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Last Updated: Wednesday, 2 March, 2005, 20:04 GMT
Protesters wave Lebanese flags in Beirut
Opposition leaders call for the withdrawal of Syrian forces as a condition for talks to form a new government.

Tehran is told it must be more transparent about its nuclear programme in a united call by the US, Europe and UN.
A judge on an Iraqi tribunal set up to try former regime members is killed, just after the court ends its first probe.
Iraq in transition


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