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...“January was absolutely critical,” said a person with knowledge of the Newcastle talks. “Everyone [in the Middle East] made friends.”...
...As usual, at the start of the weekend, the shops on Salah ad-Din were closed and shuttered but there was a heavy tension in the air, a sense of foreboding....
...But Ahmed Abu Risha, brother of the slain founder of the Awakening, believes the government was absolutely right to crack down on the fighters in Baghdad and arrest their leader....
...Salah Ahmed, fieldwork director for the corporation in Khartoum, says the work will provide “a real representative idea about the history of the region”....
...was quickly adjourned until next month....
...As next of kin, Mrs Arafat has been controlling access to Mr Arafat and approving the terse bulletins on his health issued by the Percy hospital....
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