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Page last updated at 23:12 GMT, Friday, 17 July 2009 00:12 UK

A protester is targeted with a tear gas gun as opposition supporters clash with security forces near Tehran University, 17 July 2009
Call for Iran protesters' release
Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani challenges the country's leaders at Friday prayers, as police fire tear gas at protesters.
Rafsanjani fans flames
Views on Rafsanjani sermon
In pictures: Tehran protest

Israeli police detain an ultra-orthodox Jew in Jerusalem on 16/7/09 Court bid to end Jerusalem riots
An ultra-orthodox woman whose arrest sparked violent protests is to be freed to house arrest in a move that could end the unrest.

Part of the Caspian Airlines plane on farmland near Qazvin city, Iran, on 15 July 2009 Plane fault 'caused Iran crash'
The crash of an Iranian plane that killed 168 was probably caused by technical problems, an official says.

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