MIDDLE EAST: Israel and PNA move to 'managed impasse'

Leaders of the Palestinian factions agreed yesterday to attend Egyptian-brokered ceasefire talks...

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IRAQ: Coalition sucked into Shia power struggle

A car bomb exploded in the southern city of Karbala yesterday killing three people. Tensions...

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Sectarian conflict is intensifying in the wake of government crackdowns on anti-Western activity...

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Ahmad Kadyrov was inaugurated as president of Chechnya yesterday, amid tight security. By...

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US President George Bush yesterday addressed the UN General Assembly and pledged to "expand" the...

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Israeli officials have this week dismissed Palestinian National Authority President Yasser...

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Odhiambo Mbai, a committee chairman at the National Constitutional Conference, was murdered on...

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A US soldier and an Iraqi police chief were killed yesterday in the 'Sunni triangle', where...

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Swedish voters yesterday rejected the euro by 56.1% to 41.8%. The decisive nature of the 'no'...

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A car bomb attack on a US intelligence target in the northern city of Irbil this week killed one...

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