Archive for the 'Middle East' Category

Egypt conscripts on murder charge

Ten Egyptian paramilitary police conscripts are charged with beating a colleague to death.
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‘Olmert to face Assad’ in Paris

Israel’s Ehud Olmert and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad will come face to face next month in Paris, says France’s foreign minister.
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Qatari law ‘will protect’ maids

A draft law is put forward in the Gulf state of Qatar that will for the first time protect the rights of domestic workers.
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West Bank ‘attackers’ arrested

Israeli police arrest two Jewish settlers over an apparent assault of Palestinians that was captured on film.
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Baghdad bus stop bomb ‘kills 51′

A car bomb at a busy bus stop in northern Baghdad kills 51 people and leaves another 75 wounded, say police.
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Three dead in fresh Lebanon clash

Fierce fighting breaks out between Lebanese government supporters and opposition supporters in the eastern Bekaa.
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Israel prisoners ‘may be swapped’

Lebanon’s Hezbollah might be close to releasing two captured Israeli soldiers, the father of one soldier has said.
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Troops pour into south Iraqi city

Iraqi troops and police backed by US forces deploy to Amara city in a fresh clampdown on Shia gunmen, officials say.
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UK says UAE terror risk is ‘high’

British nationals in the United Arab Emirates have been warned there is now a high risk of a terror attack there.
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UAE sheikh to face assault trial

The brother of the UAE ruler will face trial on Thursday charged with assaulting a US citizen in a bar in Geneva.
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Israel-Syria talks ‘constructive’

Officials on both sides hail progress in indirect peace talks between Syrian and Israeli envoys in Turkey.
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Impasse in US-Iraqi forces talks

Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki says talks with the US on allowing its forces to remain in Iraq have ”reached an impasse”.
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New Iran dress code crackdown

Police in Iran begin a fresh campaign against Western-style clothing and hairstyles among women and men.
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Protesters greet Bush’s UK visit

George W Bush begins a two-day visit to the UK as part of his final European tour before he leaves office.
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‘Three dead’ in fresh Gaza clash

Israel’s military says it has killed three Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip as they were trying to plant a bomb near the border.
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Egypt probe into exam paper leak

Egypt launches an investigation into how secondary school final exam papers were leaked to students.
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Jordan jails three Hamas members

A military court in Jordan jails three members of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas for plotting terrorism.
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Barak ups pressure on Israeli PM

Israel’s defence minister warns Ehud Olmert he will support moves to dissolve parliament if he does not stand aside.
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Gaddafi attacks Obama on Israel

The Libyan leader suggests Barack Obama’s support for Israel stems from an ”inferiority complex” over his African origins.
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Iran executes juvenile offender

An Iranian boy aged 17 has been hanged, in violation of UN charters and official pledges not to execute minors.
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Blast levels Gaza militant’s home

A powerful blast destroys a Hamas commander’s house in northern Gaza, killing seven people including a baby girl.
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‘Jewish settler attack’ on film

Footage taken with a camera handed out by a human rights group appears to show Jewish settlers beating up Palestinians.
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Bomb kills head of Saddam’s tribe

The head of Saddam Hussein’s tribe, Sheikh Ali al-Nida, is killed in a car bomb near the town of Tikrit, Iraq police say.
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Israel’s Olmert orders party vote

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert authorises his Kadima party to hold leadership elections that could see him replaced.
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Morocco jails terror cell members

A Moroccan court jails 29 men for forming a terror group with intent to carry out attacks and recruiting Iraq fighters.
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Iraqi artefacts return to Baghdad

Iraq’s antiquities department takes delivery of 11 ancient ceremonial seals looted after the US-led invasion in 2003.
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Welsh assembly in Israel boycott row

An invitation from a Muslim AM to a ”confidential” meeting with the Israeli ambassador prompts the assembly’s Presiding Officer to call for the event to be boycotted.
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BBC uncovers lost Iraq billions

A BBC investigation estimates that about $23bn may have been lost, stolen or not properly accounted for in Iraq.
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Probe into Sudan’s plane inferno

Authorities in Sudan launch an investigation into what caused a plane to burst into flames in Khartoum.
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Roadside bomb hits Baghdad buses

At least five people die when a roadside bomb explodes near two minibuses in a mainly Shia neighbourhood in Baghdad.
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Israeli fire kills girl in Gaza

A young Palestinian girl is killed by tank fire in the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces target militants firing rockets over the border.
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Israeli minister threatens Iran

A top Israeli official says Israel will attack Iran if it continues with its alleged nuclear arms programme.
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Deadly suicide blast in Baghdad

A suicide bomb – the biggest in months in the Iraqi capital – kills at least 15 people near the home of a senior police general.
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Flood threat to Iraq Shia shrines

Officials in Karbala say the mausoleum of Shia Islam’s most revered leader is threatened with structural damage.
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Guantanamo 9/11 suspects on trial

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11, and four other suspects go on trial in Guantanamo Bay.
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Blast kills soldiers in Algeria

Security forces in Algeria say six soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack by suspected Islamist militants.
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Hamas militant dies in Gaza raid

Israeli forces kill a militant during a raid in Gaza, as the Israeli PM warns of a major military campaign in the strip.
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One killed in Tunisian price riot

Unrest over the rising cost of living turns lethal in Tunisia and challenges the authorities in India and Malaysia.
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Marine cleared over Iraq killings

A US marine is acquitted of charges that he helped cover up the killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.
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US raids target al-Qaeda in Iraq

The US military reports capturing 32 suspected al-Qaeda in members Baghdad and other parts of Iraq.
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