Middle East
Dozens arrested in clashes with police
Iranian security forces armed with batons and tear gas clashed with supporters of the late dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in two cities yesterday, opposition websites reported.
Inside Middle East
Dispute between Israel and Hamas delays release of Shalit
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Talks to secure freedom of soldier seized two-and-a-half years ago hit stumbling block
Review of the Year 2009: The Middle East
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
As Israel unleashed its fury on Gaza, peace never stood a chance
Cleric's funeral breathes life into Iran's protest movement
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Clashes with security forces as huge crowds turn out to mourn religious leader who supported reform
Could this be the house where Jesus played?
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Days before Christmas, archaeologists have unveiled what they say are the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that can be dated back to the time of Christ – a find that could shed new light on what the hamlet was like when, according to the New Testament, Jesus lived there as a boy.
Israel close to prisoner swap
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held marathon talks with cabinet ministers yesterday but without any announcement for a prisoner swap with Gaza's Hamas rulers to secure the release of a captured soldier.
The big moment: 'The hunt for the Iraqi leader is over – but why isn't the US winning the war?'
Monday, 21 December 2009
The capture of Saddam Hussein, 15 December 2003
Iran seeks diplomatic fix for Iraq border dispute
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Tehran wants to solve by diplomatic means a dispute with Baghdad over accusations that Iranian troops seized an oil well inside Iraq, a spokesman at the Iranian embassy said today.
Iranians accused of seizing Iraq oil field
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Two countries in talks over alleged incursion into disputed territory
Iraq says new mass grave found near Kirkuk
Saturday, 19 December 2009
A mass grave discovered in northeast Iraq contains dozens of bodies, mostly of women and children believed killed during a crackdown against Kurds by former dictator Saddam Hussein, an Iraqi official said today.
Iraqi insurgents hack US drones
Friday, 18 December 2009
Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from Predator drones, a major weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military's eyes in the sky for surveillance and intelligence collection.
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The most read news stories of 2009
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1 2000-2009: the world in pictures
2 Exclusive: The unseen photographs that throw new light on the First World War
3 French students cry liberté over right to wear sexy clothes
4 Russia to work on new nuclear missiles
5 It never snows but it pours for Eurostar
6 US Senate passes landmark health care measure
7 Unesco criticised over dictator's $300,000 prize
8 Briton missing from Swiss ski resort
9 Lonely hearts club only billionaires can join
10 On Santa Claus's trail: one billion people will log on to track his progress
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1 French students cry liberté over right to wear sexy clothes
2 Breakthrough? Saudi women train to sell lingerie
3 Russia to work on new nuclear missiles
4 After 35 years in jail for a crime he did not commit, James Bain is a free man – and he's not angry
5 Paratrooper killed in notoriously violent area
6 Paratrooper killed in Helmand
7 The unfinished business of Romania's revolution
8 Could this be the house where Jesus played?
9 Obama hails the new world order
10 L'Oréal heiress gives €1bn to photographer 'because he's worth it'
Commented
1Ben Chu: There's a good reason why climate naysayers are failing
2New plot hatched to dislodge Brown before election
3Avatar, James Cameron, 163 mins, (PG)
4Brown called before Iraq inquiry ? but after the election
5Victory for gay rights in Mexico's Catholic stronghold
6Sam Wallace: Attitude to Nations Cup all wrong
7Mark Steel: Where next in the battle against the establishment?
8Steve Richards: Here are a few predictions to keep you going until new year
Columnist Comments
• Steve Richards: Predictions to keep you going until new year
The leaders’ debates will dominate the campaign, but they won’t change much.
• Hamish McRae: An optimism that has drained away
It is, from an economic perspective, a sombre end to a sombre year.
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