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Iran is still studying UN nuclear fuel deal, says lawmaker
Tehran - A prominent lawmaker denied reports Saturday of an Iranian decision to turn down a UN-drafted deal on provision of nuclear fuel for a research reactor, saying his country is still studying the case, the Fars news agency reported. Studies ar...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Tehran police: More than 100 arrested at opposition rally
Tehran - Tehran's police arrested more than 100 people on charges of disturbing the public order during a demonstration earlier this week in Tehran, the official news agency IRNA reported on Saturday. Ignoring warnings from security officials, thou...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Lebanon's rival factions agree on national unity cabinet - sources
Beirut - Lebanon's ruling majority and the opposition led by Hezbollah have agreed to form a national-unity cabinet, thus ending a six-month political impasse in the country, sources said Saturday. A high-ranking source in the Western-backed ruling m...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-07 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran frees Canadian, Germans detained during protests
Tehran - Iran's judiciary on Friday freed a Canadian and two Germans who were detained during protests earlier this week in Tehran, official news agency IRNA reported. Three foreign nationals, one Canadian and two Germans, who were arrested on Wedne...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran says Pakistan freed Sunni rebel leader before attack
Tehran - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards accused Pakistan Friday of releasing the leader of a Sunni rebel group ahead of a deadly attack it carried out in southeast Iran, state television IRIB reported. Some 42 people, including at least seven seni...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Saudi fighter jets resume pounding Yemen rebels - Summary
Sana'a, Yemen - Saudi air force jets resumed shelling positions of Shiite rebels on the country's south-western border with Yemen for the third day on Friday, the rebel group said in an e- mailed statement. It said the jets hit areas in the al-Malahi...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Calls for Abbas to drop plans not to seek re-election - Summary
Ramallah - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced calls Friday to reverse his decision not to run in upcoming elections, amid fears the departure of the dovish leader would deal a death blow to the peace process. Abbas' Fatah party called up hundr...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israel rejects UN resolution on Goldstone report - Summary
Jerusalem - Israel Friday rejected a UN General Assembly resolution that gives it three months to launch an independent and credible investigation into allegations that it committed war crimes during last winter's Gaza war. Although the resolution ca...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Cleric abducted in Milan wants ex-Italian, US spies jailed
Cairo - An Egyptian cleric abducted from the streets of Milan in 2003 on Friday blasted a Milan court's conviction of 22 CIA officers and two Italian intelligence officers as insufficient. In an interview with the London-based, Arabic-language daily ...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Hundreds march in Fatah demonstrations urging Abbas to run again
Ramallah - Members of Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party staged demonstrations Friday, urging the Palestinian president to run for a second term, while the rival Hamas movement quickly declared his announcement of the previous night that he would not an admi...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Two blasts rock Philippine capital

Tiger fever grips Australia

Netanyahu, Obama to meet Monday

Kidnapped principal beheaded in southern Philippines

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Hong Kong mother arrested over baby found dead on clothes rack

Teen killed, 35 injured as Hong Kong bus overturns

More than 100 dead in El Salvador flooding - Summary

Shiite politician gunned down outside northern Iraqi home

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Fort Hood offers prayers for victims of mass shooting - Summary