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ASHDOD, israel -- Yael converted to Judaism in 1992, and for the next 15 years she lived in israel, celebrating the major holidays and teaching her children about the Jewish faith.

CAIRO -- For some in the middle east, the images of Russian tanks rolling into Georgia in defiance of U.S. opposition have revived warm memories of the Cold War.

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 -- Iran is using 4,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium and plans to install an additional 3,000 of the devices, Deputy Foreign minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar said Thursday in an interview on Iranian state television.

ABU DHABI: The UAE has lodged a protest at the UN against Iran for setting up facilities on disputed...

New Lebanese army chief, Jean Kahwaji, is promoted to general in a ceremony attended by President Michel Suleiman.

Egypt temporarily re-opens its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing hundreds of Palestinians to move in and out.

Reuters - Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing more than 2,500 people to leave the Hamas-controlled territory and about 1,000 to enter, Palestinian officials said.

AFP - The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Saturday threatened to unleash "the fires of hell" on israel, as it staged a military parade in the south of the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip.

AFP - Egyptian Foreign minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said an Arab force for the Gaza Strip could help end violence in the impoverished territory, the official news agency MENA reported on Saturday.

BAGHDAD - Iraqs parliament must pass a contentious elections law by mid-September in order to allow...