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Egyptair has announced it will resume flights to the Syrian cities of Damascus and Aleppo on Monday, after a three-day suspension by many airlines over security on the airport roads
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Egyptair resumes Syria flights to Damascus and Aleppo

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has returned to a hero's welcome in the West Bank after his successful move to upgrade the Palestinians' UN status
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Mahmoud Abbas cheered in Ramallah after UN vote

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Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has said country's new draft constitution will be put to a referendum on December 15th
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Egypt to vote on new constitution in December 15th referendum

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Israel has authorized the construction of 3,000 more housing units in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank
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Israel builds 3,000 settler homes in West Bank and East Jerusalem in wake of Palestinian UN bid

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Egypt's Islamist-run assembly has backed a draft constitution, including a measure keeping sharia as the main source of legislation
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Egypt’s Constituent Assembly backs draft constitution

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The United Nations General Assembly has voted to grant the Palestinians non-member observer state status
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Palestine becomes non-member observer state at UN

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At least 34 people have been killed and many injured by two car bomb explosions in Jaramana, a south-eastern district of Damascus
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Jaramana twin blasts kills at least 34 people in Damascus

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Tens of thousands of people are holding a protest in Cairo against President Mohamed Morsi, who last week granted himself sweeping new powers in Egypt
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Cairo mass protest against President Mohamed Morsi

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The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat have been exhumed as part of an investigation into how he died
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Yasser Arafat’s remains exhumed

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The Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's main Islamist party, has called off a demonstration in Cairo, amid crisis over President Mohammed Mursi's new decree
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Muslim Brotherhood calls off demonstration in Cairo

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Representatives of Israel and Hamas have begun indirect talks on ceasefire deal that ended the recent violence in Gaza
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Israel and Hamas start talks on Gaza ceasefire

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Egypt's stock market sees a plunge in its shares after President Mohammed Mursi granted himself sweeping new powers
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Egypt Stock Market plunges 10% following Mohammed Mursi’s decree

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Egypt's top judges have accused President Mohammed Mursi of staging an unprecedented attack on the judiciary
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Mohammed Mursi accused of staging an “unprecedented attack” on the judiciary

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Yasser Arafat’s body is to undergo tests to find out whether his death in Paris in 2004 was caused by poisoning
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Yasser Arafat’s body to be exhumed over poisoning claim

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Mohammed Mursi has appeared before supporters in Cairo to defend a new decree that grants him sweeping powers
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Mohammed Mursi defends new decree that grants him new sweeping powers amid protests

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Under the ceasefire deal, Israel has agreed to end all hostilities and targeted killings, while Hamas will stop attacks against Israel and along the border
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Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal comes into effect

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At least 21 people have been injured in an explosion on a bus in Tel Aviv, in what one Israeli official described as a terrorist attack
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Tel Aviv bus explosion injures 21 people

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Egypt’s President Mohammed Mursi, who is leading mediation efforts between Hamas and Israel, says he expects Israeli forces to end air strikes on Gaza later on Tuesday
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Israel-Gaza crisis: Mohammed Mursi expects Israeli forces to end air strikes today

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At least 26 people have died in the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces kept up air strikes
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Israel-Gaza crisis: at least 26 people die in Gaza Strip as Israeli forces keep up air strikes

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Pope Tawadros II, the new leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian church, has been formally enthroned in Cairo
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Pope Tawadros II, new leader of Egypt’s Coptic Christian church, enthroned in Cairo

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Barack Obama defended Israel's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip
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Barack Obama defends Israel’s airstrikes on the Gaza Strip

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Sunday became the deadliest day since Israel launched an operation against Hamas militants this week
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Israel-Gaza crisis: death toll rises to 67 after Israeli airstrikes

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The Israeli military and militants in Gaza are continuing to trade fire, with the round of violence that has followed Israel's killing of Hamas's military chief showing no sign of abating
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Israel-Gaza crisis: fresh fire exchanged between Israeli military and Hamas militants

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Syrian rebels say they have captured Hamdan airport near the border with Iraq
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Syrian rebels capture Hamdan airport near Iraq border

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Israeli air strikes have targeted the headquarters of Gaza's Hamas leaders
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Israel air strikes hit Hamas headquarters in Gaza

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