Israel buries Mumbai attack dead
Thousands of people attend funerals in Israel for Jewish and Israeli victims of the Mumbai attacks.
Archive for the 'Middle East | World Edition' Category
December 2nd, 2008
December 2nd, 2008
Rumour sparks Hebron settler riot
Jewish settlers riot in the West Bank city of Hebron, clashing with Israeli troops who normally protect them.
December 2nd, 2008
New Chemical Ali death sentence
An Iraqi court sentences Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, to death for his role in crushing a 1991 Shia uprising.
December 1st, 2008
Jail for Jordan ‘honour killing’
A court in Jordan jails a man for more than seven years for strangling his sister in a so-called honour killing.
December 1st, 2008
Emirate car ban on menial workers
The Gulf emirate of Sharjah is to ban people in certain, mainly menial, jobs from applying for driving licenses, a report says.
December 1st, 2008
Iran to set up marriage bureaux to help young find a suitable spouse
The Iranian government is to set up a network of marriage bureaux to help young Iranians find a husband or wife.
December 1st, 2008
Dozens killed in Iraqi bombings
At least 32 people have died in bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul, officials say.
November 30th, 2008
Iraq-Iran war dead are exchanged
Dead Iraqi and Iranian soldiers from the 1980-88 war are exchanged, in the first such move since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
November 28th, 2008
Army spy is jailed for 10 years
Army interpreter Daniel James, found guilty of spying for Iran last month, is jailed for 10 years.
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