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Hamas hangs Gaza man, despite protests

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Troops deploy near restive West Bank camp

Kuwait police clash with 'stateless' protesters

Top Iraq Kurdish party wins local legislature vote

UN urges Kuwait to host new Syria aid conference

Cost of ongoing conflict carried in a grandfather's arms

UN: Nearly 1,000 Iraqis killed in September

An Iraqi sheik cradled his grandson's tightly wrapped body, his face grim and his eyes downcast, trailed by men bearing the coffin of the infant's mother.

General says Egypt should keep to transition plan