Middle East
First praise, then a rebuke: Biden’s Israel visit turns sour
US Vice-President condemns plans for hundreds of new homes in occupied territory
Inside Middle East
Israelis and Palestinians agree to US-led talks
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Israel and the Palestinians have agreed to hold "indirect" talks mediated by Washington, the US special envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, said yesterday.
Interpol seeks 16 over Dubai assassination
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
PARIS Interpol said yesterday it had issued an alert for 16 more suspects in connection with the January slaying of a Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel room.
Living proof of the Armenian genocide
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Robert Fisk: Evidence for Turkey's slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians is in an orphanage near Beirut
Coalition led by Maliki ahead in poll
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Early estimates from a range of Iraqi parties yesterday predicted a coalition led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki would take the lead in the parliamentary election, though official results are not expected for a few days. A win by Mr Maliki could signal Iraqis' rejection of the religious parties that have dominated the country since 2003.
New wave of fear sweeps Baghdad as Iraqis vote
Monday, 8 March 2010
Bombs detonated in city apartment blocks kill at least 25 / Sunnis appear to have turned out to vote in large numbers
US to relaunch peace talks in Middle East
Monday, 8 March 2010
US ready to apportion blame if new round of talks fails to make progress again
Billions in US public money 'spent in Iran'
Monday, 8 March 2010
Details emerge of billions awarded by the US to firms dealing with Tehran
Explosions kill at least 24 as Iraqis go to polls
Sunday, 7 March 2010
Scores of mortar rounds, rockets and roadside bombs exploded near to polling stations in Baghdad.
Car bomb kills four at Shia shrine as Iraq prepares to go to the polls
Sunday, 7 March 2010
A car bomb killed four Iranian pilgrims near Iraq's holiest Shia Muslim shrine yesterday, on the eve the parliamentary elections.
Car bomb kills 4 Iranian pilgrims before Iraq poll
Saturday, 6 March 2010
A car bomb exploded in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on today, killing four Iranian pilgrims a day before a parliamentary election that Islamist insurgents have vowed to wreck with violence, officials said.
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