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Sue Townsend, creator of Adrian Mole, dies aged 68
Sue Townsend, who achieved worldwide success with publication of her best-known work, "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 ¾", has died.
The Hobbit to be extended to three films
Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson will add a third film to turn the Tolkien novel into a trilogy, with the first set for release in December.
Cops kill naked man caught chewing off victim’s face
Police in Miami have shot a naked man whom they found biting the face of another man. But even then he didn’t stop chewing. So they shot him again.
Stage set for violent death
Did public opinion turn on murdered director Juliano Mer-Khamis for performing plays that went against conservative Islamic values?
Israel’s Iron Dome defence in its infancy
The initial success of Israel’s Iron Dome missile-defence system has been hailed as an example of "Jewish genius".
UN compilers split over Gaza report rebuttal
The UN has roundly rebuffed remarks by South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war.
Israeli leader risks losing office
Israel’s government faces fresh upheaval on Monday when the Labour party begins primaries for a new leader who could deal a final blow to Ehud Olmert’s tenure as Prime Minister.…
Tunnels for hire as Gaza’s smugglers risk their lives
The sun has dropped below the horizon and the muezzins in Gaza and Egypt produce two distinct walls of sound at either side of the deserted strip that buffers the border.…
A tale of two families
Cowering from the bombs in the Tyre Rest House Resort, the coastal city’s smartest hotel, along with 450 others, the Ahmad family had long since run out of food. Even if they…
Palestinian minister takes $20-million into Gaza
The Palestinian foreign minister returned to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday from a trip abroad with an estimated -million packed in 12 separate suitcases, according to officials.…
Egypt’s Bedouin fear they will take the blame
This week’s Red Sea bombing has left the Bedouin people of the Sinai feeling three times injured. Four of their children were seriously injured, their tourism-dependent…
Israel won’t accept Hamas in poll
The Palestinian Authority will postpone parliamentary elections if Israel bars Palestinian residents of Jerusalem from participating. Israeli officials said they would not allow…
Jordan’s fragile calm destroyed
At least 57 people were killed and more than 100 injured when suicide bombers blew themselves up at three hotels in Amman, the capital of Jordan, on Wednesday night. The hotels —…
Israel’s ‘revenge killings’
From a distance of 70m and through the sight of his machine gun, Assaf could tell that the Palestinian man was aged between 20 and 30, unarmed and trying to get away from an…
Double blow for settlers in Gaza protest
Opponents of Ariel Sharon’s plan to evacuate thousands of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank faced a double setback on Wednesday when police…