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Hamas to blame

Trash threatens to engulf historic sites

I have spent nearly a month in North Africa and the Middle East and in both areas the land seems in grave danger of being suffocated by swathes of fluttering, tattered plastic bags and mountains of plastic bottles.

Knight of the right now on the charge

'Kosher phone' blocks porn for ultra-Orthodox

A country full of stories to die for

Carnage as bombs explode in bazaar

<i>Yuval Rotem</i>: Try wearing Israeli shoes

Female bombers kill 72 at Baghdad pet markets

Hamas, Cairo talk over border control