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Head of Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar institution says resolving rift between Hamas and Fatah ‘Islamic duty’.
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WRAP 3: Iranian military court sentences two men to death in connection with ‘murders’ of three protesters.
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AP – A Palestinian politician slated for expulsion from Jerusalem because of his ties to Hamas was arrested by Israeli police Wednesday and now faces a court hearing over whether he will be forced to leave the city.

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AFP – Israeli police on Wednesday arrested a recently freed Hamas MP for refusing to follow an order expelling him from Jerusalem, police said.

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Statistics on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East are hard to come by but a new study launched on 28 June in the United Arab Emirates has attempted to gather all existing data into one place…
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The Saudi king and US president says the two-state solution is the only one that will bring peace, by guaranteeing a homeland for Palestinians and greater security for Israel.
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Two men are sentenced to death in Iran over the deaths of three anti-government protesters at Kahrizak jail, reports say.
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Israel is ready to expand the powers of an inquiry into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, PM Netanyahu says.
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Dina Ezzat tries to understand what Egypt is up to on the Strip
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State-of-the-art radar imaging techniques have allowed the outline of the Hyksos capital Avaris to be mapped in detail, reports Nevine El-Aref
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