Middle East
Independent Appeal: Rappers who speak their minds in the name of peace
Katherine Butler: Hip-hop music is helping heal the wounds in post-conflict Lebanon.
Inside Middle East
Israel offers incentive to organ donors
Friday, 18 December 2009
Those who donate will go to the top of the queue if they later need a transplant
Iran test-fires new missile as sanctions loom
Thursday, 17 December 2009
Gordon Brown condemns weapon that puts Israel within easy range
Israel furious at Livni arrest warrant
Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Netanyahu condemns British plan to apprehend former foreign minister
Iran to put US hikers on trial as Clinton appeals for release
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Iran said yesterday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate Washington when tensions are running high over Tehran's nuclear programme.
Iran 'is testing part for nuclear bomb'
Monday, 14 December 2009
Several experts believe that new evidence is the strongest indicator yet of a continuing nuclear weapons programme in Iran.
Iranian leader warns reformists
Monday, 14 December 2009
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei accuses opposition of insulting the memory of nation's founder
Men turn tables on regime by donning headscarves and dresses
Monday, 14 December 2009
Hundreds of pictures of men in women's clothing have been posted online by Iranian opposition supporters in mockery of what they say is a crude attempt by the authorities to humiliate and discredit a reformist student leader by photographing him in a head scarf and chador.
Iranian hardliners lash out at opposition after protests
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Theological students rally against "insult" to Khomeini
Rush for Iraq's oil in defiance of bombers
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Baghdad drives a hard bargain as drilling companies battle for access to reserves
Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants, says foreign minister
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Iran needs up to 15 nuclear plants to generate electricity, its foreign minister said today, underlining Tehran's determination to press ahead with a programme the West suspects is aimed at making bombs.
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