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Gaza City - An explosion in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia killed a Palestinian man and wounded five others, hospital officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on Monday.
The cause of the explosion in the al-Atatrah neighbourhood was not immediately clear. Some residents said it was caused by an Israeli tank shell, while...
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Tel Aviv - Final ballots in the Israeli elections were being counted Thursday from soldiers, diplomats, prison inmates and hospital patients, whose votes are always tallied after the others.
Media reports said the additional ballots might give an extra seat to the hardline Likud party of Benjamin Netanyahu, thus tying it with Tzipi...
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Beirut - The Israeli army has raised its alert level on the border with Lebanon on the occasion of the first anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughaniyeh, a Lebanese security source in southern Lebanon said Thursday.
"Israeli troops were seen heavily patrolling the Lebanese border," the source...
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Tel Aviv - A complicated and potentially lengthy process of forming the next Israeli government lies ahead for either Tzipi Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu, whose respective ruling Kadima and opposition Likud parties scored the most votes in Tuesday's elections.
Under Israeli law, final results must be published within eight days of the...
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Tel Aviv - Below are the official results of Tuesday's Israeli elections, after counting of all regular ballot boxes, as published by the Israel Central Elections Commission (CEC).
The votes of overseas Israeli soldiers, sailors and diplomats remain to be counted. Those tallies are expected Thursday.
The number of mandates in the...
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Tehran - Iran said Wednesday that it would grant new US President Barack Obama the "opportunity" to implement his new policies toward Tehran, a Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said.
"If Mr Obama plans to adopt serious changes in US policies, then he should have the opportunity to do so, and we have no...
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Tehran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed on Tuesday in a speech marking the 30th anniversary of Iran's Islamic revolution that the country has now become a world power.
"I herewith officially declare that Iran has become a world power, but we will use this power only for peace, brotherliness and justice,"...
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Tehran - State-organized mass demonstrations started on Tuesday throughout Iran, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the revolution that established the Islamic Republic in Iran.
According to state media, millions of people nationwide and hundreds of thousands in the capital Tehran will attend the rallies to show their...
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Baghdad - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday morning for an unannounced visit, local media reported.
Sarkozy's visit is the first by a French head of state since the US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003. France had been critical of the invasion at the time, and refused to send any troops to the...
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Tel Aviv - The upcoming Israeli elections are crucial for the Middle East peace process.
Yet that process, revived little more than one year ago after a seven-year freeze, is hardly on the mind of the average Israeli voter.
With Tuesday's poll scheduled less than one month after Israel ended a ferocious offensive in Gaza, it is...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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