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Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi (right), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (centre) and Iran's former president Akbar Hashemi attend the Non-Alligned Movement summit in Tehran AFP PHOTO / MEHR NEWS / RAOUF MOHSENI
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Iranian nuclear programme comes under microscope as NAM wraps up

Ban Ki-moon makes use of his visit to Tehran, discusses the Iranian…

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Jordanian news sites joined in an online campaign to protest against proposed amendments to the Press and Publications Law AFP PHOTO
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Jordanian online media hosts electronic protest

Press and Publication Law amendments stir electronic protest

Hend Kortam Hend Kortam
Jewish settlers look at Palestinian villagers inspecting a torched car and anti-Arab graffiti sprayed by vandals believed to be Jewish extremists in the West Bank village of Dura Al-Qara, near Ramallah AFP PHOTO / ABBAS MOMANI
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Israeli settlers violence against Palestinians continues

Responding to a court ruling, Israelis carry out acts of hatred towards…

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Somali refugees at a UNHCR reception center in Yemen (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Khaled Fazaa
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Unprecedented numbers of African refugees flee to Yemen

UNHCR expresses concern over abuse by smugglers

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
An elderly Palestinian woman sits on the ground outside her home at Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS
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Bleak future for Gaza

Gaza will not be livable, unless drastic actions are taken, says the…

Basil El-Dabh Basil El-Dabh
20120829_CJM_Death Penalty_CAM Prison officer guards detainees in an Iraqi prison AFP PHOTO / SABAH ARAR
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Rumours and horror-stories mix as Iraq tries “terrorism” suspects

Iraq trying suspects of terrorism remains unconfirmed

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Craig and Cindy Corrie, parents of US peace activist Rachel Corrie who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration in Gaza in 2003, sit at the Haifa District Court in the Israeli coastal city of Haifa AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ
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Activist’s death a ‘regrettable accident’

Israeli court rules Rachel Corrie's death by a bulldozer not intentional.

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Kuwaiti citizen Essam al-Houti, who was freed by gunmen who abducted him last week eastern Lebanon, meets with Kuwaiti ambassador in Beirut AFP PHOTO / Stringer
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Kuwaiti hostage released from Lebanon

The dilemma surrounding Issam Al-Houti comes to an end

Luiz Sanchez Luiz Sanchez
The wreckage of a Morrocan tank is pictured near the Western Sahara village of Tifariti in the region where the Frente Polisario is fighting for independence for the territory on the west African coast AFP PHOTO / Dominique Faget
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UN head rejects Moroccan envoy change

UN mission in Western Sahara will remain unchanged

Connor Molloy Connor Molloy
Libyan Islamist hardliners use a bulldozer to raze the mausoleum of Al-Shaab Al-Dahman near the centre of Tripoli on 25 August AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD TURKIA
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Libyan Minister resigns after Sufi mosque destroyed

Public pressure leads Libyan Interim Interior Minister to resign, following the recent…

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