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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man who articulated their sense of loss, exile and defiance.
Read More »Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish commemorated on stage
EDINBURGH (Reuters) – The Palestine National Theatre is putting on a play based on a poem by Mahmoud Darwish at the Edinburgh International Festival dedicated to the acclaimed Palestinian poet who died last Saturday.
Read More »Lebanon bus stop bomb kills 18, injures 45
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – A bomb killed at least 18 people, including nine soldiers, in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Wednesday, security sources said. The bomb, which also wounded at least 45 people, was the deadliest attack on the army since its battle with al Qaeda-inspired Islamist militants …
Read More »Curfew in Iraqi province after governor attacked
BAQUBA, Iraq – Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of restive Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide attack that left the bomber’s body parts scattered across the street.
Read More »Iran Builds Unmanned Sub, Radar Evading Boat
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced Tuesday that Iran has built a new unmanned intelligent submarine along with a boat which evades radar detection.
Read More »Iraqi Deputy PM to Visit Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Wednesday.
Read More »Turkey Awaiting Ahmadinejad’s Visit
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit to Turkey this week for talks expected to focus on bilateral ties, a government official in Ankara said Tuesday.
Read More »Nine Turkish soldiers killed in rebel attack
TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) – Nine Turkish soldiers including a lieutenant colonel were killed on Monday when their vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device planted by separatist guerrillas, military sources told Reuters.
Read More »Syria rules out new inspection
DAMASCUSÂ – Syria on Sunday ruled out the UN atomic watchdog making a second inspection of a contested site bombed by Israel last year and alleged by the United States to be the location of a nuclear facility.
Read More »Ahmadinejad due in Turkey Thursday
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will trip to Turkey on Thursday to meet the country’s high-ranking officials.
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