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Iran leader's US outreach meets praise, some anger

Tunisia's ruling Islamist party agrees to step down after negotiations beginning next week

Egyptian soldier killed by sniper in Sinai

Sudanese protesters demand the regime's ouster

Bahrain opposition stages major rally

Car bomb kills 30 in town north of Syrian capital

Assailants kill police officer in Egypt's Sinai

Iran, UN agency nuclear probe talks positive

6 months for Tunisian rapper

Bomb attacks at markets in, near Baghdad kill 23

Iraq releases 3 Jordanians jailed since 2003

Iraqi officials: Triple bombing at market in village near Baghdad kills 14

Iran seeks 'phased actions' in nuclear talks

Bombing at Baghdad market kills 7 people

Minister: Extremists plotted to carve up Tunisia

Iraq: Peace calls new pilgrims

Iraq reaches out to travellers as the 'cradle of civilisation', writes Prashant Rao.