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Egyptian lawyer trades arms for politics

Montasser al-Zayat, a former militant from Egypt’s bloodiest Islamist group and ex-prison mate of al-Qaeda’s current eminence grise, is taking his battle against the regime to…

Scenes of confusion in Egypt’s presidential poll

Confused Egyptian voters and officials tried on Wednesday to adjust to indelible ink, independent monitors, party delegates and multichoice ballots in the country’s first…

Israel pull-out: Settlers vow to fight to death

Settlers vowed on Monday they will not allow Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to drag Israel towards ”disaster” after the historic vote to leave the Gaza Strip, as hundreds of…

Palestinians prepare to grieve

As Yasser Arafat lay brain dead in a Paris hospital on Thursday, Palestinians in the town that he left less than a week ago for life-saving treatment were already preparing to…

Volunteers pick through fruit in search for remains

Ultra-Orthodox volunteers were picking through the debris of fruit and vegetables on Monday as they tried to retrieve body parts of the victims of a suicide bombing in a cramped…

Market blast rocks Tel Aviv

At least four people were killed and 30 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up in an open-air market in the Israeli commercial capital, Tel Aviv, on Monday, police…

F16’s above, Byzantine monastery below

Just a short drive outside Gaza City, through lush vineyards, Palestinian and French archeologists are excavating a remarkable Byzantine monastery which they hope will draw…