extra)
- IAEA chief ElBaradei to go to Iran at weekend - officials (Extra)
- First German-funded Palestinian drama academy inaugurated
- Iran hopeful about finding framework for more talks (Extra)
- Solana upbeat about outcome of Geneva Iran talks (Extra)
- No high expectations from Geneva talks, Iran foreign minister says
- Israel to seal off West Bank from midnight
- Iran snubs world powers on nuclear issue in Geneva (2nd Lead)
- Iran talks end in Geneva (Urgent)
- Report: Nuclear negotiations to be continued (Extra)
- First Palestinian prisoner freed in proof-of-life swap (Roundup)
- Report: Iran says its nuclear programmes no security threat (Extra)
- Tarantino dating Israeli singer: Israeli press
- Officials: Iran not willing to discuss its nuclear issue (Extra)
- US meets Iran in Geneva (Extra)
- US official meets with Iranian negotiator in Geneva (Urgent)
- Lebanon's Hariri warns of consequences if coalition-building fails
- Israel urges UN Rights Council not to adopt Gaza report
- Direct US-Iranian talks possible in Geneva (Extra)
- Four killed, two injured in two separate attacks in Iraq
- Official: Talks businesslike, nuclear programme on agenda (Extra)
- PROFILE: Saeid Jalili - Iran's nuclear mediator
- Iraqi premier announces new coalition for parliamentary elections
- Six-party talks with Iran under way in Geneva (1st Lead)
- Delegations arrive at Iran talks venue (Extra)
- Female Palestinian prisoner freed in Shalit proof-of-life swap
- Israel bombs southern Gaza smuggling tunnels again
- PREVIEW: West seeks to test Iran in Geneva as nuclear row escalates
- Six party talks with Iran set to get under way
- Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki allowed to visit Washington
- "Remarkable gains" for Egyptian women, but many don't notice (Feature)
- Yemeni intelligence official survives assassination try (Roundup)
Wednesday 30 September 2009
- Odierno speeds withdrawal from Iraq
- PREVIEW: West seeks to test Iran in Geneva as nuclear row escalates
- LEADALL: Six parties prepare for difficult Geneva talks with Iran
- Protester killed in clashes with police in southern Yemen
- ElBaradei: Iran on "wrong side of the law" with new nuclear site
- ANALYSIS: An Israel strike on Iran complicated, but still on table
- Report: Saudi police swoop on mixed-gender party night
- Swiss diplomats visit US prisoners in Iran jail
- Israel to free 20 prisoners for proof of life from captive (Roundup)
- Two killed as Israel bombs Gaza smuggling tunnels (Roundup)
- Jordan bans anti-Israel demo planned for Friday
- Iraq renews accusations against Syria over deadly Baghdad blasts
- Iran prepared for "long negotiations" with world powers 5 grafs (Roundup)
- Israel to free 20 prisoners for proof of life from captive soldier
- US negotiation team arrives in Geneva ahead of Iran talks
- Two killed as Israel bombs Gaza smuggling tunnels (1st Lead)
- Iran prepared for "long negotiations" with world powers
- Report: British intelligence says Iran designing nuclear warheads
- Shoot-out in eastern Lebanon kills two
- US could speed troop drawdown in Iraq, general says
Tuesday 29 September 2009
- Palestinian group's bid for Barak's arrest rejected (Roundup)
- Goldstone: Middle East has "culture of impunity" (Roundup)
- Israel, Palestinians should conduct new inquiry, Dutch say
- Arab League chief urges caution on Iranian nuclear programme
- Ban: Iran violates UN resolution with second nuclear plant
- Israeli defence minister to remain in UK despite arrest attempt
- Iranian lawmakers warn world powers on nuclear talks (2nd Roundup)
- Moroccan king condemns clashes at al-Aqsa mosque
- Israeli out of luck in bid to change name for luck
- Iranian lawmakers warn world powers on nuclear talks (Roundup)
- Iran lawmakers warn world powers on nuclear talks (1st Lead)
- Twelve Somalis on trial in Yemen over oil tanker attack
- Iran's parliament warns of "other decisions" if Geneva talks fail
- Iran lawmakers warn world powers against pressure in nuclear talks
- Goldstone: Middle East has "culture of impunity" (2nd Lead)
- Missile tests nothing to do with new nuke plant, Iran officials say
- Iranian missiles "not new," Israeli officials say
- Goldstone: Middle East has "culture of impunity" (1st Lead)
- Goldstone to present Gaza report to Human Rights Council
- Swedish foreign minister: Talks despite Iran missile tests
- Iran's missile tests are a provocation, US says
Monday 28 September 2009
- Jordan unionists, politicians protest breaking into al-Aqsa Mosque
- Meshaal: Inter-reconciliation deal to be signed in Cairo in October
- Egypt extradites 13 Jordanians charged with human organ trading
- At least 17 killed in fresh Iraq violence (Roundup)
- Sanctions would just hit the people, says Iran's opposition leader
- In Pictures: 'Iran Missile Launch'
- Six killed in attack on bus in southern Iraq (Extra)
- Iran says all missile tests successful tested missiles
- Iran says all missile tests successful (2nd Roundup)
- Two Iraqi policemen killed in suicide bombing (1st Lead)
- BACKGROUND: A Q&A on Iran's obligations to the IAEA
- Saudi "sex braggarts" go on trial for kiss-and-tell TV show
- Report: Four Kurdish militiamen found executed in northern Iraq
- Jordan to host conference seen as "crucial" for motoring future
- Turkish premier warns against military strike on Iran
- Iran says long-range missile tests successful
- Iran conducts second stage of missile tests
Sunday 27 September 2009
- Sixth Francophone Games are formally opened in Lebanon
- Jordan protests Israeli soldiers' "breaking into" al-Aqsa Mosque
- More than 30 hurt in clash on Jerusalem's Temple Mount (2nd Roundup)
- Al-Maliki: Iraq at a "crucial" moment in its history
- More than 30 wounded in clash on Jerusalem's Temple Mount (Roundup)
- In Pictures: 'Iran Missile Launch'
- Official: Hamas to back Egyptian proposal on Palestinian unity
- More than 30 injured in fighting on Jerusalem's Temple Mount
- Palestinian man killed in Gaza smuggling-tunnel collapse
- Iranian military tests short-range missiles (Roundup)
- Iranian military tests short-range missiles (1st Lead)
- Netanyahu calls for immediate sanctions on Iran (Roundup)
- Netanyahu calls for immediate Iran sanctions
- Report: Iranian military tests short-range missiles
- US to demand immediate opening of Iranian nuclear site (Roundup)
- Report: US to demand immediate opening of Iranian nuclear site
Saturday 26 September 2009
- 3RD LEADALL: Amid warnings, Iran insists enrichment plants allowed
- Red Cross and Red Crescent societies meet in Jordan
- Jordan asks US for data about citizen charged with bombing attempt
- 2ND LEADALL: Amid warnings, Iran insists enrichment plants allowed
- Iranian guards to carry out another missile test (Extra)
- LEADALL: Amid warnings, Iran insists enrichment plants are allowed
- 17 wounded in Israeli-Palestinian clashes east of Gaza, say medics
- Gaza figures to form a lobby to improve life in Gaza
- Iran atom chief: IAEA to inspect uranium-enrichment plant (Roundup)
- Yemeni president says army ready to fight rebels for years
- Iran atom chief says IAEA to inspect uranium-enrichment plant
- Miliband: International focus is on diplomatic solution to Iran row
- Ban Ki-moon concerned about Iran's uranium enrichment
- Iran's secret nuke plant clouds G20 (News Feature)
- ANALYSIS: Obama warns Iran to quickly "come clean" on nuke plant
Friday 25 September 2009
- 2ND LEADALL: World leaders condemn Iran for nuclear deception
- US: Iran's nuke plant "inconsistent" with peaceful use (3rd Roundup)
- Ahmadinejad: "We are completely within IAEA rules"
- Israeli airstrike on Gaza car kills three, say medics
- Salehi: New enrichment plant underlines Iran's nuclear right (Extra)
- 19 killed, one injured in separate accidents in Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- LEADALL: Iran confirms second uranium enrichment plant from 125
- Arab League supports Obama's plan for Middle East peace
- US: Iran's nuke plant "inconsistent" with peaceful use (2nd Roundup)
- Ahmadinejad cancels press conference at UN
- Obama: Iran's nuke plant "inconsistent" with peaceful use (Roundup)
- Israelis applaud, Palestinians slam Netanyahu UN address
- US: Iran's nuke plant "inconsistent" with peaceful use (1st Lead)
- Obama: Iran's nuclear plant "inconsistent" with peaceful use
- Trial against former premier Olmert opens in Israel (Roundup)
- 19 killed, one injured in separate accidents in Iraq (Roundup)
- Iran confirms existence of second uranium enrichment plant (Roundup)
- PROFILE: The rise and fall of former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert
- IAEA confirms information on new Iranian nuclear facility (Extra)
- 15 Iraqi soldiers killed in bomb disposal accident (Extra)
- Four prisoners re-arrested after escape from northern Iraqi jail
- Iran admits second uranium enrichment plant to IAEA (2nd Lead)
- Iran reveals second uranium enrichment plant to IAEA (1st Lead)
- Iran revealed second uranium enrichment plant to IAEA
- Trial against Olmert, first against former premier, opens in Israel
Thursday 24 September 2009
- Group repeats demands for end of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Cautious hope rises in Lebanon for new cabinet (News Feature)
- Netanyahu denounces Iran's Ahmadinejad at UN
- For Israelis, Ahmadinejad speech underlines Iran danger (News Feature)
- Five killed in separate attacks northern Iraq (Roundup)
- Hamas: Meshaal will head Cairo delegation for reconciliation talks
- Report: Ahmadinejad offers US access to Iran's nuclear scientists
- Prisoners escape Iraqi jail via bathroom window (1st Lead)
- Iran currently works on nuclear bomb, says exiled opposition group
- Geneva to host six-party talks with Iran
- 13 prisoners esacpa Iraqi jail via bathroom window
- Ahmadinejad's UN speech was anti-Semitic, says Israel
- Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad cast shadow on UN summit (Feature)
- World powers seek "serious response" from Iran on nuclear dispute
- Ahmadinejad accuses Israel of genocide, wants greater global role
Wednesday 23 September 2009
- Sarkozy rejects Ahmadinejad deal on jailed French woman
- At least seven killed in fresh Iraq violence (Roundup)
- Protestors against Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad gather outside UN
- One killed, seven injured in Iraq attacks
- Egyptians torn over culture minister's unsuccessful UNESCO bid
- Israelis, Palestinians to start contacts on peace talks (Roundup)
- Dutch pro-Palestinian group calls for Israeli product boycott
- Saudi king to open multi-billion-dollar scientific university
- ANALYSIS: Obama tries again after "hollow" Mideast peace summit
- Israel did not cave on demands for three-way meeting, says minister
- Eritrean migrant killed on Egypt-Israel border
Tuesday 22 September 2009
- Obama urges progress after three-way Middle East talks (4th Roundup)
- US calls for ceasefire in Yemen
- Palestinian prime minister says settlement end still key (Extra)
- Obama urges progress after three-way Middle East talks (3rd Roundup)
- Obama says the time for talk has passed on Middle East (Extra)
- Obama holds meetings with Israeli, Palestinian leaders (2nd Roundup)
- Yemen army says 76 rebels killed in Saada skirmishes (Roundup)
- Yemen's displaced thousands "struggling to survive" says UN (Roundup)
- Yemen army says 76 rebels killed in Saada skirmishes (Extra)
- Israel tries to secure boycott of UN Ahmadinejad speech (Roundup)
- Peres to Abbas before summit: Drop peace talks precondition (Roundup)
- Peres to Abbas ahead of summit: Drop peace talks precondition
- Iran says it shot down "unidentified shining objects" over the Gulf
- President: Iran wants peace but will confront aggressors available (2nd Roundup)
- Israeli president: Ahmadinejad an "evil, horrible" person (Extra)
- Iran rejects conditions for planned talks with world powers (Roundup)
- UN: Yemen's displaced "struggling to survive"
- Ahmadinejad: Iran wants peace but will confront aggressors (Roundup)
- Iran rejects conditions for planned talks with world powers
- Freighter sinks near Ho Chi Minh City
- Rafsanjani: Plans afoot to end political crisis in Iran
- Israel in bid to get countries to boycott UN Ahmadinejad speech
- Ahmadinejad: Iran wants peace but will confront aggressors
- Iranian military plane crashes at parade
- Iran welcomes US scrapping of missile defence plan
- Soldiers kill Arab-Israeli man near Jerusalem
Monday 21 September 2009
- US plays down possible breakthrough on Mideast talks
- Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist wants Swiss asylum
- British army accused of "routine abuse" of Iraqi civilians (Roundup)
- Netanyahu off to US for three-way talks amid low hopes (Roundup)
- Abuse of Iraqi civilians by British army widespread, lawyers claim
- Ahmadinejad defiant against pro-Israel lobby ahead of UN visit
- Archaeologists discover 3,500-year-old burial chamber in Syria
- Netanyahu goes to US amid low expectations from three-way meeting
- Israeli Air Force targets three smuggling tunnels in southern Gaza
Sunday 20 September 2009
- EU condemns Ahmadinejad's comments on Holocaust
- Medical sources: Two Hamas gunmen killed in northern Gaza
- Yemen army thwarts rebel attack on main city as ceasefire collapses
- Israel: Three-way summit not start of Mideast peace negotiations
- Medvedev warns of Israel-Iran war
- US soldier killed in Iraq helicopter crash (Roundup)
- US soldier killed in Iraq helicopter crash
- Iranian police arrest 35 protestors
Saturday 19 September 2009
- Most Arab counties declare Sunday as first day of Eid al-Fitr
- Obama to meet with Netanyahu, Abbas on Tuesday
- Abbas, Abdullah urge world to "prevent Israel from derailing peace"
- Abbas: The road to Middle East peace is 'blocked'
- Pope calls special synod on Middle East
- At least four killed in Mosul attacks
- Ethiopian migrant shot on Egyptian-Israeli border
- Iranian police confirm arrest of protestors
- Witnesses say Palestinian killed in smuggling tunnel collapse
- Eastern Europe to be focus of Berlin literature festival
- (eca008): Saada war crucial test for Yemen (Feature)
- Saada war crucial test for Yemen by Anne-Beatrice Clasmann, dpa (Feature)
- Lebanese scam victims turn up heat on Hezbollah (Feature)
- US criticizes UN's Gaza findings for "overwhelming focus" on Israel
- Yemen declares ceasefire in fighting with Shiite rebels (Roundup)
Friday 18 September 2009
- Yemen declares ceasefire in fighting with Shiite rebels
- Ban calls for Yemen ceasefire, humanitarian relief access (Roundup)
- Ban calls for Yemen ceasefire, humanitarian relief access
- Lebanon's Nasrallah vows never to make peace with Israel
- Arab countries win IAEA resolution on Israeli nukes (2nd Roundup)
- Britain condemns Ahmadinejad's remarks on Holocaust
- Arab countries win IAEA resolution on Israeli nuclear arms (Roundup)
- EU urges Israel to halt settlements, donors to pay up
- Majority of IAEA countries vote to express concern on Israeli nukes
- US envoy fails to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks (Roundup)
- Iran's president says Holocaust 'fairy tale' (2nd Roundup)
- US envoy fails in deal to renew Israeli-Palestinian talks (Extra)
- Iran's president says Holocaust 'fairy tale' (Roundup)
- Iranian president again denies Holocaust (Extra)
- US envoy in last bid to push for Israel-Palestinian summit (1st Lead)
- Iran condemns Israeli policies at "Quds Day" rallies
- US envoy in last bid to push through Israeli-Palestinian summit
- Netanyahu: UN inquiry into Gaza war was "fixed game"
Thursday 17 September 2009
- Israel warns of possible attacks against Israelis in India
- Mitchell meets Jordan's king, urges tangible steps to resume talks
- IAEA members agree on call for Middle East free of nuclear weapons
- Netanyahu: Israel will not halt settlement construction completely
- Biden meets Barzani, Talabani in Arbil (Roundup)
- Yemen to probe civilian fatalities in air raid
- US: Mandate given to UN fact-finding mission in Gaza "unacceptable"
- Egyptian-US couples jailed over illegal Egypt adoption
- Iran's guards warn opposition against misusing anti-Israeli rally
- Israelis preparing to celebrate start of Jewish New Year
- Mitchell urges the region to "take responsibility" for peace talks
- Report: Biden to meet Barzani, Talabani in Arbil
- Report: Iraqi shoe-thrower in Greece for medical treatment
- Israel's Barak: a nuclear Iran not an existential threat to Israel
- Israel's Lieberman: UN Gaza mission found Israel guilty in advance
- Islamic Cairo bustles with life from sundown to sunrise (Feature)
- Tribal sources: Scores of civilians killed in Yemen airstrike
- Egyptian Christian's murder sparks sectarian tension
Wednesday 16 September 2009
- Rockets fall on Baghdad as Biden meets with al-Maliki (Roundup)
- US envoy George Mitchell arrives in Cairo
- Goldstone rejects Israeli allegations Gaza report is biased (Extra)
- US envoy fails again to secure Israeli settlement freeze (2nd Roundup)
- Biden meets with Iraq's al-Maliki in Baghdad (2nd Lead)
- Islamist prisoners in Lebanon jail go on hunger strike
- US envoy George Mitchell arrives in Beirut
- Biden meets with senior Iraqi officials in Baghdad (1st Lead)
- Israel in diplomatic, media battle against Gaza findings (2nd Roundup)
- US envoy fails again to secure Israeli settlement freeze (Roundup)
- Biden meets with senior Iraqi officials in Baghdad
- Hariri accepts re-nomination for Lebanese premiership (Roundup)
- Suspects held over attacks on Baghdad's Green Zone (Roundup)
- Lebanese parliament renames Hariri for premiership
- Israel in diplomatic, media battle against UN Gaza findings (Roundup)
- Iraqi Kurds elect Barham Saleh as prime minister
- Jordan's king defers new parliamentary session by two months
- Iraqi president to make investment pitch at UN next week
- Palestinians welcome UN Gaza report (Extra)
- Netanyahu: Israel won't accept full withdrawal to 1967 borders
- Suspects held over attacks on Baghdad's Green Zone (1st Lead)
- Rafsanjani won't lead prayer on Iran's anti-Israel day
- US envoy fails again to secure Israeli settlement freeze (1st Lead)
- Hamas: UN Gaza report "convicts" Israel of war crimes (Extra)
- Three suspects detained over mortar attacks on Baghdad's Green Zone
- UN commission head slept during testimony: Israeli activist (Extra)
- Israel launches diplomatic, media battle against UN Gaza report
- US envoy makes further push for Israeli settlement freeze
Tuesday 15 September 2009
- Netanyahu, Mitchell fail to agree on settlement freeze (2nd Roundup)
- Mortars hit Baghdad's Green Zone during Biden visit (2nd Roundup)
- Clinton: US will confront Iran on nuclear activities during meeting
- US peace envoy hopes for positive conclusion of efforts soon (Extra)
- UN: Israel, Palestinians committed war crimes in Gaza (Roundup)
- Iran claim of new IAEA cooperation deal is disputed
- Hezbollah-led opposition refrains from renaming Hariri as premier
- In Pictures: 'Baghdad Shoe Thrower Released from Prison'
- Israel says will "read carefully" UN Gaza report (Extra)
- Israeli-Palestinian group unveils plan on how peace deal could look
- Jordan's king flies to Damascus for talks with Syria's al-Assad
- Make Israel, Palestinians report on war crime probes, says UN (Extra)
- UN: Evidence Israel, Palestinians committed 'war crimes' (Extra)
- US Vice President Joe Biden in surprise trip to Iraq (Roundup)
- Netanyahu, Mitchell fail to agree on settlement freeze (Roundup)
- US Vice President Joe Biden begins surprise trip to Iraq
- Nuclear issues settled, no need for review (Roundup)
- Officials: UN to release Goldstone report on Gaza
- Iranian official: Nuclear issues settled, no need for review
- Egypt opens Gaza border ahead of Eid holiday (Roundup)
- Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist alleges torture (Roundup)
- Police officer assassinated in central Iraq
- UN: 16 dead, 49 missing in Gulf of Aden
- Netanyahu, Mitchell fail to agree on settlement freeze (1st Lead)
- Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist alleges torture (2nd Lead)
- Egypt opens Gaza border for Eid al-Fitr period
- UN: Yemen humanitarian appeal receives no funding
- Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist released (1st Lead)
- Shoe-throwing Iraqi journalist to be released today: Lawyer
- Iran talks likely to be held in Turkey, EU's Solana says
- UNICEF condemns death of Yemeni child bride
- Netanyahu, Mitchell debate temporary, limited settlement freeze
- For some, the essence of Ramadan is cooking for the poor (Feature)
- Malaysian police nab Iranian duo accused of drug trafficking
Monday 14 September 2009
- Jordan's king blasts Israeli unilateral actions in East Jerusalem
- US: Iran will face stark choices when global powers meet (Roundup)
- US says Iran will face stark choices when global powers meet
- EU welcomes Iran meeting, says too early for sanctions (Roundup)
- Iran set for talks with world powers on October 1 (3rd Roundup)
- UN Assembly president: Powers not interested in solving Middle East conflict
- Torn between love and country: Spy series lights up Ramadan (Feature)
- Jordan's royals to visit Damascus on Tuesday
- Gaza Strip's water supply in danger of collapse, says UN
- Bomb kills mother, wounds daughter in northern Iraq (Roundup)
- EU says too early to discuss sanctions on Iran
- Israel grieves death of astronaut hero's son (News Feature)
- Iran set for talks with world powers on October 1 (2nd Roundup)
- US confirms participation in Iran talks (Extra)
- Iraqi shoe thrower's release delayed by a day (Roundup)
- Iran set for talks with world powers on October 1 (Roundup)
- Iran resumes trial of dissidents over post-vote unrest (Roundup)
- Iran set for talks with world powers on October 1 (1st Lead)
- Iraqi shoe thrower's release delayed by a day, says his brother
- One killed, four injured in a bomb attack in southern Iraq
- Iran talks with world powers slated for October 1 (Extra)
- Al-Qaeda-linked group claims rocket attack on Israel
- Iran wants to discuss global nuclear disarmament with world powers
- Iran resumes trial of dissidents over post-vote unrests
- Israel's Netanyahu postpones meeting Obama envoy for funeral
Sunday 13 September 2009
- Turkey ready to host nuclear talks between Iran, world powers
- Son of first Israeli astronaut dies in fighter-jet crash
- Senior Iraqi militant killed as battle rages in Kirkuk Kirkuk (Roundup)
- Israeli prime minister meets Mubarak in Cairo (Roundup)
- Israeli prime minister en route to Cairo for peace talks (1st Lead)
- Mitchell: Talk of end to settlement dispute "premature" (Roundup)
- Israeli president discharged from hospital after collapsing (Roundup)
- "No nuclear negotiations with world powers," says Ahmadinejad
- Syrian blogger jailed for "spreading false news"
- Iraqi police arrest 21 suspected militants
- Ahmadinejad sues senior Iranian Ayatollah over "insulting remarks"
- Effort still needed before peace talks can resume, Netanyahu says
- Baghdad plans 3-billion-dollar metro system
- Israeli prime minister to visit Cairo for peace talks
- Israeli President Peres discharged from hospital after collapsing
Saturday 12 September 2009
- Militant Palestinian group denies prisoner swap deal is imminent
- Three killed, eight injured in Baghdad car bomb attack (Roundup)
- Iran committee rejects allegations by opposition of rape in jails
- Two killed, three missing in southern Gaza tunnel collapse
- Army, UN forces in Lebanon on alert after rocket attacks on Israel
- One killed, four injured in Baghdad car bomb attack (1st Lead)
- Iran wants talks, but vows no concessions in nuclear dispute
- Five policemen killed in attack in northern Iraq
- EU's Solana planning talks with Iran's nuclear negotiator (Roundup)
Friday 11 September 2009
- Suleiman to start consultations on a new Lebanese premier-designate
- UN condemns firing of rockets into Israel
- Militants fire missiles into northern Israel (2nd Roundup)
- One prisoner killed, 40 injured in Abu Ghraib prison riots
- Militants fire at least two missiles into northern Israel (Roundup)
- EU's Solana planning talks with Iran's nuclear negotiator
- Militants fire at least two missiles into northern Israel (1st Lead)
- Militants fire three missiles into northern Israel
- Ayatollah warns critics to return to political fold (Roundup)
- Ayatollah warns critics to return to establishment or be confronted
- Iran leader shuns compromise as sign of "political decline"
- Gifts to greet Iraqi shoe-thrower on release
- (eca032): Arab novelist seeks lessons in the chaos of late antiquity (Feature)
- Arab novelist seeks lessons in the chaos of late antiquity 20 (Feature)
- Lebanon's spa kids - doing their nails and having facials (Feature)
Thursday 10 September 2009
- Israel ready to compromise, but won't be "suckers", Netanyahu says
- US says Iran proposal not adequate on nuclear dispute
- UN regrets Hariri's resignation after failure to form government
- Turkey backs Arab Mideast peace plan (Roundup)
- Lebanon cast into limbo again as Hariri steps down (Roundup)
- Lebanon's Hariri steps down as unity government push fails (2nd Lead)
- At least 30 killed, 99 injured in separate attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
- Lebanon's Hariri steps down as unity government push fails (1st Lead)
- Lebanon's Hariri steps down as unity government push fails
- Jordan says Israel settlement plan will "derail" peace
- At least 29 killed, 81 injured in separate attacks in Iraq (2nd Lead)
- Israeli foreign minister talks up economic cooperation with Africa
- 1STLEAD: At least 25 killed, 43 injured in northern Iraq attack
- Egyptian proposal calls for Palestinian elections next year
- Israel agreed to Golan Heights withdrawal in 90s, ex-official says
- At least 19 dead, 20 injured in truck bomb attack in northern Iraq
Wednesday 09 September 2009
- Spain says world cannot wait 18 more years for peace in Mideast
- Iran faces accusations as it issues new talks proposal (3rd Roundup)
- Arab foreign ministers try to solve Iraq-Syria tensions
- Ban criticizes Israel's settlement expansion
- Iran faces accusations as it issues new talks proposal (2nd Roundup)
- At least 15 killed, nine injured in attacks in Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- ElBaradei: "High probability" Iran worked on bomb in the past (Extra)
- Moussavi voices concern over more arrests of Iranian dissidents
- Iran delivers proposals on global challenges last six grafs (Roundup)
- Iran delivers proposals on global challenges
- Iran urged at IAEA to start talks as deadline nears (Roundup)
- Group says majority of Gaza war dead were civilians (Roundup)
- Eight killed, seven injured in attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
- Four Africans killed, three injured on Israeli-Egyptian border
- Israeli premier to meet Mubarak in Cairo this week
- European states, US urge Iran to use opportunity for talks (1st Lead)
- Venezuela's Chavez: Israeli attack on Gaza was "genocide" (Roundup)
- Six killed, three injured in two attacks in Iraq
- European states urge Iran to use "window of opportunity" for talks
- Venezuela's Chavez: Israeli attack on Gaza was "genocide"
- Nearly 60 per cent of Gaza war dead were civilians: Rights group
- Israeli group: Nearly 60 per cent of deaths in Gaza war civilians
- Peace so far, so close for divided Palestinian polity (Feature)
Tuesday 08 September 2009
- Yemen police seize explosives in vehicles near US embassy (Roundup)
- Yemen police seize explosives on two vehicles near US embassy
- Iranian judiciary closes office of leading opposition cleric (Roundup)
- Iran to release proposal package on global challenges Wednesday
- EU urges Israel to dismantle "illegal" settlements
- EU asks Iran to halt planned execution of minors
- Four US soldiers, ten Iraqi police killed in Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- Hamas delegation heads to Cairo to resume prisoner swap talks
- Iranian judiciary shuts down office of leading opposition cleric
- Ten police officers killed in northern Iraq bombing (Roundup)
- Iraqi president calls for dialogue to end rift with Syria
- Franz Kafka's legacy metamorphoses into Israeli ownership trial
- Five police officers killed in northern Iraq bombing (2nd Lead)
- Israeli premier to talk to Mubarak next week about prisoners, peace
- Iranian parliament speaker calls for end to political disputes
- Five police officers killed in northern Iraq bombing (1st Lead)
- One killed, five injured in Baghdad explosion
Monday 07 September 2009
- Iran's Ayatollah tells Ahmadinejad not to get too confident
- Jordan blasts Israeli "encroachment" on Jerusalem's holy places
- Iran says more time needed to investigate arrested US nationals
- Lebanon's Hariri presents cabinet for presidential approval
- Israel green lights 455 new homes in West Bank settlements (Roundup)
- Nine killed in suicide attack in western Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- UN's Palestinian refugee agency staff strike for more pay
- ANALYSIS: Ahmadinejad ready to talk about everything but nukes
- ElBaradei rebuts Israeli criticism over IAEA's Iran work (2nd Roundup)
- Israel okays 455 new homes in West Bank settlements (1st Lead)
- Israel's new West Bank houses challenge peace: Palestinians (Extra)
- ElBaradei rebuts Israeli criticism over IAEA's Iran work (1st Lead)
- Ahmadinejad to appoint female vice president
- Israel okays 455 new homes in West Bank settlements
- Ahmadinejad: Iran's opposition leaders should be held over unrest
- Ahmadinejad to go to UN General Assembly, seeks Obama debate (Roundup)
- Nine killed in suicide attack in western Iraq (Roundup)
- IAEA board mulls Iran question as Western pressure mounts
- Ahmadinejad rejects nuclear talks with world powers (Roundup)
- Ahmadinejad rejects nuclear talks with world powers
- Ahmadinejad to attend UN General Assembly, wants debate with Obama
- Seven killed in a suicide attack in western Iraq
Sunday 06 September 2009
- Israel to reach agreement on settlements with US this week
- Chavez: Venezuela to export petrol to Iran
- Israeli army force nabs 4 Bedouins in northern Gaza incursion
- Iran's Ahmadinejad nominates another woman for education ministry
- Iran's ex-president accuses government of adopting fascist approach
- Hamas: Egypt finalising proposal for end to Palestinian split
- Hamas annuls decision to impose dress code on Gaza female lawyers
- Report: Arrest warrant against son of Iran opposition cleric
- Israeli settlement freeze only "strategic delay," minister says
- Ahmadinejad to hold first cabinet session holy city of Mashad
- Swedish foreign minister visit to Israel postponed, Israel confirms
- Yemen army reports gains against Shiite rebels as truce collapses
Saturday 05 September 2009
- Yemen accuses Shiite rebels of executing six women, 11 children
- Hamas denies imposing dress code on Gaza school girls
- Iraq prime minister attacks neighbours "who shelter criminals"
- Opposition leader Moussavi accuses Ahmadinejad of misusing Islam
- Chavez in Tehran for talks with Ahmadinejad (1st Lead)
- Ahmadinejad: Iran prepared to face Western pressures
- Fatah, Hamas in Cairo for separate reconciliation talks
- Chavez in Tehran for talks with Ahmadinejad
- Chavez savours warm embrace in Arab world (News Feature)
- Yemen accuses northern rebels of violating ceasefire (Roundup)
Friday 04 September 2009
- Yemen says northern rebels violated ceasefire (1st Lead)
- Yemen says notheren rebels violated ceasefire (Extra)
- Israel to announce settlement freeze soon, EU says
- Clinton objects to Israel's settlement plans
- Baghdad calls for UN probe into August bombing
- Yemen to suspend attacks on rebels to allow aid operations (Roundup)
- Yemen to suspend attack on rebels to allow relief operations (Extra)
- Work on Cairo subway causes street collapse
- Eight dead in attack on Shiite shrine in Iraq (Roundup)
- Netanyahu to approve hundreds of new homes in settlements throughout (Roundup)
- Abbas: New West Bank settlement construction is "unacceptable"
- Netanyahu to approve hundreds of new homes in settlements (1st Lead)
- Eight dead in attack on Shiite shrine in Iraq
- HRW says Hamas imposing religious dress code in Gaza schools
- Netanyahu to approve hundreds of new homes before settlement freeze
- Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza tunnel
- Traumatized Iraqis seek peaceful new life in Germany (News Feature)
- Report: Yemen Army kills 3 rebel leaders in north-western attacks
Thursday 03 September 2009
- Jordan, Iraq sign free-trade agreement
- Tehran parliament approves first female minister
- Hamas leaders head for talks in Cairo
- International agencies warn of water crisis in the Gaza Strip
- Violence, accidents leaves 5 dead, 13 injured across Iraq (Roundup)
- Israel, US pushing for settlement deal, triple summit (Roundup)
- Jordan's premier flies to Baghdad for cooperation talks
- Yemen army claims major gains over Shiite rebels, kills 11
- Art exhibit featuring female suicide bombers causes storm in Israel
- Three dead, 18 injured in separate attacks in Iraq (1st Lead)
- Venezuela's Chavez expected in Syria for 2-day visit
- Iranian parliament rejects two female ministers (Extra)
- Israel, US pushing for settlement deal, triple summit in New York
- Iran rejects deadline for nuclear talks (Roundup)
- Three dead, 13 injured in two attacks in Iraq
- Ahmadinejad calls on parliament to frustrate West with cabinet vote
- Iran rejects deadline for nuclear talks
Wednesday 02 September 2009
- British government says body handed over in Iraq could be hostage
- Israeli, Palestinian ministers hold talks in Jerusalem (Roundup)
- Israel releases nine Hamas members of Palestinian parliament
- Group calls for Iraq photographer held for year by US to be freed
- Spain pledges help in staging tripartite Mideast meeting (Roundup)
- Spain pledges help to staging tripartite Mideast meeting at UN
- Israeli, Palestinian ministers meet in Jerusalem, discuss economy
- UN group consults on Iran's nuclear programme
- Jordan charges three with plot to attack intelligence building
- Wanted Saudi militant turns himself in to authorities
- Yemen rebels warn of "attrition" war after truce rejected
- Hardline Tehran prosecutor leaves office
- EU foreign policy chief in Cairo for peace talks with Mubarak
- Iraq bank robbers sentenced to death
- Turkish minister in Cairo for talks on Iraq-Syria tension
- Denmark repatriates Iraqis who failed to get asylum
- Report: Diplomatic reshuffle in Iran following protests
Tuesday 01 September 2009
- Two Palestinians killed on Gaza border
- Solana calls for the formation of a Lebanese government
- Amnesty International criticizes use of death penalty in Iraq
- Ammar al-Hakim succeeds father as head of Iraqi Shiite party
- Iran to make new nuclear proposals, "ready for talks" (Roundup)
- Iran to make new proposals to major powers, ready for talks in graf 6-17 (Roundup)
- Female ministerial nominee challenged by Iranian parliament
- Iranian woman minister nominee challenged by parliament
- Iran parliament endorses controversial general as defence minister
- Two Saudi policemen wounded in gun attack
- Iran to make new proposals to major powers, ready for talks (Extra)
- Egyptian police find two tons of TNT near Gaza Strip
- Trial of former Israeli president Katsav resumes in Tel Aviv
- African migrant shot, another injured on Israeli-Egyptian border
- Yemen government rejects rebels' ceasefire offer
- IAEA report positive; Western charges political, Iran says
- Serbia to return Iraqi fighter planes after 20 years
- Palestinian, critically wounded by Israeli soldiers, dies of wounds
Monday 31 August 2009
- Shiite rebels offer truce proposal in northern Yemen fighting
- Israel will respond to unilateral Palestinian move (2nd Roundup)
- Solana: Europe supports Palestinian premier's state vision (Extra)
- Opposition party leader affirms rape allegations in Tehran prisons
- Israel will react to unilateral Palestinian move: minister (Roundup)
- Iraq insists on bombing trials despite Turkish mediation (Roundup)
- Iranian legislators criticize Ahmadinejad's foreign policy
- Turkish foreign minister arrives in Baghdad for Iraq-Syria mediation
- Settlement deal could be reached by start of UN assembly: Solana
- Hamas "astonished" that Holocaust taught in Gaza schools (Roundup)
- Jordan Engineers Association urges members not to visit Israel
- Incirlik prepares for US withdrawal from Iraq
- Israel, Hamas in controversy over school history education
Sunday 30 August 2009
- Israeli dies after being stabbed by Palestinian in Jerusalem
- EU-Syrian pact to be signed by year's end, says Solana (Roundup)
- Former Israel premier Olmert indicted on three corruption counts
- Ahmadinejad presents new cabinet to parliament for approval available (Roundup)
- Israel, Hamas say no breakthrough on prisoner-swap deal (Roundup)
- Hamas leader vows to continue "liberation of Palestine" struggle
- Solana arrives in Damascus for peace talks
- Israeli premier says no breakthrough imminent on prisoner-swap deal
- Ahmadinejad presents new cabinet to parliament for approval
Saturday 29 August 2009
- Three bombs reported near Hamas security compounds in Gaza
- Hardline Tehran prosecutor is dismissed
- Body of al-Hakim buried in Najaf (Roundup)
- At least 17 killed, 32 injured in separate attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
- Hamas leader in Jordan to attend father's funeral
- Body of al-Hakim arrives in Najaf for burial (1st Lead)
- Iranian Foreign Minister arrives in Baghdad on unannounced visit
- Iran terms latest IAEA report positive
- At least 17 killed, 32 injured in separate attacks in Iraq (1st Lead)
- At least 10 people killed, 31 injured in two attacks in Iraq
- Thousands of mourners pay tribute to al-Hakim in Karbala
Friday 28 August 2009
- IAEA pushes Iran weapons studies question (Roundup)
- Syria still not cooperating fully, IAEA reports (Extra)
- Eleven killed after rockslide hits village in Yemen
- IAEA pushes Iran weapons studies question (1st Lead)
- IAEA pushes Iran weapons studies questions as enrichment slows
- Thousands of Shiites pay tribute to late Iraqi leader (Roundup)
- International delegation oversees hashish destruction in Lebanon
- Jordan's king allows Hamas leader to attend his father's funeral
- EU foreign policy chief Solana to tour Middle East
- Eygpt: Settlement moratorium needed for resumption of peace talks
- UN chief calls for Palestinian unity to enable peace talks (Roundup)
- Lebanon sends Israeli citizen back home
- Thousands of Shiites pay tribute to late Iraqi leader (1st Lead)
- UN chief Ban calls for Palestinian unity to enable peace talks
- German mediator to meet Hamas leader in Cairo
- Saudi official survives suicide bombing attack
- Opportunity for West Banker Muslims to visit Jerusalem (News Feature)
- Ahmadinejad wants Iranian opposition leaders prosecuted (Roundup)
- UN "extremely concerned" by fighting in Yemen
- Two US soldiers killed in Iraq
- Official funeral ceremony of Iraqi Shiite leader begins in Baghdad
- Three Palestinians killed in tunnel collapse in Gaza
- Ahmadinejad calls for prosecution of Iranian opposition leaders
- Yemen denies claim of Saudi air raids on Shiite rebel bases
Thursday 27 August 2009
- Renewed mandate for UN mission in southern Lebanon
- Official ceremony for late Iraqi Shiite leader to be held Friday
- Merkel urges "substantial change" on Israeli settlements (Roundup)
- Germany to treat Iraqi diplomats hurt in bomb attack
- Merkel pushes Netanyahu to stop settlements (2nd Lead)
- Speculation rife over Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap (Roundup)
- Netanyahu meets Merkel for Mideast peace push (1st Lead)
- West supported protests to take revenge, Ahmadinejad says
- Yemeni president vows to crush rebellion in "weeks"
- Iran's Rafsanjani accuses head of president's office of conspiracy
- Speculation rife in Israel, Palestinian areas over prisoner swap
- Netanyahu set to meet Merkel for Mideast peace push
- Iran's Ahmadinejad issues condolence message on Hakim's death
- US notes sadness at death of Iraqi Shiite leader Hakim
Wednesday 26 August 2009
- Netanyahu says ready to meet Palestinian leader Abbas
- Jordan, Iraq sign accords for promoting transport cooperation
- Merkel calls for more Israeli compromise ahead of Berlin talks
- Lithuania resolves Jewish cemetery dispute
- Mitchell and Netanyahu make "progress" at London talks (Roundup)
- Palestinians have received no invite to 3-way meet, Abbas aide says
- ANALYSIS: Netanyahu shifts focus of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Mitchell and Netanyahu make "progress" at London talks (Extra)
- Iraqi Shiite leader dies of cancer in Iran (2nd Roundup)
- Iraqi Shiite leader dies of cancer in Iran (Roundup)
- Shiite rebels hold off army attacks in northern Yemen
- Iraqi Shiite leader dies of cancer in Iran (1st Lead)
- Iraqi Shiite leader Hakim dies in Tehran hospital (Urgent)
- US close to brokering Middle East deal, report
- Khatami condemns trial of reformists as "destructive" for Iran
- Two killed in an attack in northern Iraq
Tuesday 25 August 2009
- Netanyahu says Middle East progress will "surprise world" (Roundup)
- Former Tehran officials among dissidents tried in Iran (2nd Roundup)
- Syria recalls ambassador from Iraq
- Netanyahu outlines "winning formula" for Middle East peace (Extra)
- Al-Qaeda group claim responsibility for Baghdad blasts (Roundup)
- Israeli leader Netanyahu starts Europe trip with London talks
- Palestinian premier plans state within two years (Roundup)
- Jordan's king flies to Saudi Arabia for peace talks
- Palestinian premier plans state within two years
- Two killed in separate attacks in Iraq
- Report: Iranian politicians refuse to attend Ahmadinejad's dinner
- No date set for verdict on Frenchwoman accused of spying in Iran
- Germany awaits arrival of 144 Iraqi refugees from Syria
- Former government officials among dissidents tried in Iran (1st Lead)
- Israeli air raid on Rafah tunnels kills four Palestinians
- Trial of Iranian dissidents resumes
- What decides start of Muslim fasting: Science or politics? (Feature)
Monday 24 August 2009
- Man kills six in Tehran over family dispute
- US: Israel and Palestinians "close" to resuming peace talks
- Lieberman causes stir with proposal for foreign ministry service
- Israeli troops kill Palestinian in northern Gaza border incident
- At least 15 dead after two explosions in Iraq
- Lithuanian to consider restitution to Holocaust survivors (Roundup)
- Gaza schoolgirls obliged to wear Islamic-style clothing (Feature)
- Lithuanian President promises restitution to holocaust survivors
- PREVIEW: Israel's Netanyahu in Europe for "key" talks on peace, Iran
- Iraqi Shiite groups form new alliance, PM not included
- Swedish premier defends press freedom; editor defends publication
- Mortar attack in Iraq strikes family, killing one
Sunday 23 August 2009
- Jordanian, Saudi kings to discuss Israeli-Palestinian talks
- Iran condemns Argentina for criticism of new defence minister
- Jordan's king urges Netanyahu to work towards two-state solution
- Israeli premier talks of restarting peace negotiations (2nd Roundup)
- Egypt demands Israeli apology over border shooting incident
- Peace unlikely even in 16 years: Israeli Foreign Minister (Roundup)
- Israel-Sweden crisis over organ harvesting claim intensifies
- Trial of "Hezbollah cell" in Cairo adjourned (Roundup)
- More than 100 Shiite rebels killed in clashes with army in Yemen
- Trial of "Hezbollah cell" begins in Cairo
- Israel and US reported to make "progress" over settlements issue
- US to reveal names of secret camp detainees to Red Cross (Roundup)
- Report: US to reveal names of secret camp detainees to Red Cross
Saturday 22 August 2009
- Father in "Not Without My Daughter" book dies in Tehran
- Iraq arrests "terrorist cell" behind Baghdad blasts (Roundup)
- Swedish government defends press freedom, no apology planned
- One policeman, two girls killed in separate attacks in Iraq
- Ramadan in Iran expected to turn political (Feature)
- Beirut's seamy side offers sex and fun for Arab tourists (Feature)
Friday 21 August 2009
- Yemeni president renews peace offer to Shiite rebels
- UN assists Yemenis displaced by new fighting in Yemen
- Iraqi parliament urges government to re-evaluate security (Roundup)
- Islamists blast Jordanians who attended Israel embassy party
- Two killed, 20 injured in Baghdad blast
- Report: Israel threatens Swedish snub for media claims against army
- Brussels in Israeli dates boycott row
- Jordan arrests 12 foreigners for bank machine fraud
Thursday 20 August 2009
- 14 Arab countries to start fasting month on Saturday
- Jordan's king urges Obama to speed up Mideast peace efforts
- Abbas says US still insists on freeze of Israeli settlements
- Ahmadinejad appoints 14 new ministers (Roundup)
- Iran allows better monitoring at key nuclear facility - diplomats
- Israelis unhappy with Fatah conference results, says poll
- Two killed, eight injured in Baghdad bomb attack (Roundup)
- New ministers but no policy change in Iran (Feature)
- Iranian judge orders ban on pro-Ahmadinejad daily
- Ahmadinejad: Iran no longer fears sanctions over nuclear row
- Israel's disgraced former TV ratings king kills himself in jail
- Two killed, eight injured in fresh Baghdad bomb attack (1st Lead)
- BACKGROUND: Iraq's worst terror attacks since August 2007
- Two killed, eight injured in Baghdad bomb attack (Urgent)
- Ahmadinejad appoints 14 new ministers
- Ten security officers detained over deadly Baghdad blasts
Wednesday 19 August 2009
- Reports: Ahmadinejad names 14 ministers, including 3 women (Roundup)
- US condemns terrorist attacks in Baghdad
- UN Security Council condemns deadly attacks in Baghdad (Roundup)
- Death toll rises to 91 in Baghdad terror wave (3rd Roundup)
- UN warns of growth of radical elements, weapons smuggling in Gaza
- Jordan court jails two men for plotting to kill Israeli businessman
- Syrian president in Tehran to mediate for French prisoner (Roundup)
- Baghdad blasts leave more than 70 killed, 400 injured (2nd Roundup)
- First World Humanitarian Day remembers UN deaths in Iraq
- Yemeni president vows to "uproot" Shiite rebels
- EU condemns attacks in Iraq
- Baghdad blasts leave at least 64 killed, 400 injured (Roundup)
- Saudi authorities arrest 44 suspected of links with al-Qaeda
- Fury in Israel over claims army kills Palestinians for their organs
- UNRWA employees, activists stage sit-in to protest services cutback
- Opposition leader seeks meeting with Ahmadinejad on prison abuse
- Lebanese army recaptures escapee Al Qaeda-linked terrorist
- Palestinians call settlement freeze reports an "Israeli manoeuvre"
- Ten Islamic detainees on hunger strike at Jordan prison
- At least 48 killed, 279 wounded in Baghdad blasts (2nd Lead)
- Syrian president in Tehran to mediate for French prisoner (1st Lead)
- Series of explosions hits central Baghdad (1st Lead)
- Syrian president to visit Tehran to mediate for French prisoner
- Series of explosions shake central Baghdad (Urgent)
- Report: Ahmadinejad appoints 13 new ministers, including 3 women
Tuesday 18 August 2009
- Abu Ghraib music composition makes European debut
- Jordan's king, Sarkozy discuss two-state solution
- Obama sees encouraging signs, chances for Mideast peace (Roundup)
- Obama sees encouraging signs, chances for Mideast peace
- Al Qaeda-linked terrorist flees Lebanese prison
- Peres slams Iran on Holocaust denial
- Israel has not approved new West Bank building tenders: minister
- Iran's Moussavi accuses regime agents of sex abuse in prison (Roundup)
- Egyptian intelligence officers in Ramallah talks
- Iran's Moussavi accuses regime agents of sexual abuse in prison
- Iraq's al-Maliki arrives in Syria for security, economic talks
Monday 17 August 2009
- UN: Israeli blockade degrades Gaza's living conditions
- Popularity of Abbas and his Fatah party up after conference
- Former presidential hopeful Huckabee slams US policy on settlements
- France paid 200,000 euros for Reiss release, Paris says (Roundup)
- At least three killed, 11 wounded in Iraq attacks (Roundup)
- At least one killed, 10 wounded in Iraq attacks
- Despite bombings, Baghdad blast walls to come down (Feature)
- Iran's main opposition daily newspaper banned (Roundup)
- Iraq indefinitely postpones national census
- Trial of Iranian Baha'is for espionage postponed
- Iraq turns a "blind eye" to torture, murder of gay men
- Sarkozy urges Tehran to drop charges against freed French teacher
- Israeli troops open fire on Egyptian soldier
- Iran's main opposition daily newspaper banned
Sunday 16 August 2009
- Iran releases French prisoner to embassy custody
- Abbas: PNC to be held in Bethlehem on August 26
- Syria denies reports of botched missile test
- At least eight killed in Iraq violence (Roundup)
- Human rights groups condemn bloody Gaza weekend clashes (Roundup)
- Eight-storey building collapses in Dubai: report
- Iran court opens hearing for group of dissidents in Tehran (Roundup)
- Ahmadinejad appoints first women to Iran cabinet since 1979 (Roundup)
- Thousands flee fighting in northern Yemen: Red Cross
- Syria's Assad to visit Iran, mediation over French prisoner likely
- Iran's Ahmadinejad appoints at least two women in new cabinet
- Four Iraqis killed in attack near Falluja
- Iran's Ahmadinejad condemns EU, US over post-vote policies
- Hamas says Gaza under its control, death toll in clashes rises
- Iran court opens hearing for group of dissidents in Tehran
Saturday 15 August 2009
- 12 police, a judge to be charged - Iran trials to continue (Roundup)
- 12 police and a judge to be charged - Iran trials set to continue
- First Jew is elected to a Palestinian liberation movement (Extra)
- Fatah elects second generation members to its legislative body
- Leader of al-Qaeda group killed by Hamas in Gaza clash (Roundup)
- Five killed in northern Iraq attacks
- Gazan militant "surrenders to Egyptian police"
- Egypt's Mubarak leaves for Washington, talks with Obama
- Iran parliament speaker's brother appointed to head judiciary
- Leader of Al-Qaeda group reported killed in Gaza clash (1st Lead)
- Trial of Bahais for espionage to be held next week
- Leader of Al-Qaeda group reported killed in clash with Hamas
Friday 14 August 2009
- Sixteen dead in clash between Hamas, pro-al-Qaeda group (2nd Roundup)
- Eight dead in clash between Hamas, pro-al-Qaeda group (Roundup)
- Nasrallah would strike back at Tel Aviv if Beirut is attacked
- Six dead in Gaza clash between Hamas, pro-al-Qaeda group paragaph (1st Lead)
- Five killed in Gaza gunfight between Hamas, pro-al-Qaeda group
- Sixteen rebels, five soldiers killed in Yemen clashes (2nd Roundup)
- Father sentenced for keeping children locked up at home
- "Prosecute Karroubi over rape claims" - Iran conservative grafs 16-19 (Roundup)
- Seized Iraqis begin hunger strike after church raid
- Yemen accuses rebels of kidnapping 15 aid workers (Roundup)
- Yemen accuses rebels of kidnapping 15 aid workers from refugee camp
- Iranian Ayatollah calls for prosecution of cleric over rape charges
- Iranian ayatollah calls for confrontation with EU
- Iraqi journalists demonstrate for greater press freedom
- No Israeli soldier kidnapped, army lowers alert level
Thursday 13 August 2009
- 20 killed in Iraq suicide bombing attack (2nd Roundup)
- Israeli checks reported kidnapping late into the night (Roundup)
- Controversy after Danish police seize Iraqis in church (2nd Roundup)
- 17 killed in Iraq suicide bombing attack (Roundup)
- Israeli military checking reports soldier kidnapped
- 10 killed in Iraq suicide bombing attack
- Yemen sets conditions for ending offensive against rebels (Roundup)
- UN rights experts concerned over torture in Iran
- Abbas rejects charges of fraud in Fatah central committee vote
- Israel urged to probe non-combatant killings in Gaza war (Roundup)
- Controversy after Danish police seize Iraqis in church (Roundup)
- Three injured in Lebanon blast
- Yemen sets conditions for ending offensive against rebels
- Controversy after Danish police storm church to seize Iraqis
- Israel urged to probe non-combatant killings in Gaza war
- Contradictory claims given on number killed in Iranian protests
Wednesday 12 August 2009
- Final results confirm new blood in leading Fatah body (2nd Roundup)
- List of Fatah Central Committee members (Extra)
- Israeli Cluster bomb wounds two Lebanese brothers in south Lebanon
- Yemen declares state of emergency in rebellion-hit province (Roundup)
- Abbas aide elected to Fatah party's top body (Extra)
- Iran needs "deep amendments" says Moussavi (Roundup)
- Sweden pledges aid to Palestinian Authority
- US delegate in Syria for talks on Iraq, regional security
- French prisoner in Tehran "to be released on bail" (Roundup)
- Israel weighs Barghouti release after Fatah election success Mideast-Politics/Palestinians/Gaza, 097 (Roundup)
- Report: French prisoner in Tehran to be released on bail (1st Lead)
- Six killed, 13 wounded in attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
- Report: French prisoner in Tehran to be released on bail
- ANALYSIS: Fatah hopes convention vote will lead to rejuvenation
- At least 15 killed in Yemen as army pounds rebel strongholds
- Hamas: no large prsence of foreign Islamic militants in Gaza
- Jordan rejects cutbacks in UNRWA services, Amman official says
- Fatah leaders in Gaza resign in protest at election results
- Four killed, eight wounded in attacks in northern and western Iraq
- Vote counting in Fatah revolutionary council ballot to take 3 days
- Iranian parliament rejects opposition allegations of jail rapes
- Israel ponders Barghouti release after Fatah election success
Tuesday 11 August 2009
- Ten killed in Baghdad bombings
- Yemen army launches major offensive against Shiite rebels
- Jumblatt says atmosphere positive after meeting Hariri
- Turkish Fminister discusses water and trade in Iraq (Roundup)
- Iran releases French embassy employee (2nd Roundup)
- INTERVIEW: The Arab status quo is a threat, says pioneer Kuwaiti MP
- Kuwait arrests six men suspected of planning to attack US base
- Palestinian Fatah poll sees young guard beat establishment (Roundup)
- Iran offers limited freedom for accused French spy (Roundup)
- Al-Maliki courts Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders
- Throngs greet Yemeni cleric released from US jail
- Hezbollah's Facebook foray draws adulation, scorn (Feature)
- Turkish foreign minister arrives in Baghdad
- Hopes arise for release of French prisoner in Iran
- Iranian parliament renews call to prosecute opposition leader
- Iran opposition claims 69 people killed in election protests
- Fatah elections see new blood elected to leadership (1st Lead)
- Bildt renews criticism of dissident trial in Iran
- Fatah elections see new blood elected to leadership
Monday 10 August 2009
- China supports two-state solution for Palestinian-Israeli conflict
- US urges Iran to grant access to three Americans
- At least 55 killed, 300 wounded in Iraq bombings (2nd Roundup)
- Hamas urges Arab League to end West Bank arrests
- Israel warns Lebanon against any Hezbollah attack (Extra)
- Voting extended in crucial Fatah elections
- At least 55 killed, 300 wounded in Iraq bombings (Roundup)
- Army on alert in south Lebanon following Israeli advance
- Rights group blasts "sham justice" for Saudi terrorism suspects
- Hamas prisoner dies in Palestinian Authority jail
- Jordanian man commits suicide after killing wife, two children
- Rafsanjani bows out of leading Friday prayers to avoid protests
- At least 46 killed, hundreds wounded, in Iraq bombings (1st Lead)
- Iran will not accept pressure to meet deadline on nuclear meeting
- Tehran rejects EU criticism of mass trial
- At least 46 killed in truck and car bombings in Iraq
- Israel bombs tunnel in Gaza Strip
Sunday 09 August 2009
- Opposition party leader claims sexual abuse in Iranian prisons
- Two dead in shooting in Baghdad's Green Zone
- Fatah members in Gaza finally vote in internal elections (Extra)
- Sex boasts prompt Saudi authorities to close TV station offices
- Fatah backs right to resist Israeli occupation (Roundup)
- Put Moussavi, Khatami, Karroubi on trial says Iran general (Roundup)
- Next "coup" against Iran via foreign media, says general
- Fatah convention approves party's political platform
- Bildt: Iran is defying the whole EU with dissident trial
- Mother, child killed in Syria building collapse
- Chief of notorious Tehran prison arrested, Iran police chief says
- Iraqi lawmaker: Only 50,000 US troops will be left by mid-2010
- Israelis show solidarity with gays after club attack
Saturday 08 August 2009
- EU protests over Iran trials
- Hamas delegation reported in Cairo for talks on Fatah dialogue
- Fatah congress re-elects Abbas as movement's leader (Roundup)
- Official Iraqi Kurdish election results confirm incumbent victories
- Official: Election of new Fatah leadership within two days
- Rafsanjani to lead next Friday prayer, renewed protests expected
- Trial of Iranian dissidents resumes (1st Lead)
- Trial of Iranian dissidents resumes
Friday 07 August 2009
- Fatah: Hamas security detains senior Gaza Fatah party leaders
- Wave of bombings targets Iraqi Shiites, at least 36 dead (3rd Roundup)
- Mosul Kurds threaten to form parallel provincial government
- Fatah readying to elect new leadership (Roundup)
- Wave of bombings targets Iraqi Shiites, at least 27 dead (2nd Roundup)
- Egyptian woman trapped abroad sues foreign ministry
- Wave of bombings targets Iraqi Shiites, at least 21 dead (Roundup)
- At least six killed in three Baghdad bomb attacks (1st Lead)
- US authorities to free Yemeni cleric jailed over terrorism charges
- Tight security as Iraqi Shiites converge on Karbala
- Fatah convention completes nominations ahead of crucial vote
- Report: Egyptian nuclear reactor site "infiltrated"
- Five killed in car bombing in northern Iraq
Thursday 06 August 2009
- Senior Israeli diplomat slams Netanyahu's policy toward US
- Renewed protests break out in Tehran
- British foreign ministry voices concern about Hezbollah's rearming
- Huge fire destroys 39 stores in downtown Amman (Roundup)
- Thousands of Shiites head to Karbala for religious ritual
- Fatah blames Israel for Arafat death, calls for probe (Roundup)
- Huge fire rages at old market in downtown Amman
- Rocket attacks on Israel "war crime", Human Rights Watch says
- Sadat's daughter enraged at US comedy movie
- Debate over Gaza representation dominates third day of Fatah meet
- Sweden slams Iran executions, defends attending inauguration (Roundup)
- Israeli premier visits Tel Aviv gay centre, site of shooting attack
- Sweden brushes off criticism of attendance at Ahmadinejad ceremony
Wednesday 05 August 2009
- US willing to talk to Ahmadinejad government
- "Stormy second day at Fatah convention (2nd Roundup)
- Jordan MPs back king over Palestinian refugees' right of return
- Aide hints Chirac knows truth about Arafat's death
- Hamas warns PA of any financial dues cutoff for Gaza services
- Iran's Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term arrest of daughter of prominent activist in last 3 grafs (2nd Roundup)
- Moussavi: Dissidents' trial reflects deep problems in Iran (Roundup)
- Jumblatt makes clear he will not abandon Lebanese Premier Hariri
- Abbas' Fatah party opens second day of conference (Roundup)
- Moussavi: Trial of former officials reflects deep problems in Iran
- Six killed in separate bomb attacks in Iraq (Roundup)
- Five Iraqi policemen killed in Baghdad bomb attack
- Abbas' Fatah party opens second day of conference
- Iran's Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term (Roundup)
- Iran's Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term (2nd Lead)
- Iran's Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term (1st Lead)
- Iran's Ahmadinejad sworn in for second presidential term
Tuesday 04 August 2009
- Jordan's King Abdullah stands by Palestinian right of return
- Iranian parliament to investigate killing of 12-year-old boy
- Ansar al-Islam commander seized in Iraq
- Britain sees "unprecedented opportunity" for Mideast peace
- Minister: Egypt does not seek long-range missiles
- Abbas to Fatah: Peace is our choice, resistance our right (Roundup)
- Abbas, Clinton slam "deeply regrettable" East Jerusalem evictions
- Man confesses to killing Iraqi journalist
- Sweden to represent the EU at Iranian presidential ceremony
- Fatah debates its future as liberation movement (News Feature)
- Arrested US nationals journalists, not hikers, Iran TV says (Roundup)
- Diplomacy/ Arrested US nationals journalists , not hikers, says Iranian TV
- Number of Iran protestors gradually decreasing, police chief says
- Abbas slams Hamas as Fatah opens first congress in 20 years (1st Lead)
- Iraq parties begin registering for 2010 parliamentary elections
- Report: Ahmadinejad to replace foreign minister
- Fatah holds first conference in 20 years
Monday 03 August 2009
- Egyptian President Mubarak to visit White House
- Obama wants stronger ties with Kuwait
- Renewed protest demonstrations in Tehran (Roundup)
- Clinton seeks information on missing US hikers
- Five killed, 23 wounded in Iraq suicide car bombing (Roundup)
- Renewed protest demonstrations in Tehran (1st Lead)
- CHRONOLOGY: The Fatah organization
- BACKGROUND: The Fatah movement
- PREVIEW: Fatah facing tough challenges at first congress in 20 years
- Israeli Foreign Minister promises to quit if indicted (Roundup)
- Al-Maliki vows "just punishment" for massacre of Kurds
- Renewed protest demonstrations in Tehran (Extra)
- 21,000 troops to safeguard Iraqi Shiite religious festival
- EU's Swedish presidency attacks "unacceptable" Jerusalem evictions
- Jordan Islamic scholars ban hymen examinations
- Iranian leader endorses Ahmadinejad's second presidential term (Roundup)
- Two killed, seven wounded in Iraq suicide car bombing
- Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman promises to quit if indicted
- Iraqi government seeks to block pornographic websites
- Iranian leader endorses Ahmadinejad's second presidential term
- Israeli police make gay shooting investigation top priority
Sunday 02 August 2009
- Cracks appear in Lebanon's Western-backed ruling majority
- Former Arafat aide Shafik al-Hout dies at 77
- String of Iraq bombings target Sunnis, wounds 30 (Roundup)
- Detainees tortured, says Iranian opposition leader (2nd Roundup)
- Remains of missing Gulf War pilot found in Iraq
- Israel police suggest indicting foreign minister on several charges
- Israeli police scour streets for gay centre killer (Roundup)
- Top advisor resigns as Ahmadinejad faces more Iran cabinet problems
- Car bomb kills at least seven, wounds 20, in Iraqi market (1st Lead)
- Iran's ex-president Khatami slams "stage show" trial (Roundup)
- Car bomb kills at least seven, wounds 20, in Iraqi market
- Iran's ex-president Khatami slams detainees' trial as "stage show"
- Israel police launch manhunt for gay centre killer
- Iran TV says three Americans arrested near Iraq border (Roundup)
- Three killed, 10 wounded in Tel Aviv shooting (2nd Roundup)
Saturday 01 August 2009
- Three killed, 10 wounded in Tel Aviv shooting (Roundup)
- Report: Two killed, 15 wounded in Tel Aviv shooting
- Jordan to lodge protest with Israel over border fires
- Despite Hamas ban, Fatah to hold conference on time (Extra)
- Iran TV says three Americans arrested near Iraq border (1st Lead)
- US investigating reports of three tourists detained in Iran
- 22 exiled dissidents in Iraq "asking to return to Iran"
- Exile Palestinians arriving for critical sixth Fatah conference
- Iranians charged with pushing "velvet revolution" (2nd Roundup)
- Serbia to sell arms and train Iraqi soldiers
- "100 defendants" as Iran opens trials of poll protestors (Roundup)
- Bomb targets Sunni mosque in central Iraq
- Iran begins trial of election protestors
Friday 31 July 2009
- US investigating reports of three tourists detained in Iran
- US: Meshaal has way to go after Hamas leader says open for peace
- UN Secretary General: Iraq mosque bombs undermine stability
- At least 30 killed in blasts at Baghdad Shiite mosques (Roundup)
- At least 30 killed, 37 injured in Baghdad attacks (1st Lead)
- At least 25 killed, 37 injured in Baghdad attacks (Extra)
- Iranian police arrested 50 commemorating post-election victims
- Illegal African migrant shot on Israeli-Egyptian border
- Iraqi government colluded in "perfect kidnap", report claims
- Two policemen killed in Iraq explosion
- Madonna tells Israeli readers how Jewish mysticism changer her life
- Report: Senior US military adviser says US should "go home"
- US concerned over Iranian police break-up of mourners' protest
Thursday 30 July 2009
- Iranian reformist shifted from jail to house arrest, MP says
- US slams Iran for crackdown on graveside protestors
- Young Gaza kite-fliers claim a world record
- Israel postpones expulsion of foreign workers (Roundup)
- Israel says Gaza offensive was both a "right and obligation"
- Jordan Islamists see Obama "fully biased" towards Israel
- Iranian police break up mourners' protest (Roundup)
- Two killed as Yemeni police clash with suspected al-Qaeda militants
- Iranian police break up mourners' protest
- Don't expel children of foreign workers, Israeli president says
- Blair expected to give evidence at British inquiry into Iraq war
- Ex-Israeli foreign minister calls for harsh sanctions against Iran
- Witnesses: Eight killed, seven injured in political party attack
- Medics: Two Palestinians killed in Gaza-Egypt border tunnels
Wednesday 29 July 2009
- British hostages in Iraq likely dead, Miliband says
- Clinton urges restraint in Ashraf
- Netanyahu freezes construction of 900 apartments in East Jerusalem
- Israel authorizes transfer of construction materials to Gaza
- Clashes continue at Iranian exile camp in Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- Israeli peace kangaroo joins mate in West Bank
- Top hardline Fatah leader returns from exile to warm welcome
- Second day of clashes continue at Iranian exile camp in Iraq (Roundup)
- Barzani re-elected as President of Kurdistan (Roundup)
- Nile Basin countries outline 1.4 billion dollars in joint projects
- US national security advisor discusses Iran with Israelis
- Report: Tehran frees prisoners, but no reformist officials (2nd Roundup)
- British families "troubled" by reports on Iraq hostages (Roundup)
- Gates offers US help in mediating Kurdish-Arab disputes in Iraq
- Israeli court convicts former Arafat aide of arms trafficking
- Report: Tehran frees prisoners but no reformist officials (Roundup)
- 1ST-LEAD: "Eight killed" in clashes at Iranian exile camp in Iraq
- Report: Incumbents set to win Kurdish elections
- Death toll rises in Iraqi raid on exiled Iranian opposition group
- Iran welcomes Iraqi raid on exile camp
- BBC: Two more British hostages in Iraq "likely to be dead"
- Report: No reformist officials among freed prisoners in Tehran
- Attorney confirms release of Iranian human-rights lawyer
Tuesday 28 July 2009
- Netanyahu: "One day Palestinians will topple Hamas' rule in Gaza"
- Violence continues unabated as Gates visits Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- UN tells Israel to allow material for rebuilding schools in Gaza
- Sources: Iranian rights lawyer Shadi Sadr released from jail (Roundup)
- Larijani's brother to become new judiciary chief in Iran
- Violence continues unabated as Gates visits Iraq (Roundup)
- Sources: Iranian rights lawyer Shadi Sadr released from jail (Roundup)
- Iranian government rejects Moussavi's request for memorial ceremony
- Netanyahu, Mitchell optimistic on chances for peace (Roundup)
- Reports: Iranian rights lawyer Shadi Sadr released from jail
- Sources: Iranian rights lawyer Shadi Sadr released from jail
- Iran's leader shuts down Tehran prison in wake of election protests
- Report: Baghdad morgue sees more unidentified bodies in July
- Iraq, US meet in Turkey for talks on Kurdish rebels
- Gates to examine role of US troops in Iraq (1st Lead)
- Gunmen kill four policemen in southern Yemen ambush
- Netanyahu, Mitchell optimistic on chances for peace meeting (1st Lead)
- At least one killed in fresh Gaza smuggling tunnel collapse
- Eight policemen killed in bank robbery in central Baghdad
- Gates arrives in Iraq on surprise visit
- Netanyahu meeting Mitchell amid settlement dispute
Monday 27 July 2009
- Opposition posts gains in Iraqi Kurdish elections
- Violence mounts in Iraqi flashpoints (2nd Roundup)
- US envoy says Mideast peace a "top priority" for Obama (2nd Roundup)
- US envoy says Mideast peace a "top priority" for Obama (Roundup)
- Mitchell asks Israel, Palestinians, to take steps for peace (Extra)
- EU to reproach Iran on human rights "in next few days"
- Violence mounts in Iraqi flashpoints (Roundup)
- Death toll in Gaza smuggling tunnel blast rises to seven (Roundup)
- Action demanded as Iran reports 300 jailed protestors four graphs (Roundup)
- Jordan's king meets Gates, stresses US role in Mideast peace
- Workers injured renovating Iraqi Shiite shrine
- All options regarding Iran still on table, Israel says (Roundup)
- 300 protestors in jail; Iran's chief judge orders immediate action
- Seven Iraqis injured in fresh attacks in Mosul (1st Lead)
- Senior Israeli diplomat arrives in Cairo for talks
- Political art troupe strikes again: ad calls al-Gaddafi "lunatic"
- Envoy: Mideast peace a "top priority" for Obama (1st Lead)
- Jordanian lawmakers demand freeze of peace pact with Israel
- Death toll rises in Gaza smuggling tunnel explosion
- Israel's Barak calls for tougher sanctions against Iran
- Death-toll rises in Iraqi funeral suicide bombing
- US Mideast envoy in Cairo for talks
- Iran's Ahmadinejad under pressure from all sides
Sunday 26 July 2009
- Israel reports successful anti-missile test
- Iran's Rafsanjani defies clergy criticism, stands by demands (Roundup)
- Iran's Rafsanjani defies clergy criticisms, stands by demands
- US Mideast envoy pushes for comprehensive peace (3rd Roundup)
- US Mideast envoy arrives in Cairo (Extra)
- Group alleges Hamas has dress code for female attorneys in Gaza
- Iran's Ahmadinejad sacks two ministers (Roundup)
- US Mideast envoy pushes for comprehensive peace (2nd Roundup)
- Plane forced to make emergency landing in Tehran
- Egypt refers suspected Hezbollah agents to emergency court
- US Mideast envoy pushes for comprehensive peace (Roundup)
- US Mideast envoy pushes for comprehensive peace (2nd Lead)
- US Mideast envoy pushes for comprehensive peace (1st Lead)
- Voter turnout in Iraqi Kurdish elections near 80 per cent
- One killed in Gaza-Egypt border tunnel explosion
- US Mideast envoy, in Damascus, pushes for comprehensive peace
- Moussavi applies for mourning ceremony for protest victims
Saturday 25 July 2009
- Four killed, 33 wounded, in bombings across Iraq (2nd Roundup)
- Iranian police disperse fresh protests in Tehran
- At least one killed, 36 wounded, in bombings across Iraq (Roundup)
- At least six people injured in bomb attack in northern Iraq (Extra)
- Twin car bombs kill at least one, injure 30 in Iraq
- Senior White House official arrives in Damascus
- High turnout expected in Iraqi Kurdish elections (1st Lead)
- Yemeni president discharged from hospital, resumes duties
- Iran's opposition seeks clergy help for political detainees release
- Nile Basin countries discuss Nile water resources in Egypt meeting
- Iran warns Israel of missile capability
- Ahmadinejad's deputy officially withdraws (2nd Roundup)
- Egypt bolstering Gaza border security, Gazans say
- Protester killed as violence continues in southern Yemen
- Archaeologists discover Mideast's "largest Roman garrison" in Syria
- Ahmadinejad's deputy officially withdraws leader's letter in graphs 7-13 (Roundup)
- High speed may be to blame in fiery landing of plane in Iran 00000401805471, others available (Roundup)
- Presidential, parliamentary voting begins in Kurdish areas of Iraq
- 16 killed in plane's fiery landing in Iran, aviation official says
- Ahmadinejad's deputy officially withdraws
Friday 24 July 2009
- Iran's leader orders Ahmadinejad to sack his deputy (2nd Roundup)
- US transfers 200 million dollars in aid to Palestinians
- Hamas: Fatah members can leave Gaza if Hamas prisoners freed
- At least 16 killed in Iran plane accident (Roundup)
- Iran's leader orders Ahmadinejad to sack his deputy (Roundup)
- 17 killed in Iran plane accident (Urgent)
- Report: Casualties after emergency landing in north-eastern Iran
- Iran's clergy calls on Rafsanjani to clarify loyalty to leadership
- Shiite rebels kill four soldiers in northern Yemen ambush
- Faithful can now use Internet to leave prayers in Western Wall
- Egypt drops reservations over Red Sea-Dead Sea canal: Paper
- Friday prayers in Iran call on Ahmadinejad to sack his deputy
- Israelis, Palestinians negotiate unofficial security document
- PREVIEW: Iraqi Kurds head to polls on Saturday
Thursday 23 July 2009
- Arab plan could form basis for regional peace, Netanyahu says
- Yemeni president hospitalised after exercise injuries
- New Jersey mayors, rabbis among dozens arrested for corruption
- Ten killed as Yemeni police clash with separatists (2nd Roundup)
- Eight killed as Yemeni police clashes with separatists (Roundup)
- Hamas: Egypt bars well-known Syrian actor from crossing into Gaza
- Israel wants economic peace with Palestinians, minister says
- Official: Fatah, Hamas say elections to be held on time
- Jordan Islamists chide Arab countries for lack of aid to Gaza
- Three killed in clashes between police, separatists in Yemen
Wednesday 22 July 2009
- Obama urges al-Maliki on Iraqi reconciliation (Roundup)
- Obama urges al-Maliki on reconciliation within Iraq
- Moussavi: Protests continue until release of jailed protestors
- Iraqi prime minister meets with UN chief on post-war efforts
- Army officer killed in rebel ambush in northern Yemen
- Erdogan offers to seek reopen Syrian-Israeli talks (Roundup)
- Dovish Israeli intellectuals demand investigation into Gaza war
- New Iraqi statues substitute new values for Saddam Hussein (Feature)
- Netanyahu lists Israel's five conditions for peace (Roundup)
- No US-Israel crisis, envoy says; "not yet," says think tank (Roundup)
- Lebanese security source says "terrorists" caught on time
- At least five Iranian pilgrims gunned down in Iraq (Roundup)
- Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan meets Syria's al-Assad in Aleppo
- Amnesty: Saudi Arabia uses anti-terrorism laws to curb human rights
- Netanyahu lists Israel's five conditions for peace
- At least five Iranian pilgrims gunned down in Iraq (1st Lead)
- At least five Iranian pilgrims killed in Iraq shooting attack
- Baghdad bishop sees anarchy ahead for Iraqi Christians
- No crisis between Israel and US, says ambassador to Washington
- Iran's parliament pressures Ahmadinejad over vice president pick
- Three earthquakes hit southern Iran
Tuesday 21 July 2009
- Blast at Gaza wedding wounds 40 Palestinians
- ROUNDP: Iran's parliament "to force Ahmadinejad to sack his vice-president"
- Iran's parliament "to force Ahmadinejad to sack his vice-president"
- Lebanon's grotto among finalist in natural wonders of the world
- Renewed protests in Tehran, clashes with police
- France summons Israeli ambassador, slams settlement policy
- EU urges Israel to halt demolition of homes in East Jerusalem
- At least eight Iraqis killed in wave of bombings arrests in Mosul, analyst comment (Roundup)
- Lebanese army: Ten suspected terrorists arrested for plotting
- Nazi hunter: Romanian mayor must quit for wearing Wehrmacht uniform
- Setback for Iraq as ancient gold vial seized in Germany
- Iraqi prime minister al-Maliki departs for United States
- At least eight Iraqis killed in wave of bombings (2nd Lead)
- Netanyahu's son begins military service
- At least five Iraqis killed in wave of bombings (1st Lead)
- Iraqi forces arrest group of armed Syrians north of Mosul
- At least five killed, dozens injured, in Iraq bombings
Monday 20 July 2009
- Jordan says East Jerusalem cannot be part of Israel's capital
- Israel protests UN failure to stop border crossing
- Jordan, Russia urge total freeze of Jewish settlements
- Police recommend indicting former Israeli premier Olmert
- PREVIEW: Iraq's al-Maliki to begin US visit Tuesday
- Syria's al-Assad urges Iraqi unity in talks with al-Sadr (Roundup)
- Moussavi: New generation in Iran won't be intimidated
- Israel Judaising Jerusalem, Palestinian leader charges (Roundup)
- At least 6 killed in attacks across Iraq (Roundup)
- Lebanon witnesses summer boom, despite tension (News Feature)
- Syria's al-Assad urges Iraqi unity in talks with al-Sadr (2nd Lead)
- Syria's al-Assad urges Iraqi unity in talks with al-Sadr (1st Lead)
- Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr arrives in Syria
- Car bomb kills two Iraqi policemen in Ramadi (2nd Lead)
- Abbas: Israel changing Jerusalem's Islamic and Christian character
- Iran's leader warns opposition, decries foreign interference (Roundup)
- Iran's leader warns opposition, decries foreign interference
- ANALYSIS: Iranian opposition leaders find their voice Farshid Motahari, dpa
- Iran's acting president denies reports on resignation
- Car bomb kills two Iraqi policemen in Ramadi (1st Lead)
- Car bomb kills two Iraqi policemen in Ramadi
Sunday 19 July 2009
- Khatami demands vote on legitimacy of Ahmadinejad's re-election
- One killed, four wounded in tunnel under Gaza-Egypt borders
- Iran frees British embassy staffer on bail (Roundup)
- Tension prevails in south Lebanon after UN force stoned (Roundup)
- Palestinian Authority slams Netanyahu's statements on Jerusalem
- Tension prevails in southern Lebanon after stoning of UN force
- PA lifts ban on Qatari al-Jazeera operations in West Bank
- Rival Palestinian factions postpone reconciliation talks (Roundup)
- US questions planned Israeli project in East Jerusalem (Roundup)
- Government-allied militia leader killed south of Baghdad (Roundup)
- Iran to free British embassy staffer on bail: sources
- Government-allied militia leader killed south of Baghdad (Extra)
- Iraqi soldier killed, six wounded in twin bomb blasts
- Iraqi Kurds, Arabs spar over Mosul security forces
- Rival Palestinian factions postpone reconciliation talks (1st Lead)
- Rival Palestinian factions postpone reconciliation talks
- US questions planned Israeli project in East Jerusalem
- Rafsanjani to discuss crisis with high-ranking clerics
Saturday 18 July 2009
- Rival Palestinian factions agree to extend Cairo talks (Roundup)
- Iraqi Kurdish parties reject partition of Kirkuk
- Iraqi militia leader survives assassination attempt (Roundup)
- Iraqi militia leader survives assassination attempt in Faluja
- Egyptian poet convicted of insulting president freed on appeal
- Fatah, Hamas negotiators set to meet for next round of talks
- Egyptian police find half-ton of TNT in cemetery near Gaza Strip
- New Iranian atomic chief hopes for an end of nuclear dispute
- Nablus morale booster: Guinness entry with huge kanafeh treat
- Millions of Shiite pilgrims flock to battered Baghdad shrine
Friday 17 July 2009
- Thousands throng again as Rafsanjani speaks in Tehran beating of Karroubi, TV comments in last five graphs (3rd Roundup)
- Hezbollah continues to seek release of detainees in Israel
- Ahmadinejad appoints former IAEA envoy as new atomic chief
- Mass protests by Ahmadinejad foes flare anew in Tehran (News Feature)
- Thousands throng again as Rafsanjani speaks in Tehran (2nd Roundup)
- Iraqi Shiite cleric says recent attacks are "wake-up call" (Roundup)
- BACKGROUND: The leaders of Iran's opposition
- Rafsanjani rallies opposition in tense Tehran (Roundup)
- EU concerned over closure of al-Jazeera office in West Bank
- Teargas, arrests at Tehran Friday prayers, clashes after (Extra)
- "Hundreds of thousands" as Rafsanjani seeks "open debate" (3rd Lead)
- Rafsanjani calls for "open debate" on election (2nd Lead)
- Rafsanjani addresses Tehran Friday prayers (1st Lead)
- Two children killed, 11 injured in Iraq house blast (Extra)
- Tight security in Tehran before Friday prayers; atmosphere tense
- Jewish settlers launch "Obama Hilltop project"
- Six months after Gaza war, PR battle gains momentum (News Feature)
- At least 3 coalition soldiers killed in Basra killed
- Ahmadinejad appoints former IAEA envoy as new atomic chief
Thursday 16 July 2009
- Russian envoy says formation of Lebanese cabinet "not easy" (Roundup)
- Swiss upset Israelis by meeting with Hamas
- Ahmadinejad ignores calls for settling nuclear dispute with Iran
- World Jewish Congress calls on EU to be tougher with Iran
- Jerusalem riots over suspected child abuse case continues (Roundup)
- Iran to hold next Non-Aligned Movement summit in 2012 (Roundup)
- Iranian intelligence chief warns of unrest at Friday prayers
- Iran's nuclear chief resigns (Roundup)
- Iran's nuclear chief resigns
- High security as Iraqi Shiites commemorate imam (News Feature)
- Russian envoy in Beirut to discuss Mideast peace
- Lebanese former car dealer indicted on Israel spying charges
- Eight Serbians, three Egyptians killed in road accident
- Sanitation worker attacked as Jerusalem riots resume
- Remains of Iran crash victims transferred to coroner's office
- Iranian opposition leader to make public appearance
Wednesday 15 July 2009
- UN: Southern Lebanon blast triggered by stashed ammunition (Roundup)
- Israeli parliament approves two-year budget
- Jordan regrets anti-Abbas remarks by Fatah leader
- Obama to host Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki
- Non-Aligned countries call for "new economic order" (Roundup)
- Israel: Hezbollah prevented UNIFIL from probing arms depot blast
- Arafat poison-plot transcript causes storm in Palestine (News Feature)
- Yemen charges 22 Somalis with piracy in Gulf of Aden
- 168 killed as Iranian airliner crashes near Tehran (2nd Roundup)
- Israeli mother allegedly starves child, arrest sparks riots
- Seven Iraqis killed, 15 wounded in Ramadi car bombing
- 168 killed as Iranian airliner crashes near Tehran (Roundup)
- Hamas to Non-Aligned Movement Summit: End the Gaza blockade
- Hamas: Israel corrupting Gazans by distributing "sex chewing gum"
- Non-Aligned countries call for "new economic order" (1st Lead)
- CHRONOLOGY: Iran's controversial nuclear program
- Israel to be barred from attending IFJ meeting in Amman
- Al-Jazeera office shut down amid Arafat assassination allegations
- Iranian passenger plane crashes north-west of Tehran (2nd Lead)
- Iranian passenger plane crashes north-west of Tehran (1st Lead)
- Iranian passenger plane crashes north-west of Tehran (Urgent)
- Report: Israeli army used excessive fire, human shields, in Gaza
- Non-Aligned Movement Summit opens in Egypt
Tuesday 14 July 2009
- Lebanese army and UNIFIL start to investigate arms depot explosion
- Hundreds protest Falluja police chief's arrest (Roundup)
- Israeli warships transit the Suez Canal
- Spanish court shelves case against US soldiers in Iraq (Roundup)
- Non-Aligned Movement summit to bring together 118 nations in Egypt
- Spanish court shelves case against US soldiers in Iraq
- Barenboim, Cohen call off West Bank performances amid boycott calls
- Hundreds protest Falluja police chief's arrest on al-Qaeda charges
- British parliamentarian's aid convoy arrives at Gaza borders
- 13 rebels hanged in south-eastern Iran (Roundup)
- Several rebels hanged in south-eastern Iran
Monday 13 July 2009
- Jordan condemns al-Qaeda militant to death in US diplomat's murder
- Pope condemns church attacks in Iraq (Extra)
- British inquiry into abuse of Iraqi prisoners (Roundup)
- Father suspected of keeping children locked up at home
- Public inquiry launched in Britain into Iraqi civilian death
- Natsrat instead of Nazareth: Israel wants to Hebraize road signs
- Iraqi Christians defiant in face of church attacks
- Israel rejects Solana call for imposed peace solution (Roundup)
- Palestinian official: Abbas to ask Egypt to postpone talks (Roundup)
- Hip-hop rocks Iraqi youth in "boogie-down" Baghdad (Feature)
- Palestinian official: Abbas to ask Egypt to postpone talks
- Israel rejects out of hand Solana call for imposed peace solution
- Nuclear dispute not included in Iran's proposal
- Yemeni court sentences six militants to death over attacks
- Lieberman: Abbas represents only "half" of Palestinians
Sunday 12 July 2009
- Egyptian opposition gears up for presidential elections (Feature)
- Media rights body calls for release of 41 journalists held in Iran
- Obama is "welcome" in Damascus, Syrian foreign minister says (Roundup)
- Iranian nuclear programme irritates Franco-Syrian relations
- Palestinians sceptical over Netanyahu talks proposal (Roundup)
- Iraqi Christian official assassinated in Kirkuk (Extra)
- Palestinian unity talks hang on new Egyptian proposal, say factions
- Netanyahu proposes immediate talks with Abbas
- Israel delights in historic Davis Cup semi-final berth (News Feature)
- Iraqi lawmaker blames Kurds for spate of bomb attacks
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