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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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Saudi warning over Hajj politics
Hamas 'tests long-range rocket'
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BUSINESS
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Libyans 'unlikely' to compensate
MEDIA ROUND-UP
Abbas 'pushed' to stand down
Disputes over IAEA deal
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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
COUNTRY PROFILES
A GUIDE TO THE MIDDLE EAST
Compiled by BBC Monitoring
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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
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Abu Ali Al-Bayati, Kirkuk
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