Middle East News and Features
Hamas lawmakers: Abbas presidential term ends in January (Roundup)
Oct 6, 2008, 14:56 GMT
Gaza City - The Hamas-dominated Palestinian parliament passed a resolution Monday saying the radical Islamic movement ruling Gaza will no longer recognize Mahmoud Abbas as the legitimate Palestinian president after his four-year term ends in January. ... more
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Three Christians killed in Iraq's Mosul
Oct 8, 2008, 6:29 GMT
Baghdad - Three Christians have been killed in the space of 24 hours in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported Wednesday. ... more
Iran won't change nuclear position after UN resolution: Ahmadinejad
Oct 7, 2008, 20:34 GMT
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that new resolutions by the United Nations Security Council would not change Iran's position in the nuclear dispute. ... more
Ahmadinejad: Iran ready to react favourably to positive US signals
Oct 7, 2008, 19:00 GMT
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said that Iran would react favourably to positive signals by political arch-foe United States. ... more
Tehran opens telecommunication tower
Oct 7, 2008, 18:30 GMT
Tehran - The Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday opened the Milad Tower which is said to be the world's fourth highest building for telecommunications. ... more
Olmert meets with Medvedev for talks on security worries
Oct 7, 2008, 17:10 GMT
Moscow - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met with Russian Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday for sensitive talks on Iran's nuclear programme and Russian arms sales to country's in the Middle East. ... more
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- Human Rights organizations praise pardon for Egyptian editor
- US denies military plane forced down by Iran (3rd Roundup)
- US denies military plane forced down by Iran (2nd Roundup)
- Confusion over reports of Iran forcing US plane to land (Roundup)
- Iran says US plane carrying generals forced to land (Roundup)
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Will to war against PKK mounts as Turkey buries dead (News Feature)
Oct 5, 2008, 13:07 GMT
Istanbul - The 15 Turkish soldiers killed in Saturday's attack on an Iraq border post were borne to their graves on Sunday by a crowd of thousands shouting angry slogans against the perpetrators - the outlawed Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK. ... more
Arab films highlight Abu Dhabi's second filmfest (News Feature)
Oct 4, 2008, 2:08 GMT
Berlin - Abu Dhabi's Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) kicks off on October 10 for a ten-day run with 138 films from 32 countries in the lineup and awards of more than one million dollars in the four competition sections. ... more
- Jesus Mosque - Jordan's latest symbol of interfaith peace (Feature)
- Tight security allows Iraqis to celebrate Eid al-Fitr (News Feature)
- Egypt tourism expected to recover after kidnapping (Feature)
- In photos: 'Foreign and Egyptian Hostages Rescued'
- North Lebanon blast is threat to stability (News Feature)
