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Page last updated at 09:38 GMT, Monday, 16 November 2009

Bushehr nuclear power plant, Iran (file image)
Time 'running out' on Iran talks
US President Obama says time is running out for talks over Iran's nuclear plans, and Russia says "other means" could be used.
UN sanctions against Iran
Iran's key nuclear sites
Q&A: The nuclear issue

A Palestinian throws stones at Israeli security forces in the West Bank Israel rejects Palestinian move
Israel rejects a Palestinian plan to seek recognition for an independent state, saying talks are the only solution.

Person typing Egypt launches Arabic web domain
Egypt is set to establish the world's first internet domain name written in Arabic, .masr, its communications minister says.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Algeria-Egypt world cup qualifier FROM BBC SPORT >>
Battle resumed
Algeria-Egypt in World Cup rematch
Mohamed Tayfour with his nephew in Sudan Slum life
Accounts of poverty from Yemen, Sudan and Algeria
Beirut skyline Years of paralysis
Why the Lebanese have given up on their politicians

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Algeria footballers hurt in Cairo
Syria urges French Mid-East role
US pursues 'Iran-linked' charity
Palestinians 'should delay polls'
Algerian 'terror gang' broken up
Iraq probes 'Blackwater bribes'
Murder charges for Jewish settler
West Bank removal challenged

BUSINESS

Oil rise 'could derail recovery'
Iran's Guards in $2.5bn rail deal

MEDIA ROUND-UP

Disputes over IAEA deal
YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Lebanon views on new government
Abbas 'pushed' to stand down
Iran witness: Protest videos
Iran voices: The nuclear crisis

FEATURES
Quest to regain Egypt's antiquities
Legal row over Gaza intensifies
Iran's internal divisions
Taking the capital out of a city
Jerusalem artists go underground
Bridging Iraq's sectarian gap
In pictures: Syria silk road

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A Palestinian woman holds a picture of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah on 11 November 2009 After Arafat
Palestinian dream of independence is remote as ever
Al-Askari shrine is one of the holiest buildings of Shia Islam Danger tourism
Can Iraq really become a tourist hotspot?
Poster showing Marwan Sherbini 'Justice served'
Egypt reacts to Germany's 'veil martyr' verdict
OTHER TOP STORIES
No public probe into Iraq 'abuse'
'Sabbath' protest targets Intel
Iran forms political web monitor
Saudis 'renew Yemen bombing'
Egypt rail crash workers charged
Palestinian killed on Gaza border
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Fifty women, calling themselves the Lioness group, become the first female graduates of Iraq’s police officer training academy (9 November 2009)

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