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09.02.2009, 18:36
In a “what the hell” moment in Israeli politics, citizens voting in Tuesday’s national elections will turn away from compromise with the Arabs, polls predict, and opt instead for blunt confrontation.
28.01.2009, 13:44
A series of Israeli air strikes have targeted smuggling tunnels across Gaza's southern border. The bombardment is in retaliation to a roadside bomb that killed an Israeli soldier and injured three more on Tuesday.
02.02.2009, 18:16
The Palestinian Hamas movement intends to sue Israel in an international court over the events in Gaza, says Hamas’s political leader Khaled Mashaal.
07.02.2009, 07:45
Concern is growing over the action of neo-Nazi groups inside Israel. Society is split over the reasons for young people turning to the hostile ideology.
24.06.2009, 05:31
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It was an election that was snatched from the Iranian people – or at least that's the impression being given by Western media outlets. But are they telling the full story?
09.06.2009, 10:39
Lebanon's pro-western coalition has won the country's parliamentary election over the Hezbollah-led opposition, backed by Syria and Iran.
17.09.2010, 22:26
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The vote counting is underway in Afghanistan, where at least 14 people were killed in separate bombings on Saturday’s parliamentary elections. The day was also marred by massive voting irregularities.
22.08.2009, 00:37
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Both major candidates in Afghanistan's presidential election, the current president Hamid Karzai and his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah, are claiming victory after Thursday's vote.
02.06.2009, 08:53
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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, who is now fighting for a parliamentary seat in the city of Sidon, says, if elected, he intends to press for withdrawal of Israel from Lebanese and Palestinian territories.
18.06.2009, 12:51
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The West may take advantage of mass protests in Iran following the re-election of President Ahmadinejad to organize a ‘green’ revolution similar to color revolutions in former Soviet states, says journalist Wayne Madsen.
Published: 10 February, 2009, 23:07
Israel will vote for a new Prime Minister on Tuesday, after a devastating war in Gaza in January. There are three leading candidates in the race, but no definite favourite.
