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Jerusalem tense after Al-Aqsa clashes

JERUSALEM: Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem s Old City…

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China's 'City of Life and Death' wins San Sebastian film prize

Chinese director Lu Chuan s account of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing…

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American and Muslim, band of Sufi mystics aims to go global

With a discombobulating mix of blonde hair and ecstatic cries of "Allah,…

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Wide awake in the Big Mango: How Cairo scoffs at sleep

CAIRO: I m addicted to being awake, says Sameh Marghani, under the…

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New era as emerging powers join elite summits

PITTSBURGH: Friday s decision to make emerging powers such as China and…

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Nine states urged to ratify nuclear test ban treaty

UNITED NATIONS: A ministerial conference on Thursday pressed the nine states which…

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Hamas says Meshaal to go to Cairo on Sunday

GAZA CITY: Khaled Meshaal, exiled leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, will…

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UNESCO defeat will not alter Egypt's foreign ties: analysts

CAIRO: Culture minister Farouk Hosni s failure to secure UNESCO s top…

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Spain's Zapatero to visit Mideast next month

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero will make his first…

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At Gaza's only spa, the well-heeled find relief – Feature

High above the pot-holed streets, donkey carts and militant graffiti that have…

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