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Page last updated at 08:19 GMT, Monday, 15 March 2010

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Deadly car bomb in Iraq's Falluja
A suicide bomber explodes a car in the Iraqi city of Falluja, killing at least seven people and wounding 13, officials say.
Q&A: Iraqi polls
Guide to challengers
Iraq voter turnout '62%'

Brazil"s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Brazil leader begins Mid-East tour
Brazil's president arrives in Israel at the start of a Middle East tour to throw his country's weight behind the peace process.

File picture of David Axelrod Obama aide stokes US-Israel row
A top Obama adviser criticises Israel over settlement homes in East Jerusalem, thwarting Israeli hopes of ending the row.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Hatem al-Ghoul, Gaza hairdresser Cut and run?
Bombed out and banned: Gaza's male hairdressers
Franz Kafka biography On trial
Legal battle in Israel over Franz Kafka manuscripts
US Vice President Joe Biden accepts a gift from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Between friends
US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation

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Fourth Australian named by Dubai
US eases sanctions for freer web

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Yemenis discuss security struggle

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Baathist resentment simmer
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Disturbing Fallujah birth defects
A first 'Palestinian settlement'?
Iraq cracks down on camouflage
Dubai killing highlights Mossad

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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Students (l-r) Mustafa Abdel Karim, Osama Salim, Atar Keyhan, Mustafa Ibrahim Younis, and Beker Shakir First vote
The BBC meets some of Iraq's first-time voters
Sheikh Tantawi meets UK PM Tony Blair in 2002 Liberal or stooge?
Sheikh Tantawi never shied away from controversy
h their children, Yosra (1) and Adnan (3) Separation fear
Families fight 'racist' Israeli marriage and citizenship law
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