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Page last updated at 11:45 GMT, Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Palestinian man carrying UN aid
UN head fears over Gaza blockade
UN chief Ban Ki-moon tells Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert he is deeply concerned over conditions in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Israeli incursion into south Gaza
Guide: Gaza under blockade
In depth: Mid-East conflict

UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Lebanese foreign minister Fawzi Salloukh Miliband holds meeting in Lebanon
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has met his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh to discuss peace in the Middle East.

INS Tabar (file photo) India 'sinks Somali pirate ship'
An Indian navy warship has destroyed a Somali pirate "mother ship" that fired on it in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Jamal Khader Syrian business
Long-isolated Syria warms to tourism in Damascus
Sahwa Council member Returning sons
Awakening Council move hailed as a success in Iraq
People at an art gallery Cultural ambition
Abu Dhabi is determined to scale the cultural heights

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Blackout imposed on Tamim trial
Syria uncovers 'largest church'
Lethal car bomb rocks Iraqi town
Air strike kills Gaza militants
Israeli troops face abuse trial
Civilian aircraft crashes in Iraq
Obama aide apology to US-Arabs
Lockerbie bomber bail bid fails

BUSINESS

Opec 'lost $700bn on cheaper oil'
Global gloom depresses oil price

MEDIA ROUND-UP
Algeria constitution vote dismay
Mid-East press ponder Israel vote

YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Gaza voices on the closure
Egypt: On TV, in a headscarf
Iraqi Christians: fleeing Mosul

FEATURES
Eviction in battle for East Jerusalem
Cleaning up at the Beirut races
'Painful' US-Libya era nears end
Iraq's damaged Babylon
Holy City facing splits and decline

COUNTRY PROFILES

A GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST

 

 

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Hassan Berwari Iraqi voices
Views on the recently struck deal on US troops
Yehuda Shaul argues with an Israeli police officer Jerusalem diary
Court ruling creates strange Israeli bedfellows
Gazan tunnel hole Back to violence?
Why some in Gaza want the ceasefire to end
STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ
Iraq leader defends US troop deal
Iraq war 'violated rule of law'
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Israeli 'mafia' boss assassinated
Ahly coach revels in historic win
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The deal didn't include justice for Iraqis indiscriminately killed by US troops, but 2011 is not far and I hope it will be binding

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