http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/default.stmGet the latest BBC News from the Middle East: breaking news, features, analysis and debate plus audio and video coverage from across the Middle East.en-gbTue, 08 Dec 2009 13:44:48 GMTCopyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reusehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/15http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gifhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/default.stmA series of car bombings kills at least 127 people and wounds 448 in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8400865.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8400865.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 12:54:29 GMTMiddle EastThe Yemeni army says it will soon take the northern city of Saada, as it advances toward rebels barricaded in the old town.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8401036.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8401036.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 09:55:35 GMTMiddle EastTwo women and a baby have become the first people to die of swine flu in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8401228.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8401228.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 10:43:43 GMTMiddle EastThe Kuwaiti prime minister, a member of the royal family, agrees to answer parliamentary questions for the first time.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8401560.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8401560.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 12:17:20 GMTMiddle EastAn Iraqi refugee who sought asylum in Britain is to fund one of the biggest scholarship schemes for UK university students.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/education/8400195.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/8400195.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 00:16:55 GMTEducationDozens of people are reportedly arrested across Iran after confrontations between security forces and demonstrators.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8398615.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8398615.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 21:59:53 GMTMiddle EastA bomb blast has killed at least seven students, and injured 30, at a school in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, reports say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8399262.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8399262.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 13:20:44 GMTMiddle EastShares in Dubai fell again, as a minister says any decision to sell Dubai World assets lies with the company itself.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8398707.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8398707.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 12:50:51 GMTBusinessIsraeli troops have shot dead a man caught trying to climb into the Gaza Strip. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8399311.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8399311.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 12:19:16 GMTMiddle EastForeign workers bear the brunt of Dubai crisis http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8400908.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8400908.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 09:45:28 GMTMiddle EastHow protesters inverted Iran's political sloganshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8386335.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8386335.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 08:57:45 GMTMiddle EastYoung refugees from Iraq explore a new life in Jordanhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/in_pictures/8395828.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8395828.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 09:43:47 GMTIn PicturesDubai's property investors wary of the futurehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8394791.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8394791.stmFri, 04 Dec 2009 10:54:20 GMTBusinessFestival turns Baghdad bomb sites into cinemashttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8395541.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8395541.stmFri, 04 Dec 2009 13:41:44 GMTMiddle EastPhotographs break the domestic abuse taboo in Lebanon http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8392475.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8392475.stmThu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:01 GMTMiddle EastIraq's parliament unanimously approves a new electoral law, paving the way for elections early next year. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8398377.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8398377.stmMon, 07 Dec 2009 02:53:41 GMTMiddle EastDefence Secretary Robert Gates admits the US has had no reliable information on Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts "in years".http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/8397684.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8397684.stmSun, 06 Dec 2009 08:09:25 GMTSouth AsiaA man who as a baby survived a chemical attack on the Iraqi Kurdish city Halabja in 1988 is reunited with his mother. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8397547.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8397547.stmSat, 05 Dec 2009 20:33:55 GMTMiddle EastSaudi officials open an investigation into the handling of last month's flooding in Jeddah that killed at least 150 people.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8396446.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8396446.stmSat, 05 Dec 2009 03:51:29 GMTMiddle EastTwo passenger ferries collide on the Nile in northern Egypt, but officials say all passengers are now accounted for.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8396483.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8396483.stmSat, 05 Dec 2009 12:16:15 GMTAfricaThe family of Neda Agha Soltan voice their most strongly-worded accusation yet against the Iranian government.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8396052.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8396052.stmFri, 04 Dec 2009 16:17:05 GMTMiddle EastIran says it will give just six months' notice before 10 planned nuclear sites begin operating.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8394707.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8394707.stmFri, 04 Dec 2009 11:28:01 GMTMiddle EastFormer UN nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei says he might run for Egypt's presidency.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8395752.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8395752.stmFri, 04 Dec 2009 16:14:01 GMTMiddle EastThree people die as an explosion hits a bus in the Syrian capital Damascus, but officials say it was not a terrorist act.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8392369.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8392369.stmThu, 03 Dec 2009 17:16:04 GMTMiddle EastA suicide bomber has killed a police chief and at least four others in the Iraqi town of Tikrit, police say.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8393536.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8393536.stmThu, 03 Dec 2009 16:02:29 GMTMiddle EastJewish settlers reject a plea by Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu to abide by a pause in building in the West Bank.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8392784.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8392784.stmThu, 03 Dec 2009 16:21:30 GMTMiddle EastThe Saudi negotiator for the Copenhagen climate talks says leaked e-mails may derail a deal.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/8392611.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8392611.stmThu, 03 Dec 2009 15:25:09 GMTScience & EnvironmentDubai's stock market slides for the second consecutive day on continuing fears about leading companies' ability to repay debts.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8400868.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8400868.stmTue, 08 Dec 2009 10:31:11 GMTBusinessRatings agency Standard & Poor's cuts the credit ratings of four Dubai-based banks because of their exposure to Dubai World.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/8392803.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8392803.stmThu, 03 Dec 2009 16:09:11 GMTBusinessNewspapers in the Middle East are critical of the Swiss referendum which decided to ban the building of minarets.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8389243.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8389243.stmTue, 01 Dec 2009 17:22:29 GMTMiddle EastIsrael's approval of 900 extra housing units at a settlement in East Jerusalem comes in for harsh criticism in the Palestinian, Middle Eastern and Pan-Arab press.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8368102.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8368102.stmThu, 19 Nov 2009 14:36:38 GMTMiddle EastVoters' views on long awaited new governmenthttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8330343.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8330343.stmTue, 10 Nov 2009 16:47:02 GMTMiddle EastIsraeli and Arab commentators consider the reasons behind Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision not to stand in forthcoming elections.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8346282.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8346282.stmFri, 06 Nov 2009 12:14:45 GMTMiddle EastYour films of anti-government protests in Iranhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8342738.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8342738.stmWed, 04 Nov 2009 17:02:18 GMTMiddle EastCairo's shopping frenzy ahead of Eid al-Adha festivalhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8380982.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8380982.stmFri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:38 GMTMiddle EastRows over election law threaten Iraq's crucial pollhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8376523.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8376523.stmTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:44:14 GMTMiddle EastMorocco's wine growers sniff success abroad http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8352885.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8352885.stmMon, 23 Nov 2009 08:54:05 GMTAfricaLife in Jerusalem's heart where three faiths coincidehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8369687.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8369687.stmSat, 21 Nov 2009 11:46:44 GMTFrom Our Own CorrespondentIs North Africa succumbing to dynastic rule?http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/8364369.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8364369.stmFri, 20 Nov 2009 02:23:15 GMTAfricaLittle evidence to support Iraqi claims of border infiltrationhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8363899.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8363899.stmWed, 18 Nov 2009 12:44:42 GMTMiddle EastKey issues behind the Palestinian political crisishttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/8364767.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8364767.stmTue, 17 Nov 2009 15:53:42 GMTMiddle East