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Call to sever Jerusalem Arab area Israel's vice premier calls for the home neighbourhood of Wednesday's bulldozer attacker to be cut off from Jerusalem.
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Oil price hits yet another record Oil prices continue to climb with US light crude at a record closing price and London Brent above $146.
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Militants 'fire rocket' from Gaza A rocket from the Gaza Strip lands in southern Israel, the Israeli army says, putting more strain on a fragile truce.
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US 'to scrap' contractor immunity The US has agreed to scrap immunity for foreign security guards in Iraq, the Iraqi foreign minister says.
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Abu Ghraib inmates sue US firms Four Iraqi men say they are suing US military contractors for torturing them at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad.
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Sunni leader attacked in N Iraq At least one person dies in a truck bomb at the home of an Iraqi Sunni tribal leader known for opposing al-Qaeda extremists.
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Iraqi leader shakes Barak's hand Iraqi President Jalal Talabani shares an historic handshake with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak.
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Seized Iranians 'held by Israel' Four Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon in 1982 are still alive and being held in Israel, the Iranian embassy in Lebanon says.
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US admiral urges caution on Iran The top US military officer says opening up a new front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".
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Deadly Jerusalem bulldozer attack A Palestinian in a bulldozer targets Jerusalem traffic, killing three people before being shot dead by police.
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UK ban on Hezbollah military arm The military wing of Lebanese political party Hezbollah has been placed on the
Government's list of banned terrorist organisations.
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Palestinians storm Rafah crossing Egyptian security forces prevent thousands of Gazans from forcing their way over the border at Rafah.
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Gaza gets first cement for a year Israel reopens Gaza's border crossings after shutting them for a day and will allow the first shipments of cement since 2007.
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Israeli option US military plans against Iran narrow to attack by its ally
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Iraqi voices BBC users describe life in text, video and audio
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Links to the past Islamic history shines forth in smaller Gulf emirate
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Oil compromise Iraq's challenge of reviving its oil industry
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Opening night Egyptian film revival driven by success abroad
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Inside Iraq Baghdad residents on improving life in the city
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US says Israel-Iran story false The US state department criticises reported comments by a defence official that Israel was getting closer to attacking Iran.
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Sarkozy to meet Syrian president France says President Sarkozy will meet his Syria counterpart ahead of a summit to launch a new Mediterranean union.
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Israel denies injuring reporter Israel rejects Palestinian journalist's allegations of harsh treatment by security officials at West Bank border.
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W Bank in 'grave' water crisis The West Bank is facing grave water shortages partly because of "discriminatory" Israeli policies, an Israeli rights group says.
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New round of Israel-Syria talks Israeli and Syrian negotiators are to meet for a third round of indirect peace negotiations, mediated by Turkey.
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Iraq seeking help to develop oil Iraq begins the process of opening up its oil industry to foreign investment to help boost its production.
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UAE sheikh guilty of hotel attack A Swiss court finds the brother of the UAE ruler guilty of beating a US citizen with a belt in a Geneva hotel bar.
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USS Cole attack 'plotter' charged US military prosecutors file charges against the alleged mastermind behind the 2000 attack on the USS Cole.
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Dubai jailers jailed for beatings A court in the Gulf emirate of Dubai gives jail terms to a former prison director and members of staff for beating prisoners.
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Opec head sees new oil price rise The president of oil producers' cartel Opec tells the BBC crude oil prices could rise still further this week.
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Watchdog cuts oil supply forecast World oil supplies will grow more slowly than previously thought over the next five years, warns the International Energy Agency.
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Press on Jerusalem attack The bulldozer attack in Jerusalem on 2 July provoked much comment in Israel and the wider Middle East but little in Palestinian press.
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Doubts on Maliki pledge to Iran Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reassured Iran about a proposed security pact between Iraq and the US.
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Voices on Israeli Gaza ceasefire Two Israelis and two Palestinians in Gaza give their reaction to the ceasefire due to start on Thursday.
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Egypt voices on emergency law Egyptians give their reaction to the renewal of their country's emergency laws.
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Sderot and Gaza: third letters Two young women, one in the Israeli town of Sderot and the other in northern Gaza, exchange a third letter about their lives.
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Olmert's staying power faces test Ehud Olmert calls a leadership election in Kadima but it only postpones his inevitable fall from power, or does it? Wyre Davies reports.
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Lebanese bounce back Mike Sergeant reports on the new mood of optimism tempered with warieness in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.
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Beyond Gaza Israelis ponder the challenges of Hamas and Iran
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A trip down Gaza's deadly tunnels Paul Martin lowers himself into one of the deadly smugglers' tunnels linking the isolated Gaza Strip with Egypt.
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