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22 September 2010 Last updated at 16:04 ET

Israel flotilla raid 'broke law'Mavi Marmara

Israel's military broke international law and showed "unacceptable" brutality in a raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, a UN human rights team says.

Iranian sentenced over BBC work

A prominent Iranian rights campaigner is sentenced to six years in jail after he recorded an interview for the BBC's Persian language TV channel.

Features & Analysis

  • Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri delivering a speech during a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the assassination of his father, 14 February 2010.War of words

    Deep divisions haunt Lebanese politics despite return to talks

  • Israeli builder by new settler houseHope and anger

    What the West Bank settlements mean to Israelis and Palestinians

  • Composite image of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L - picture Reuters) and Barack Obama (R - picture AP)Iran under pressure

    US targeted sanctions are hurting Tehran, says policy architect

  • Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in Rome, 29 August 2010Loose cannon?

    Shooting at sea shows hazards of dealing with Libya

  • High stakes

    Successes and failures of the UN millennium goals

  • Master of spin

    Iran President Ahmadinejad is a savvy media operator

  • In pictures

    Israelis mark the Jewish festival of Yom Kippur

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Programmes

  • Iraqi troops in front of a mural of Ayatollah KhomeiniWitness Listen

    A child's eye view of the Iran-Iraq war - one of the deadliest conflicts in recent memory

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