1. Bedouin shoot Egyptian policeman

Bedouin fighters have shot and wounded an Egyptian policeman in Sinai.

14/11/2008

2. Blast rocks Iraqi capital

At least four people, including two police officers, have been killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, police have said.

12/11/2008

3. Bedouin 'seize Egyptian police'

A group of Bedouin tribesmen say they have taken at least 10 Egyptian police officers, including the region's security chief, hostage.

11/11/2008

4. Bomb blasts hit central Baghdad

At least five people have been killed and 17 wounded in a wave of bomb blasts across the Iraqi capital.

06/11/2008

5. Bomb blast in eastern Baghdad

A bomb attack on a bus station in the Iraqi capital has killed seven people and injured another 18, according to Iraqi police sources.

04/11/2008

6. British PM visits Gulf states

Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, is visiting the Gulf states to urge them to help stabilise the global economy in the midst of economic turmoil.

01/11/2008

7. Bush promises 'Iraq accord' review

George Bush, the US president, has promised to consider Baghdad's proposed changes to a controversial US-Iraq security pact, but warned against shifts that risked "undermining" the accord.

30/10/2008

8. Bomber hits Iraqi minister's convoy

A suicide car bomber has struck the convoy of Iraq's minister of labour and social affairs, killing 11 people and wounding 22 others, Reuters says.

23/10/2008

9. Bomber attacks Iraqi courthouse

A suicide bomber has killed at least nine people outside a court in the Iraqi city of Baquba.

08/10/2008

10. Blasts shake Baghdad's Green Zone

Two blasts have occurred near Baghdad's Green Zone outside Iraq's foreign ministry, as John Negroponte, the US deputy secretary of state, was preparing to hold a press conference about his visit to Iraq.

07/10/2008