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Incident follows the kidnapping of 21 Filipino observers
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A wrangle over a rich list reveals much about a royal with towering ambition, says Michael Peel
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The only winners were the forces the coalition of the willing sought to defeat, writes David Gardner
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Hope political deal will stem further radicalisation
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Mar 7, 2013
Barbed gags at Islamist regime earn Bassem Youssef many enemies
Mar 7, 2013
Syrian rebels detained 21 moitors on Wednesday
Mar 6, 2013
‘Technical assistance’ on offer but not weapons
Mar 6, 2013
Convoy taken near Golan Heights
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Mar 6, 2013
Neighbouring countries struggle to handle influx
Mar 6, 2013
Setback for Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood group
Mar 6, 2013
Support functions are as critical for battlefield success as weapons
Mar 6, 2013
Atomic energy spreads across Arab world as unrest hits Gulf region
Mar 6, 2013
Fall of troubled coastal facility has been steep
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Mar 5, 2013
Centre is torn by a struggle between globalisation and sectarianism, writes Philip Mansel
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Mar 5, 2013
Under-threat wealth fund head accuses ‘men in the shadows’
Mar 5, 2013
City would be the first provincial capital to fall
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Mar 5, 2013
Novelists battle censors and falling readership to get voices heard
Mar 4, 2013
Alleged Islamists plead not guilty and allege torture
Mar 4, 2013
Ambush near border crossing hits convoy returning to Syria
Mar 4, 2013
No progress on clarifying Tehran’s programme, says UN watchdog
Prince Alwaleed, singular Saudi scion
A wrangle over a rich list reveals much about a royal with towering ambition, says Michael Peel