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Clinton backs Israel on settlements stance

Agreement would allow settlers to finish 3,000 houses plus public buildings

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Jewish extremist held for hate crimes

Monday, 2 November 2009

Israelis targeted by a suspected extremist Jewish settler called for harsh penalties if the man, accused of a series of murders and attempted murders, is found guilty.

Iraq bicycle bomb kills five

Monday, 2 November 2009

A bomb attached to a bicycle killed five people in southern Iraq yesterday, and at least five others were killed in violence across the country, police said.

Iranian politicians reject UN-drafted uranium plan

Saturday, 31 October 2009

Iran's senior politicians have rejected a UN-backed plan to ship much of the country's uranium abroad for further enrichment.

Politicians in Libya for terror redress talks

Saturday, 31 October 2009

A delegation of politicians from Northern Ireland were heading to Libya today for talks about compensation for victims of IRA violence.

Berlanty Azzam, 21,was handcuffed and blindfolded

Student expelled to Gaza Strip by force

Friday, 30 October 2009

Palestinian's involuntary return is the sixth in 10 days, says human rights group

Iran heads for nuclear row

Friday, 30 October 2009

Iran yesterday proposed changes to a UN-drafted nuclear fuel deal, making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia, Iranian media said.

Amnesty International's report criticised Israel's refusals to grant permits for wells in Gaza and the West Bank

Israel accused of denying Palestinians access to water

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Donald Macintyre: Up to 200,000 families have no running water, a damning Amnesty report says.

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Kate Allen: Swimming the Israeli settlements

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

In the 1968 film “The Swimmer”, starring Burt Lancaster, the hero hits on the idea of getting home by swimming the length of various pools owned by his rich friends in a leafy north-eastern US state.

An Iraqi weeps as he walks away from one of the suicide bombings in Baghdad yesterday. Many victims were women and children seeking war injury compensation

Carnage in Baghdad as twin blasts strike city

Monday, 26 October 2009

Suicide attacks herald new climate of fear ahead of elections

The IAEA nuclear inspectors arriving in Tehran yesterday

First inspectors visit Iran's secret nuclear plant as talks hit deadlock

Monday, 26 October 2009

Senior politicians claim West trying to 'cheat' Tehran

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