Caught between bullets and rockets on Gaza border (AFP)

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The body of Palestinian boy Tamer abu Shaar lays in the morgue of a hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on February 20, 2008. Deep in the clutches of grief, Sabah Abu Shaar describes how she found her 10-year-old son, Tamer, shot by what she believes was an Israeli bullet during an incident near the Gaza Strip's border with Israel.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)AFP - "When I got to the door, I saw him lying in a pool of blood. He looked like a sheep whose throat had just been cut."


 

Israel warns against any Gaza border breach (Reuters)

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Reuters - Israel said on Sunday it would prevent any attempt by Palestinians to break through the Gaza Strip's border with the Jewish state in defiance of an Israeli-led blockade.

 

Iran confirms new nuclear centrifuges (AP)

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An Iranian technician works at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities. The six major powers seeking new sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program want the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution soon, a US statement Department spokesman said Monday.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AP - Iran said Sunday that it has started using new centrifuges that can churn out enriched uranium at more than double the rate of the machines that now form the backbone of the Islamic nation's nuclear program.


 

Hamas says leader killed to extract “sham confession” (Reuters)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 23, 2008. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Hamas on Sunday accused Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of torturing one of its leaders to death to extract "sham confessions" that the Islamist group was trying to set up a West Bank militia.


 

WITNESS: “Hijab problem” sparks police standoff in Tehran (Reuters)

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A woman attends a ceremony to mark the 18th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini at his tomb in the Behesht Zahra cemetery, south of Tehran, in this June 4, 2007 file photo. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/FilesReuters - Fredrik Dahl has been reporting for Reuters from Iran since March 2007. A native of Sweden, he has also worked in Helsinki, Brussels, Sarajevo, Belgrade and London during 20 years with Reuters. In the following story, he recounts how he watched Iranian police detain a woman deemed to be violating the Islamic dress code.


 

Israel says it has improved airstrikes (AP)

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AP - Amer Qurmot never saw it coming: In a split second, an Israeli missile killed the 44-year-old Palestinian rocket mastermind as he walked along a road in the northern Gaza Strip.

 

Crowds vow revenge at West Bank funeral of Hamas imam (AFP)

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Halima Barghuti, the mother of Hamas member Majed al-Barghuti, shows his picture following the news of his death at her home in the village of Kobar in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 23. Thousands of West Bank Hamas supporters have vowed revenge at the funeral of an imam from the Islamist movement who died while in the custody of Palestinian security forces.(AFP/File/Abbas Momani)AFP - Thousands of West Bank Hamas supporters vowed revenge on Sunday at the funeral of an imam from the Islamist movement who died while in the custody of Palestinian security forces.


 

Pakistan Taliban warn new government to keep clear (Reuters)

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A man shouts slogans against Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf while clutching an image of disposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry during a protest by lawyers in Islamabad February 21, 2008. Over a hundred lawyers marched to Chaudhry's residence, demanding he be reinstated and Musharraf resign . REUTERS/Adrees LatifReuters - Pakistan militants linked to al-Qaeda warned any incoming civilian government on Sunday they would strike even more viciously if President Pervez Musharraf's U.S-backed war on terror continued in tribal areas.


 

Mideast peace teams discuss technical details of future deal (AFP)

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Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, in Moscow last month. The top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have hosted the first round of talks of work teams tasked with discussing the technical details of a future peace deal, an official said.(AFP/File/Maxim Marmur)AFP - The top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Sunday hosted the first round of talks of work teams tasked with discussing the technical details of a future peace deal, an official said.


 

Israel PM to discuss Iran on rare Japan visit (AFP)

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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sits next to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Olmert is heading to Japan on a rare visit expected to focus on bilateral economic ties as well as efforts to halt Iran's controversial nuclear drive.(AFP/Jim Hollander)AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday headed to Japan on a rare visit expected to focus on bilateral economic ties as well as efforts to halt Iran's controversial nuclear drive.