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Armed men have ambushed an Iranian embassy convoy in Baghdad, wounding three Iranians, including two diplomats, and an Iraqi, according to a diplomatic spokesman.
16/05/2008
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Italian police say they have arrested hundreds of people suspected of illegally entering the country in an apparent sign of the new right-wing government's policy to tackle immigration.
15/05/2008
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The destiny of Iran's football championship looks set to be decided in a Swiss court room.
15/05/2008
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A judge in Milan has ruled that Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, can be called to testify in a trial of CIA and Italian spies who are accused of kidnapping a 'terrorism' suspect in Milan and flying him to Egypt.
14/05/2008
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Israeli police have stepped up a corruption investigation into Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, ahead of a visit to the region by George Bush as part of the state's 60th anniversary.
14/05/2008
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At least 10 railway workers have been killed after separatist fighters launched two attacks in India’s restive northeast over the weekend, police say.
12/05/2008
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Giorgio Napolitano, the Italian president, has opened the Turin book fair amid anger and boycott calls by some Muslims over the choice of Israel as the event's guest of honour.
08/05/2008
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A fourth round of talks between the United States and Iran over the security situation in Iraq is unlikely to go ahead, says Hoshyar Zebari, the Iraqi foreign minister.
08/05/2008
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In an early challenge for Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's incoming prime minister, the EU is suing the country for failing to end a rubbish crisis that has left the city of Naples strewn with waste.
07/05/2008
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Indonesia has said it is considering quitting its membership of Opec, the group of major oil producers, because it is no longer a net exporter.
06/05/2008
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Iran has dismissed any prospect of new talks with the United States on Iraq, accusing US-led forces of a "massacre" of the Iraqi people.
06/05/2008
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The wife of Jalal Talabani, the Iraqi president, has escaped unhurt after her convoy was hit by a roadside bomb.
04/05/2008
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The Israeli army has blamed Palestinian fighters for the deaths of a Gazan mother and her four young children following an Israeli air raid in Beit Hanoun earlier this week.
03/05/2008
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The Italian authorities have closed down a government website showing millions of its citizens' tax declarations, after a storm of protests.
02/05/2008
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Israel is observing Holocaust Remembrance Day, the annual commemoration of the deaths of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazis during the second world war.
01/05/2008
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