Israel carried out its worst attack against Lebanon in three years, killing eight civilians and wounding more than 60. Israel claims the attack was in retaliation for rockets launched by Hizbullah fighters against settlements in northern Israel, but Lebanon, backed by the Arabs, insists the real problem is Israel's occupation of the south
Blaming Netanyahu
While Washington backed Israel's view that Hizbullah was responsible for the latest escalation in Lebanon, Arab countries strongly condemned the Israeli air raids. Khaled Dawoud wraps up reactions
Lebanon's night of terror
It was a night of terror. Israel launched its most devastating attack on Lebanon since 1996, but as Zeina Khodr reports from Beirut, the worst may be yet to come
The Kiryat Shmona alibi
Last week, Israel's new prime minister spoke of "peace in the Middle East". One day later war erupted again in Lebanon and northern Israel. Graham Usher reports from Kiryat Shmona
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Barak's 'red line' coalition
After 46 days of marathon negotiations, Ehud Barak appears to be on the brink of forming a government. Graham Usher in Jerusalem reports on who's in and who's out
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Will Ocalan hang?
PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan was sentenced to death, which was no surprise. All along, writes Gareth Jenkins from Istanbul, the question has been, and remains, whether the verdict will be carried out
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Opening doors in Iran
Mohamed Sadek Al-Husseini, Iranian secretary-general of the Forum for Arab-Iranian Dialogue, told Rasha Saad that the change in the political approach in Iran has paved the way to genuine rapprochement with the Arab countries
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Bouteflika bent on peace
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has launched a high-stakes campaign to resolve the crisis in his traumatised country, wagering his presidency on a proposed new law of "civil reconciliation"
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