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Palestinian deal ends rift

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Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a landmark reconciliation pact on Wednesday, ending a four-year rift that had divided the territory envisioned for a future Palestinian state. The dea...

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Iran frees US journalist Dorothy Parvaz - World ne...

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A U.S. journalist who was detained in Syria in April and then apparently sent to her native country Iran has been freed, her fiance and her employer confirmed on Wednesday.

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Passenger jet makes emergency landing in Israel - ...

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Israeli rescue services say an El Al jet with 260 passengers and crippled landing gear has safely made an emergency landing at Israel's international airport.

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Exit of wounded Yemeni leader sets off celebration...

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The departure of Yemen's battle-wounded president for treatment in Saudi Arabia set off wild street celebrations Sunday in the capital, where crowds danced, sang and slaughtered cows in hopes that thi...

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Saudi women hop into cars hoping for change - Worl...

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Emboldened by the winds of change sweeping the Arab world women in Saudi Arabia see no better time to seek greater freedoms by demanding the right to drive.

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Bedridden and caged

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From a bed inside the defendants' cage, an ashen-faced Hosni Mubarak showed a glimmer of his old defiance. Egypt's former president wagged his finger in the air and denied all charges against him Wedn...

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Libyan rebels hunt Gadhafi

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Libyans hunting Moammar Gadhafi offered a $2 million bounty on the fallen dictator's head and amnesty for anyone who kills or captures him as rebels battled Wednesday to clear the last pockets of resi...

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Officials: 29 dead in suicide bomb in Iraq mosque ...

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A suicide bomber blew himself up inside Baghdad's largest Sunni mosque Sunday night, killing 29 people during prayers, a shocking strike on a place of worship similar to the one that brought Iraq to t...

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Iran bans half-naked men

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Iran has banned TV programs showing half-naked men and love triangles, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Monday, in the latest sign of a conservative crackdown on media in the Islamic sta...

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Iran arrests 5 people for working for BBC - World ...

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Iranian state television is reporting that authorities have arrested five people for working for the BBC's Farsi-language service.

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