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        <title>Total curfew declared in Baghdad</title>
        <description>The Iraqi government declares a curfew in the capital, Baghdad, affecting both vehicles and people.</description>
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        <title>Al-Qaeda brands Bush 'a failure'</title>
        <description>Al-Qaeda's number two calls George W Bush a &quot;liar&quot; who has failed in his war against the group.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:02:37 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Iran mulled nuclear bomb in 1988</title>
        <description>A 1988 letter revealing Iranian commanders were eyeing acquiring a nuclear bomb is uncovered in Tehran.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:50:20 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>'Tooth key clue' in Hariri murder</title>
        <description>A tooth at the murder site of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri could help to identify the presumed killer, a UN inquiry says.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:41:46 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Space tourist in Earth touchdown</title>
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        <title>Israeli strike kills two in Gaza</title>
        <description>Two people are killed in an Israeli missile strike in northern Gaza, Palestinian security officials say.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:34:21 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>One dead in Israel 'crime' blast</title>
        <description>One person is killed as a car blows up south of Tel Aviv in an explosion blamed on criminals, police say.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:14:22 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>US Senate backs terror trial bill</title>
        <description>The US Senate endorses President Bush's plans to interrogate and prosecute foreign terror suspects.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:58:25 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Iraq convoy troops 'did not flee'</title>
        <description>The US military rejects claims that its soldiers abandoned civilian truck drivers during an insurgent attack in Iraq.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Saddam judge relative shot dead</title>
        <description>The brother-in-law of the new chief judge in the genocide trial of Saddam Hussein is shot dead in the Iraqi capital.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:06:36 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Iraq situation dire - UK minister</title>
        <description>Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says mistakes were made over Iraq, where the situation is &quot;dire&quot;.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:48:43 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>No nuclear deal at EU-Iran talks</title>
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        <title>Rice to visit Mid-East for talks</title>
        <description>The US secretary of state is to visit the Middle East to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 05:28:55 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Lebanon leader summit exclusion</title>
        <description>Lebanon's president is excluded from a French-speaking summit over his alleged links to the former PM's assassination.</description>
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        <title>'Iraq al-Qaeda' makes kidnap call</title>
        <description>The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq calls for kidnapping of Westerners, according to a web recording.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Israel frees Hamas deputy PM</title>
        <description>An Israeli military court orders the release of Palestinian deputy PM Nasser al-Shaer, his lawyer says.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 12:41:16 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Bomb in Baghdad mosque kills 10</title>
        <description>Ten people are killed in an attack at a Baghdad mosque, as the US says suicide attacks are at record levels.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:47:51 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Life sentences for W Bank killer</title>
        <description>Israel hands a Jewish settler four life sentences for killing four Palestinians in the West Bank last year.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:12:01 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Democrats seek full terror report</title>
        <description>US Democrats urge the Bush administration to release in full a report linking the Iraq conflict and global terrorism.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>British launch Iraq police purge</title>
        <description>Iraqi and British troops begin an operation to purge Shia militias from the police force in Basra city.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Opec vote to keep output stable</title>
        <description>Oil group Opec votes to leave its output targets unchanged, even as crude prices have been falling.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:59:12 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>US blacklists major Iranian bank</title>
        <description>The US cuts an Iranian state-owned bank from its financial system, accusing it of helping to move terrorist funds.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:52:50 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Palestinian press hails unity deal</title>
        <description>&quot;The first step in a 1,000 mile journey&quot; is how one Palestinian paper views the national unity government.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:05:05 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Israel press sceptical on probes</title>
        <description>Israeli papers are unconvinced by the committees set up by Ehud Olmert to investigate the conflict in Lebanon.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Gaza views on unity government</title>
        <description>A panel of four Palestinians in Gaza give their first reactions to plans for Hamas and Fatah to form a unity government.</description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 08:26:27 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Your questions to Haifa residents</title>
        <description>The BBC's Martin Patience was in Haifa, Israel's third largest city, putting readers' questions to residents.</description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 16:45:21 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>A year after the Gaza withdrawal</title>
        <description>Three Palestinians and three Israelis discuss Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, one year on.</description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Iran's post-9/11 gulf with US</title>
        <description>Gordon Corera looks at the tangled relationship between Iran and the United States since 9/11.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:47:20 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Iran's proud but discreet Jews</title>
        <description>Iranian Jews are determined to stay in Iran despite the bitter enmity between Israel and the Islamic republic, Frances Harrison reports.</description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 06:46:50 GMT</pubDate>
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        <title>Beirut festival's defiant gesture</title>
        <description>The Beirut film festival is in full swing despite the bombardment of the Lebanese capital.</description>
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        <description>Israel is enforcing a new visa policy that is affecting tens of thousands of Palestinians and foreigners visiting the West Bank.</description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:48:23 GMT</pubDate>
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