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Middle East
Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said.
Syria
Syria's Health Ministry has confirmed the country's first case of swine flu.
Iran
The lawyer of a detained Iranian employee of the British embassy in Tehran says his client has been charged with "acting against national security."
Iran
A top aide of Iran's supreme leader has called the country's main opposition figure a US agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation.
Sudan
Gunmen abducted two female aid workers in Darfur on Friday, said the international peacekeeping mission in the western region of Sudan.
Iran
The European Union says Iran's decision to put detained British Embassy staff on trial is "not acceptable."
Middle East
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces have significantly widened a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank in the past month. They have doubled the number of detainees and are increasingly targeting the wives of activists, school teachers and others on the fringes of the Islamic militant group, Hamas officials say.
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Editorial/Region
International isolation is not a wise move in the light of Tehran's nuclear programme.
Columns/Region
Mini-towns growing bigger by the month, swallowing up more and more land.
Columns/Region
Under international law, Israel must be forced to dismantle its colonies, relocate the colonists and compensate Palestinians for the economic and social losses they have suffered for years.
Columns/Region
Obama's stance on illegal construction will be a vital step towards making peace.
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