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Palestine and the UN ‘observer status’
Palestinians are looking for General Assembly approval to be upgraded to a…
Israel’s Livni returns to politics to head new party
Livni is a lawyer by training and became head of Kadima after…
Syria names 142 slain foreign fighters from 18 countries
The violence in Syria has killed more than 40,000 people in 20…
Kenya’s ICC-indicted politicians ally ahead of election
The March polls are the first since deadly post-election violence in 2007-2008
Senior Pakistan TV anchor escapes car bomb plot
Intelligence officials said last month that an intercepted Taliban message suggested suicide…
Russia PM slams “unacceptable” support of Syria rebels
Medvedev said he is not ruling out a return to the Kremlin
Hamas chief backs Palestinian UN bid
Abbas is set to ask for state observer status for the Palestinians…
Israel defence minister quits ahead of vote
The shock announcement comes at a time when the Jewish state has…
Nasrallah vows ‘thousands of rockets’ if Israel hits Lebanon
Israel launched a devastating attack on Lebanon in 2006 after Hezbollah fighters…
Arafat exhumation hopes to quell poison quandary
Palestinians have already launched preliminary work on the grave and all the…