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UN records spike in Iraq violence

April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed in bomb attacks and other violence, the United Nations Iraq mission said on Thursday.

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Search engine Google recognises Palestine

Multinational company says it is following the lead of the UN in renaming Palestinian territories, Palestine [AFP]Internet search giant, Google, has recognised the Palestinians' upgraded UN status, placing the name "Palestine" on its search engine instead of "Palestinian Territories".

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Attack on Syria village leaves 'dozens dead'

BaniyasGovernment forces and militia members loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have stormed the coastal village of al-Baida, killing between 50 and 100 people including women and children, Syrian opposition activists say.

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Five die of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's health ministry has said that five Saudis have died from a new SARS-like virus and that two more are being treated in an intensive care unit.

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Deadly bombings rock Iraqi cities

At least 15 people have been killed in a series of bomb blasts across Iraq, police and medics say.

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Syria opposition denounces Hezbollah 'threat'

Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's leaderSyria's opposition has denounced what it called "threats" from the head of Hezbollah, and warned against any intervention by the movement or by Iran, which backs the Lebanese group, in the Syrian conflict.

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Arab states back Israel-Palestine land swaps

A senior Qatari official has said Israel and the Palestinians could trade land rather than conform exactly to their 1967 borders in what appears to be a softening of Arab states' stance on the 2002 peace plan.

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Kerry meets Arab ministers on peace process

US Secretary of State John Kerry has held talks with Arab League officials as he pursues painstaking efforts aimed at revitalising the Middle East peace process.

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Iraq parliament chief demands cabinet resign

The speaker of Iraq's parliament has said the government should resign and hold early elections after a string of attacks ripped through the country.

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Huge explosion rocks Damascus

At least 13 people killed in car bomb blast in Marjeh districtA blast near Syria's interior ministry has rocked the central Damascus district of Marjeh killing 13 people and injuring over 70 others, state television said, just a day after the country's prime minister survived a car bomb attack.

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