Palestinian kills Israeli in northern West Bank
Tel Aviv - A Palestinian fatally stabbed an Israeli south of Nablus Wednesday afternoon, the Israeli military said. The alleged assailant was then apprehended after a security officer form a nearby Israeli settlement ran him over, slightly injuring h...
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Hamas official warns of risk of war
Cairo - A Syria-based Hamas leader on Wednesday warned there could be war at any time, as the row between Damascus and Jersualem continued to escalate. Israel is an aggressive country that cannot be trusted, Moussa Abu Marzouq, deputy head of Ham...
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Israeli lawmakers favour tax breaks for Golan settlers
Jerusalem - Israel's parliament, in a preliminary reading, passed a bill which if it becomes law will grant tax benefits to Israeli settlements on the occupied Golan Heights. Some 67 of the 120 lawmakers in the Knesset voted for the bill, while 13 vo...
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Ahadinejad hails new uranium enrichment process
Tehran - Iran starting to enrich uranium to 20 per cent made many nations happy, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday. Iran on Tuesday started the new process at its Natanz enrichment plant, where a cascade of 164 centrifuges has been prepare...
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Iran reduces jail term for Iranian-American scholar
Tehran - An appeal court in Tehran has revised the initial sentence against Iranian-US scholar Kian Tajbakhsh and reduced the jail term from 12 to five years, Fars news agency reported Wednesday. Defence lawyer Houshang Azhari confirmed the sentence ...
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Bahrain to examine report claiming detainee torture
Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain will investigate allegations of detainee torture made in a Human Rights Watch (HRW) special report released in Manama earlier this week, said Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed al Khalifa on Wednesday. Ba...
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