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Middle East
Israeli police said on Monday they searched Occupied Jerusalem's city hall and confiscated documents as part of a bribery investigation that could force out Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
Lebanon
The United States and Saudi Arabia warned Iran on Tuesday of "interfering in Lebanon," saying Tehran was behind Hezbollah's move to take control of west Beirut.
Algeria
Al Qaida-linked rebels killed six Algerian soldiers in an attack on their convoy in Medea province, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Iran
Iran will soon submit new proposals to resolve its dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday.
Middle East
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants killed a 75-year-old Israeli woman on Monday, just as an Egyptian mediator was winding up truce talks in Israel, underlining both the urgency and complexity of working out a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Sudan
Sudan briefly detained its leading fundamentalist Islamic ideologue on Monday, accusing him of aiding a Darfur rebel attack on the capital but then releasing him without charge, according to his party and state media.
Middle East
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian Catastrophe, or the "Nakba", Palestinian refugees in diaspora are still haunted by memories of the ill-omened event.
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Editorial/Region
Today the world marks the 60th anniversary of one of the great injustices in human history. On May 14, 1948, almost an entire people was uprooted from their homes.
Columns/Region
Mostly inhabited by Palestinian Christians, they saw how their villages were destroyed.
Columns/Region
Every anniversary of Israel's birth is another scar on the soul of every Palestinian. Six decades have elapsed since Israel's reign of terror when 700,000 Palestinians were forced or intimidated into fleeing their homes little knowing they would never be allowed to return.
Columns/Region
As Israel celebrates 60 years of statehood this month, Palestinians are taking the opportunity to remember the catastrophic shattering of their society in 1948.
Columns/Region
The undercurrents that formed the catastrophe and made it an indelible part of our history continue today.
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