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The Israeli cabinet has given its approval to release a new batch of 250 Palestinian prisoners.
01/12/2008
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Israel has re-imposed its blockade of the Gaza Strip following a rocket attack from the region.
27/11/2008
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Iraq's parliament has approved a security pact that allows US troops to stay in Iraq for three more years.
27/11/2008
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Iraq's parliamentary vote on a wide-ranging accord that would allow US troops to stay in the country for another three years has been delayed.
26/11/2008
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Israel has briefly opened three border crossings with Hamas-controlled Gaza, allowing some essential food and fuel into the territory for the second time in three weeks.
24/11/2008
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Thousands of followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a prominent Shia leader, have protested in central Baghdad against a security pact with the United States.
21/11/2008
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Legislators loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia leader, have shouted down a parliamentary debate over a security pact that would keep US troops in Iraq for three more years.
19/11/2008
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Iraq's prime minister has defended a pact to keep US forces in his country until the end 2011.
19/11/2008
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An Indian warship in the Gulf of Aden has fought a battle with Somali pirates just hours after three vessels were hijacked off the coast of Somalia.
19/11/2008
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Israel has closed its crossings into the Gaza Strip, a day after it allowed trucks carrying aid into the besieged coastal territory.
18/11/2008
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Iraq and the US have signed a security accord requiring Washington to withdraw its forces by the end of 2011.
18/11/2008
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The Israelis have temporarily opened the Karem Abu Salem border crossing with Gaza to allow a limited supply of humanitarian aid to reach the territory.
17/11/2008
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Iraq's cabinet has approved a security pact which allows about 150,000 US troops to remain in the country for another three years, a government spokesman has confirmed.
16/11/2008
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The United Nations is to suspend its food distribution effort to the Gaza Strip after Israel said it would not allow emergency supplies into the Palestinian territory, a UN spokesman has said.
13/11/2008
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Israel has partially renewed fuel deliveries to the Gaza Strip, ending a week-long suspension of supplies that led to blackouts in the homes of Palestinian families.
11/11/2008
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