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Deep South calls in Iran to cure its health blues

In ground-breaking project, one of America’s poorest communities is turning to the Middle East to try to resolve its crisis

Israel ministers to boycott UK over arrest row

Israel has ordered its ministers not to visit Britain until a new law is introduced allowing them to enter the country without fear of arrest

Travel firm Allbury goes into administration

Christmas holidaymakers suffer as package tour operator trading as Libra Holidays, Argo Holidays and JetLife hits trouble

Iranian soldiers take control of Iraq oil well

No shots fired as 11 soldiers raise flag in the Fakka oil field that has been the subject of dispute since Iran-Iraq war

Iraq Christians fear extinction

Behind the Christmas carols and tinsel and lies a deep concern that Christians in Iraq are a community under threat

Hope fades for 41 after livestock ship capsizes

The rescue operation has been hampered by thousands of dead animals floating in the water after the vessel overturned

British captain dead, dozens missing as ship sinks

Dozens of people were missing after a ship carrying livestock sank off Lebanon, with its British captain reported dead

Yemen launches fresh raids against al-Qaeda

Yemeni warplanes launched raids on al-Qaeda bases, killing up to 34 militants and preventing suicide bombers, officials said

Olmert mapped vision for West Bank peace

The former Israeli Prime Minister suggested a deal that would have involved uprooting tens of thousands of Jewish settlers

West Bank outlolok bleak, but solutions exist

The Olmert map shows that, despite all the public arguments, there is still a possibility of a behind-the-scenes agreement

Sanctions calls grow after Iran missile test

Gordon Brown said the successful firing of an improved version of Iran's Sejil-2 missile was a cause for serious concern

Iran raises nuclear tension with missile launch

Test comes as US said it would investigate report in The Times that Iran was working on trigger for nuclear weapon

US jails Iranian arms buyer for five years

A US court has sentenced an Iranian arms smuggler to jail, in a breakthrough in efforts to police an arms embargo on Iran

US to investigate Iran nuclear trigger

Times report is praised for exposing confidential intelligence documents that reveal Tehran has worked on a neutron initiator

Absence from hospital not positive

Predicting cancer survival is not an exact science - the Lockerbie bomber may well have gone somewhere quiet to spend last days