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Arab media: Deal for release of Gilad Shalit to be signed on Friday
Jerusalem - A prisoner exchange deal for the release of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit kidnapped by Hamas could be signed in the coming days, Israeli media reported Sunday quoting Hamas as saying to Arab media. Real progress has been made (in the ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran's controversial former interior minister dies
Tehran - Iran's controversial former interior minister, Ali Kordan, died on Sunday, the labour news agency ILNA reported. Kordan, who was dismissed in November last year by the parliament for having presented a faked university certificate, died at t...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres - Summary
Tehran - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday began military manoeuvres that are to focus mainly on testing air force capabilities against attacks on nuclear sites, the Khabar news network reported. The latest exercises, being held in central, weste...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Ten wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza - Summary
Jerusalem - At least 10 Palestinians were injured in three successive Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday on the southern, central and northern Gaza Strip, medical officials and the Israeli military said. They said the aircraft fired two ai...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Egyptian court orders release of Muslim Brotherhood figures
Cairo - The Cairo Criminal Court ordered the release Sunday of several people who were being held on allegations that they were members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Gamal Heshmat, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership, the Shura Council, was ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Mubarak to Peres: Israel must stop building settlements - Summary
Cairo - Israeli President Shimon Peres met Sunday in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart Hosny Mubarak who said that the peace process in the region required the Jewish State to cease settlement construction in the West Bank. We need first to stop s...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Lebanon celebrates 66th Independence Day
Beirut - Lebanon celebrated its 66th Independence Day on Sunday amid calls to enhance national unity and bring about about economic and political reforms. On November 22, 1943, Lebanon was liberated from a French mandate that lasted 23 years after th...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Former Iran vice-president sentenced to prison for protests - Summary
Tehran - Former Iranian vice president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in post- election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2005...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Suicide bomber kills Iraqi policeman, injures at least eight
Baghdad - A man detonated explosives packed into his car as he approached a police checkpoint north of the western Iraqi city of Falluja on Sunday, killing a policeman, police and medics said. Medics said five policemen and three civilian bystanders ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres - 2nd Update
Tehran - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday began military manoeuvres that are to focus mainly on testing air force capabilities against attacks on nuclear sites, the Khabar news network reported. The latest exercises, being held in central, weste...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Pregnant women should check their blood iron levels

Reducing bacteria in the kitchen

Vaccine may be in offing for child-killer malaria

Don't completely forbid alcohol to your teens

Alcohol and obesity leading causes of fatty liver

Road tunnels risky for respiratory patients

Mumbai attacks spur paradigm shift in India's security - Feature

Pakistani groups behind Mumbai attacks off scene but active - Feature

Spectre of Mumbai attacks haunts peace in South Asia - Feature

Scarred but unbowed: Mumbai emerges defiant after attacks - Feature

Catholic bishop says no communion for Kennedy over health reform

The computer helper: Buying a Windows 7 computer - Feature

Death toll rises to 104 after China coal mine blast

Three-Mile-Island nuclear plant leaks radioactivity

Federer, Murray open with London wins - Summary

Protests precede Ahmadinejad's visit to Brazil

Valencia stay fourth in Spain by beating Osasuna - Summary

Juventus edge Udinese, keep Inter Milan within sights - Summary

Defoe's new boots lift Spurs to cloud nine

Arab media: Deal for release of Gilad Shalit to be signed on Friday