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An investigation into allegations of corruption against the Israeli PM is being widened to look at whether he committed fraud.
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Political leaders in Lebanon agree on the make-up of a national unity government after six weeks of talks.
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Iran will target Israel and 32 US bases in the Gulf if the country is attacked, says an aide to Iran’s supreme leader.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders express their optimism for peace at a summit of EU and Mediterranean leaders in Paris.
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A planned prisoner exchange between Israel and Hezbollah will take place on Wednesday, Israeli officials say.
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The MoD refers an allegation that British soldiers sexually assaulted a 14-year-old Iraqi boy to the Royal Military Police.
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Vital reconstruction in Gaza is stalled because Israel is not allowing in enough supplies, the UN’s Middle East envoy warns.
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Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in Baghdad for talks, says Iraq and Turkey will join forces to fight Kurdish rebels.
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The bodies of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for more than a year have been found, the Pentagon confirms.
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Egypt temporarily re-opens its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip to allow stranded people to cross.
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Four Iraqi men say they are suing US military contractors for torturing them at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
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Israeli and Syrian negotiators are to meet for a third round of indirect peace negotiations, mediated by Turkey.
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Israel rejects Palestinian journalist’s allegations of harsh treatment by security officials at West Bank border.
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The expected transfer of an Iraqi province to local security control on Monday is postponed without explanation from US-led forces.
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The West Bank is facing grave water shortages partly because of “discriminatory” Israeli policies, an Israeli rights group says.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani shares an historic handshake with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
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Iraq begins the process of opening up its oil industry to foreign investment to help boost its production.
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A Swiss court finds the brother of the UAE ruler guilty of beating a US citizen with a belt in a Geneva hotel bar.
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The US military in Iraq says a militant killed on Tuesday has been positively identified as the leader of al-Qaeda in Mosul.
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The US Senate approves $162bn to pay for another year of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Conservative Anglican leaders are to create a new global alliance to combat liberal trends in the Church.
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An explosion in a block of flats in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli kills at least two people, officials say.
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A day after they increased the price of bread by a third, bakers in Lebanon agree to reduce prices.
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Israel reopens a key commercial crossing point to the Gaza Strip because of a lull in cross-border attacks.
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At least 38 people die in two bombings in Iraq - including a suicide attack on a tribal council meeting in Anbar province.
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A leading Iraqi judge is ambushed and shot dead by gunmen in Baghdad as he drives home from work.
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Israel’s cabinet backs a controversial prisoner swap with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
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Officials from more than 40 countries meet in Berlin and pledge $242m for the Palestinian police and justice system.
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An Iranian opposition organisation is pushing to be legalised across the EU after being taken off the UK’s list of alleged terrorist groups.
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A bomb explodes at a local council office in Baghdad, killing 10 people, including four American nationals.
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Israel says a Palestinian rocket attack on the southern town of Sderot is a “gross violation” of a six-day-old truce.
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UN nuclear watchdog inspectors reportedly examine an alleged nuclear site in Syria which was bombed by Israel last year.
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Iraqi and US security forces fan out in the southern Iraqi city of Amara to drive out Shia militias and criminal gangs.
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Lebanese security sources say four people have died in a second day of sectarian clashes in Tripoli, bringing the death toll to eight.
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The US military says four militants have been killed during operations against the al-Qaeda in Iraq network.
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Jewish groups from around the world meet in London to highlight the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands.
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Fifteen people are killed by a female suicide bomber outside a government building in the northern Iraqi city of Baquba.
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Israel’s Labour party is to support a move to dissolve parliament which could bring down scandal-hit PM Ehud Olmert’s government.
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Israel and Hamas agree a truce starting this Thursday, Palestinian officials tell the BBC after Egyptian-brokered talks.
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The number of refugees worldwide grows to 11.4 million, the UN says, with another 26 million internally displaced.
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