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No role for Gaddafi in proposed Libya transition

A UN peace envoy has suggested that a transitional body to rule Libya will include government and rebels but neither Gaddafi nor his sons

Gaddafi says no to talks, rebels 'infiltrate' Tripoli

As NATO bombs target Zliten and rebels say they had infiltrated Tripoli, Gaddafi remains defiant calling on tribal leaders to march on Misrata to "liberate" it from rebels

Saudi terror law 'would strangle peaceful protest'

Amnesty International reveals leaked Saudi Arabian anti-terror law, says it seriously threatens freedom of expression, peaceful protest

Yemen tribes say they halted a militant Islamist convoy in south

Tribal factions arrest militant Islamists helping the Yemeni army in its crackdown in Zinjibar, which has been under Islamist militants' control since May

Turkish president to visit Britain

For the first time in 24 years, a Turkish head of state to visits the UK

Iran hopes for end to 'misunderstandings' with Saudi Arabia

Iranian FM Ali Akbar Salehi stresses friendly relations with Saudi Arabia, hopes misunderstandings with the kingdom over recent events in the region can be resolved

Israeli PM turns to Al-Arabiya TV in call for peace

Al-Arabiya TV to air interview with Israeli PM Netanyahu on Thursday

Israel sees Libya as new source of arms for Gaza

Israel declares that Hamas is using the turbulent situation in Libya to get weapons from Libyan smugglers

Up to Libyans to decide fate of Gaddafi: rebel leader

Senior Libyan rebel Mahmud Jibril recommends Gaddafi's fate to be determined by the Libyans

Ahmadinejad starts committee to research Iran's occupation in WWII

Iran's president calls for historians to compile documents on foreign occupation in the 1940s, with a view to filing an international lawsuit

Jordan police blame protesters, media for violence

Jordan police report cites protester insults and Islamist calls for violence as cause for "actions of some policemen" at protest outside city hall on Friday

Iran cautiously welcomes Russia's nuclear proposal

Iran insists on the peaceful nature of its nuclear program, welcomes Russian-sponsored proposal to return to talks

Tunisian court delays trial for deposed president

Ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's second trial is postponed for one week

China's Hu says backs African plan to end Libyan crisis

China to work with African Union in Libya resolution, says Chinese President Hu Jintao

Khartoum approves law imposing oil transit fees

North Sudanese FM reveals fees to be imposed on south's oil infrastructure

Germany seeking to convince Saleh to stand down: report

Germany is serving as an intermediary in a bid to convince Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to stand down amid a popular revolt against his three-decade-long rule, a newspaper report said Thursday

Iraq Shi'ite militia splinters into hit squads, gangs

Anti-U.S. cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army has spawned dozens of renegade splinter groups which frequently assassinate Iraqi officials on behalf of foreign sponsors, Sadrist and security officials say

Yemen Republican Guards kill protester in Taez: medics

Yemeni Republican Guards shot dead one protester and wounded three in the second-largest city of Taez

No apology to Turkey over flotilla: Israel

"We are not ready to apologise as apologising is taking responsibility," Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Yaalon told reporters in Jerusalem

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