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British yachtsmen: 'We're a bit overweight because they fed us so much'
An en suite bathroom, 24-hour room service... freed sailors relive their experiences in Iranian custody
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Mogadishu blast kills three government ministers new
Thursday, 3 December 2009
An explosion that tore through a hotel in Somalia's lawless capital Mogadishu on Thursday killed three government ministers and at least one other person, witnesses and senior government sources said
Mystery surrounds poisoning of doctor who exposed torture
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Iranian medic 'was given fatal overdose in a portion of salad'
Video: Bus explodes in busy Damascus new
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Iranian pilgrims targeted in Damascus blast new
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Syria's interior minister said a blast hit a Damascus suburb today, and witnesses said it targeted a busload of Iranian pilgrims causing an unconfirmed number of casualties.
Sailors safe and free
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Five British yachtsmen detained after straying into Iranian waters have landed in Dubai.
Olmert brother knocks out reporter
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
The brother of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has knocked an Israeli sports reporter unconscious.
EU Palestine move enrages Israelis
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Draft proposal talks of recognising a Palestinian state when 'appropriate'
Attempts to free sailors run aground
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Diplomatic overture rebuffed as Iran threatens 'hard and serious measures' if captured Britons had 'evil intentions'
Video: Joy as Iran frees British yachtsmen
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Sacked by text, the Indian workers who built Dubai
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Andrew Buncombe: Arab paymasters treated them as slave labour
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3 British yachtsmen: 'We're a bit overweight because they fed us so much'
4 Neruda: poet, Communist... and seashell collector
5 Knox lawyer slams prosecution case in Kercher death trial new
6 US may come to regret its pledge to withdraw
7 Ron Paul: Every man for himself!
8 Argentine leaders throw chairs at each other new
9 Peru's 'human fat killers' were invented to cover up deaths
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Columnist Comments
• Adrian Hamilton: Let's hope it really is an 'exit' strategy
All the talk of targets by which withdrawal will be gauged is so much pie in the sky
• The Sketch: One well-timed retort and Gordon's back in the game
Ah bwaah bah habbab. Hang on, start again. Bwwhaaabwabab darrbba bubbua
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