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Iraq fugitive VP gets death term on day of carnage Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, a top critic of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, was convicted of murder, sentenced to the gallows.

11 September 2012

Wave of attacks kills 88 in Iraq A wave of more than 30 attacks across Iraq killed 88 people and wounded more than 400 on Saturday and Sunday, security and medical sources said, with the security forces and markets among the targets.

11 September 2012

West seeks to pressure Iran at IAEA Western countries will seek to turn the screw further on Iran at a meeting of UN atomic agency board of governors from Monday following the watchdog's latest damning report on Tehran's nuclear programme.

10 September 2012

Taliban 'open' to ceasefire, US presence to 2024: think-tank The Taliban are open to a general ceasefire as well as a political agreement which could lead to a US military presence in Afghanistan up until 2024.

10 September 2012

US to transfer Bagram prison to Afghans The US is to hand formal control of a controversial prison to the Afghan government on Monday, despite apparent disagreements between the two sides on the fate of hundreds of inmates.

10 September 2012

Somalia lawmakers to vote for new president Somalia's parliament votes Monday for a new president in what the UN has described as a historic election for the war-torn nation, which has lacked an effective central government for decades.

10 September 2012

Brahimi begins Syria mission with Egypt, League talks UN and Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Monday begins his Syria mission by meeting League officials and senior Egyptian leaders before heading to Damascus on his first official trip to the region.

10 September 2012

Prince Harry in Afghanistan for second tour of duty Britain's Prince Harry is back in Afghanistan to serve as a military helicopter pilot four years after his previous deployment there had to be cut short, the Ministry of Defence said on Friday.

10 September 2012

NATO hopes for economic integration of Afghanistan with Central Asia by 2014 Chairman of NATO Parliamentary Assembly Karl Lamers exchanged his opinion after the meeting with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kazykhanov.

09 September 2012

Iran slams Canada for breaking off relations Iran hit out at Canada's decision to break off diplomatic ties, with foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast accusing the Canadian government of being "under the influence of the Zionist regime."

09 September 2012

War of words on streets of Syria's Aleppo At Sayyed Ali Square in central Aleppo, rebels cry out "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest) to which Syrian government troops respond "You will soon join him," before the shooting starts up again.

09 September 2012

Nigeria Islamists claim phone company fires, threaten media Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram on Thursday claimed a set of fires at telecom masts across the north, while threatening journalists with the Voice of America radio network.

08 September 2012

All eyes on France after Alps massacre: British press The horrific massacre of a British-Iraqi family in the French Alps dominated the front pages of Britain's newspapers on Friday with the performance of French investigators coming under the microscope.

08 September 2012

EU ministers explore fresh help to Syria opposition EU foreign ministers gather in Cyprus some 100 kilometres from the Syrian coast Friday to explore how to best assist its opposition while defusing a humanitarian crisis looming in Europe's backyard.

08 September 2012

Libya to question extradited Kadhafi spy chief Libya was Thursday set to question Moamer Kadhafi's former spy chief Abdullah al-Senussi following his extradition from Mauritania as the US and rights groups urged that he receive a fair trial.

07 September 2012

Rebels seek unity as Syria troops batter Aleppo Arab foreign ministers have denounced "crimes against humanity" in Syria, calling on the government to stop the violence immediately, as rebel fighters came under fire on multiple fronts.

07 September 2012

Decade on, Iraq to replace iconic Saddam statue Nearly a decade after Saddam Hussein's statue was pulled down in an iconic moment seen globally, Baghdad will finally replace it with new artwork to mark its selection as the 2013 Arab Capital of Culture.

06 September 2012

New peace envoy says Syria death toll 'staggering' New UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has said the death toll in Syria is "staggering" and the destruction "catastrophic" and called for a united stance from the international community.

05 September 2012

French probe seeks West Bank trip to exhume Arafat: widow French judges investigating suspicions that Yasser Arafat was poisoned are seeking to travel to the West Bank and have the Palestinian leader's body exhumed.

05 September 2012

Britain blocking efforts to freeze Mubarak assets: official The Egyptian public investigator who led efforts to hunt down property belonging to the regime of toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak has accused Britain of being "one of the worst" countries for housing assets.

05 September 2012

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