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Site of uranium enrichment plant near Qom, Iran
Iran rebuked by UN nuclear body
The UN nuclear watchdog passes a resolution condemning Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret.
New sanctions on the way?
Q&A: Iran and the nuclear issue
Iran's key nuclear sites

The Burj Alarab hotel, one of Dubai's most prominent landmarks US shares slide over Dubai fears
US shares fall on worries over Dubai's debt problems, but European markets recover from earlier falls.

Iranian Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Prize for peace in 2003 Tehran denies seizing Nobel medal
Iran's foreign ministry denies officials confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the human rights lawyer, Shirin Ebadi.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Syrian woman praying in the Omayyad mosque in Damascus Woman's touch
Female preachers prompt Islamic revival in Syria
Iranian nuclear technicians with uranium at the Isfahan plant (file image) Nuclear option
Will Iran face fresh sanctions after UN vote?
Egyptian shoppers in Cairo Festive mood
Cairo's shopping frenzy ahead of Eid al-Adha festival

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Plea over Saudi 'witchcraft'
Iran pushes Venezuela ties
Iraq war WMD doubts revealed
Iraq January vote 'not possible'
Google to digitise Iraq artefacts
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BUSINESS

Dubai needs time to repay debts
Oil price up as US reserves fall

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Abbas 'pushed' to stand down
Iran witness: Protest videos

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Morocco wine-makers sniff success
Jerusalem's city of three faiths
Leaders keep it in the family
All quiet on Iraq's western front
Q&A: Palestinian political turmoil
Lebanon: Years of paralysis

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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Overextended?
How Dubai became one of the world's richest cities
Kevin Draper Dubai views
Residents' view as emirate seeks debt repayment delay
The evacuation of the outpost of Shvut Ami, next to the West Bank settlement of Kdumim - April 2008 'Refuseniks'
Pro-settlement soldiers worry Israel's leaders
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