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Yemeni released from Guantanamo

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:07:18 +0000

A Yemeni man held at Guantanamo for eight years is sent home after a judge ruled he had no connection to al-Qaeda.

admin — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:07:32 +0000

The Israeli navy shadows a Libyan ship carrying aid for Gaza in defiance of the blockade, amid confusion about its destination.

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admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:07:01 +0000

The Israeli authorities have used bulldozers to demolish three buildings in occupied East Jerusalem.

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admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:07:39 +0000

Israel’s navy says it has made contact with a Libyan aid ship as efforts begin to try and stop it from breaking the Gaza blockade.

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admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:07:39 +0000

An Iranian nuclear scientist at the centre of an abduction row is free to leave the United States, US officials say.

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admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:07:51 +0000

A nuclear scientist at the centre of a US-Iran abduction row takes refuge in the Iranian section of Pakistan’s US embassy.

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admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:07:29 +0000

An Italian court orders one of Libyan leader Gaddafi’s sons to pay a $494,000 hotel bill he accumulated in 2007.

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admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:07:19 +0000

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Iran is “moving close” to having the potential to create nuclear weapons.

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admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:07:21 +0000

An Israeli probe into the naval raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla says mistakes were made at a senior level.

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admin — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:07:23 +0000

Iran’s judicial chief has temporarily halted the stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the official news agency says.

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