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Oct 15 2009

Israeli anger over Turkish TV show

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By Agencies

Israel says the Turkish show portrayed men dressed as Israeli soldiers killing children

Avigdor Lieberman, Israel's foreign minister, has ordered officials to summon Turkey's ambassador in Israel and lodge a protest over a Turkish television series that Israel says portrays its soldiers murdering Palestinian children.

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Obama vows support to gays in army

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Many gay activists are frustrated Obama has not moved quickly to carry out election promises [AFP]

Barack Obama, the US president, has told gay-rights supporters that he will end the policy that prohibits openly gay people from serving in the US military.

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Mueller wins Nobel literary prize

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Romanian-born Mueller receives $1.4m as part of the prize [AFP]

Herta Mueller, the Romanian-born German writer, has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature by the Swedish academy in Stockholm.

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Al-Azhar face-veil ban questioned

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By Al Jazeera

Al-Azhar University's Shaikh Muhammad Tantawi is yet to issue the religious ruling formally [AFP]

Muslim scholars have questioned plans by the head of Egypt's most famous university to ban female students from veiling their faces on its premises and affiliated educational establishments.

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Dozens of cultural sites 'at risk'

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By Al Jazeera

The Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona is among dozens of sites placed on the WMF watch list [EPA]
Nearly 100 cultural heritage sites around the world need urgent attention to protect them from neglect or over-development, a report by the World Monuments Fund (WMF) has said.

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