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The Lebanese cabinet meets for emergency talks a day after a powerful car bomb kills the head of internal intelligence and seven others.

The Israeli navy intercepts a Finnish-flagged boat of pro-Palestinian activists trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.

US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney return to the campaign trail, a day after their heated TV debate.

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Lebanon's tourism minister threatens to sue the makers of hit US TV series Homeland for misrepresenting Beirut in a recent episode of the show.

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A horror-based video game funded via the crowdsourced funding site Kickstarter has been mothballed as all its developers quit.

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