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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, far right, talks with a number of opposition leaders at an undisclosed location late on Friday (6 Nov 2009)

Lebanon government accord reached Lebanon's Hezbollah says its opposition alliance has agreed to join a national unity government under PM-designate, Saad Hariri. Hariri out of father's shadow Country profile: Lebanon

Man runs as security forces approach in Tehran, 4 November 2009 Iran police detain 109 over rally
More than 100 people were detained in Tehran following protests on Wednesday, Iranian officials say.

Saudi F-15 warplanes Saudi planes 'not bombing Yemen'
Saudi Arabian jets have only attacked Yemeni rebels on Saudi soil the state news agency says, contradicting earlier reports.
FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS

Israeli air strike in Rafah, Gaza, on 13 January 2009 Gaza battle
Legal row over UN report on Gaza offensive intensifies

Rasha, a law student in Egypt Migration dreams
Why young Egyptians want to live abroad

Iranian long-range Shahab-3 missile before testing 28 September 2009 Iran questioned
Report on advanced warhead testing raises fears

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Iran police clash with protesters
Palestinians in statehood warning
Earthquake strikes southern Iran
Saudi paedophile to be beheaded
Tussle over East Jerusalem home
Sunni militant 'executed by Iran'
Saudi warning over Hajj politics
Hamas 'tests long-range rocket'
Top Yemeni officers die in ambush

BUSINESS
Iraq in third overseas oil deal
Libyans 'unlikely' to compensate

MEDIA ROUND-UP Abbas 'pushed' to stand down

Disputes over IAEA deal

YOUR PERSPECTIVE Iran witness: Protest videos
Iran voices: The nuclear crisis
Iranian views: Divided country

FEATURES Iran's internal divisions
Taking the capital out of a city
Jerusalem artists go underground
Bridging Iraq's sectarian gap
In pictures: Syria silk road
Gaza thirsts as sewage mounts
Israel response to Gaza report

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS

Palestinian Authority President Mhmoud Abbas - Oct 2009 Exit stage left?
What next if Palestinian leader Abbas quits

Said al-Rifai calls out the Adhan in Cairo (2009) One voice
Cairo mosques to get centralised call to prayer

Ugandans practicing with AK47s at Watertight training ground Aiming for riches
Why 10,000 Ugandans have gone to Iraq

OTHER TOP STORIES Israeli concern over Abbas move
Israel rejects UN report approval
Hezbollah denies arms ship claims
Saudi lifts Somali livestock ban
Iran Arabic channel taken off air
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Kirkuk is not for anyone to claim, it's for all Iraqis, whether they are Arab, Kurd or Turkmen

Abu Ali Al-Bayati, Kirkuk
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