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Costa Rica moves embassy to Tel Aviv



The new president of Costa Rica has said that his country will move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, in a move that pleases Arab nations.
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Hamas condemns sentence



The ruling Palestinian movement Hamas has condemned the death sentence handed down to Saddam Hussein, recalling the help the deposed Iraqi leader gave to the Palestinian people.
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Iranian dissident 'admits' working for US



An Iranian intellectual imprisoned for four months for espionage has said that he was unintentionally involved in a US plot to overthrow the government in Iran.
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Report criticises US press freedoms



The US, France and Japan have been criticised in a report by a leading media rights group that measures press freedoms around the world.


The World Press Freedom Index 2006, published by the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF), showed that the US had dropped 12 places to 53rd place, below countries such as Ghana, Mali and Bolivia.
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Saudi Arabia lifts photo ban




Saudi Arabia has lifted a ban on photography in public areas as part of a drive by the conservative kingdom's tourism organisation to attract more visitors to the birthplace of Islam.
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Sunnis back calls for speaker to quit



The largest Sunni group in Iraq's parliament has joined Kurdish and Shia parties in calling for the removal of the body's Sunni Arab speaker.
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US protects Iraqi fraudster



US troops have taken a former Iraqi minister who holds US citizenship from a Baghdad court after he was sentenced to two years in jail for misusing public money on Wednesday, Iraqi officials said.

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US vetoes Beit Hanoun resolution



The US has vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution condemning an Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip that killed 19 Palestinian civilians.
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Venezuela pulls out Israel ambassador



Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, said he had recalled his country's ambassador to Israel to show his "indignation" over the military offensive in Lebanon.
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