• Monday, February 04th, 2008
A third submarine internet cable is severed in the Middle East, compounding global net problems.
Archive for the Category ◊ BBC News | World | Middle East | UK Edition ◊
• Monday, February 04th, 2008
Three people are killed in an explosion in the southern Israeli town of Dimona, medics say.
• Monday, February 04th, 2008
Iran launches a research rocket to inaugurate its first home-built space centre, state TV reports.
• Monday, February 04th, 2008
Nine Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed during raids south of Baghdad, the US military admits.
• Sunday, February 03rd, 2008
A Lebanese man is shot dead and another wounded in south Lebanon by Israel forces, Lebanese sources say.
• Sunday, February 03rd, 2008
A new law allowing former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life in Iraq is enacted.
• Sunday, February 03rd, 2008
Egyptian troops seal the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 12 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians.
• Sunday, February 03rd, 2008
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak says he will not quit PM Ehud Olmert's coalition over the 2006 Lebanon war.
• Saturday, February 02nd, 2008
The toll from Baghdad market bombs, carried by mentally disabled women, rises to nearly 100, say officials.
• Friday, February 01st, 2008
A UN committee is calling for women in Saudi Arabia to be given basic freedoms.
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