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At least 25 people have been killed in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a feast held by a sheikh to celebrate his son's release from a US detention centre. Be first to comment this article \| Quote this article on your site \| Views: 310 Tags: Baghdad Abu Ghraib
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Zimbabwe's MDC wins key position

Arab World

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The MDC have been holding power-sharing talks with Mugabe's Zanu-PF [File: AFP]

Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has won the vote for parliament speaker, the clerk of parliament has said.

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Boats reach Gaza despite blockade

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Two vessels spent 30-hours journeying to the Gaza Strip from Cyprus [AFP]

Two vessels carrying 46 international human rights activists have reached the Gaza Strip, despite Israel's strict 14-month siege of the Palestinian territory.

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Somali fighters 'capture Kismayo'

Arab World

By MWC NEWS

The fighting in Kismayo has left 70 dead and wounded scores [File: AFP]

Islamic fighters say they have seized control of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, after three days of fighting that has left about 70 people dead and led to thousands of people fleeing.

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Israel police raid Islamic Movement

Arab World

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Sheikh Raad Salah has previously been accused of 'inciting racism and violence' [File: EPA]

Israeli security forces have raided the offices of the Islamic Movement and al-Aqsa institution in the northern Israeli town of Umm al-Fahm, accusing them of supporting the Palestinian Hamas movement.

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Iraqis march against US agreement

Arab World

By MWC NEWS

Supporters of al-Sadr protested the US pact after Friday prayer in Baghdad [AFP]

Thousands of Iraqis have marched in protest against an imminent US-Iraqi security agreement, saying it would turn the country into a colony of the US.

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Two journalists missing in Somalia

Arab World

By Agencies

According to Canada's CBC, the journalists were in a vehicle that was stopped by armed men [AFP]
Two Western journalists have gone missing and are feared kidnapped in Somalia, residents and an official at their hotel said.

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Five killed in Iraq suicide attack

Arab World

By Agencies

Control over oil-rich Kirkuk, home to a mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkmen, has stoked ethnic tensions [AFP]
A suicide bomber has killed at least five people and wounded nine more in Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk, police have said.

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Israel warns boat-borne activists

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Israel has issued a tough warning to members of the Free Gaza protest group not to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory. Be first to comment this article \| Quote this article on your site \| Views: 289 Tags: Free Gaza Israeli blockade Palestinian territory
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