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Page last updated at 23:24 GMT, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 00:24 UK

Har Homa settlement, and a Palestinian flag flown in nearby Bethlehem
Israel 'proposes West Bank deal'
Israel offers the Palestinians a deal that would annex 7.3% of the West Bank and all of East Jerusalem, reports say.
Hamas-Fatah power battle
Israel 'stalls Gaza rebuilding'
In depth: Mid-East conflict

An Iraqi security force member assists an injured civilian after suicide bombing Baquba on curfew after bombing
A curfew is imposed on the Iraqi city of Baquba after a suicide bomber attacked the provincial governor's convoy.

Prime Minister Fouad Siniora Lebanon MPs vote for unity cabinet
The new national unity government in Lebanon wins a vote of confidence in parliament with an overwhelming majority.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish Human identity
A tribute to Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish
Ghada Abdelaal with her book Ayza-Tgawwiz Marriage crisis
Egyptians struggle with house prices and conservatism
A Palestinian man carries sacks of flour Gaza blockade
Guide to what gets in and what gets out of the strip

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Egypt in European visa complaint
EU expands Iran sanctions
Bin Laden driver given 66 months
Israeli PM faces corruption quiz
Israel troops face shooting trial
UN nuclear agency back in Iran
BUSINESS

Oil price falls on lower demand
Oil 'could hit $200 within years'
MEDIA ROUND-UP

Press ponders Olmert resignation
Press lukewarm on Obama

YOUR PERSPECTIVE
Israeli reaction to prisoner swap
Iraqis in video, audio and text
Iranian voices on missile tests
FEATURES

Literary leap
Jordan Valley land battle
Concerns over US jail in Iraq
Iran's women rowers

COUNTRY PROFILES

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Dresses on sale in Sanaa market (Photograph: Ginny Hill) Vice and virtue
The rise of Yemen's new self-styled morality police
Mohamed Abd Elbaki of Egypt attempts a lift in the Men's 62kg Group B weightlifting event In pictures
Middle Eastern competitors in the Beijing Games
Man walking in Nouakchott In its stride
Mauritania streets quiet despite political crisis
STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ
Jordan's king in first Iraq visit
Four women die in Diyala bombing
OTHER TOP STORIES
Roman temple found under church
Gaza tunnel collapse kills three
Palestinians doubt two-state deal
Barak admits Gaza truce success
Arrest in singer murder case
Palestinian 'national poet' dies
Giza Pyramid, 11 August, 2008 Great wall of Giza - Pyramids security fence says 'no hawkers'

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