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Ahmadinejad: Israel must 'bow' to Palestinian rights
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the head of the Hamas
government in Gaza on Saturday that eight days of cross-border fighting
showed that Israel had no choice but to "bow" to Palestinian rights.
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Israel will negotiate with 'other Palestinian groups' if Abbas pushes statehood bid, deputy FM says
Israel will negotiate with other Palestinian factors if Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas presses forward with his statehood bid
at the United Nations this week.
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Jordan refuses Iran 'oil for religious tourism' deal
Official Jordanian sources expressed reservations about remarks by
Iran's ambassador in Amman that Tehran is prepared to provide the
Hashemite Kingdom with free oil and energy products for 30 years.
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Egypt's Mursi faces judicial revolt over decree
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faces a rebellion from judges who
accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense.
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A look at powers decreed by Egypt's president
Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi issued decrees giving himself broad powers and effectively neutering the judiciary.
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Arafat to be exhumed next week in poison probe
The corpse of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed
next week to investigate allegations he was poisoned, a senior
Palestinian official said Saturday.
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Pope Benedict XVI appoints six non-European cardinals
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed six priests from non-European countries
to be cardinals, at a service in the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica.
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Nasrallah: Netanyahu failed to destroy Hamas
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that Prime Minister
Binyamin Netanyahu failed in his attempt to destroy "the Palestinian
resistance" in Gaza during Operation Pillar of Defense.
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'Over 40,000 killed since start of Syria conflict'
More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict
between Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces and those fighting for
his overthrow.
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Gantz: The Other Side Will Understand What Happened to It
Chief of Staff Benny Gantz on Friday visited Israelis who had been hurt
by recent Gaza rocket attacks and were hospitalized at the Soroka
Hospital in Be'er Sheva.