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Minister for the Middle East, Alistair Burt: ”After 18 months and 10 meetings between Iran and IAEA still no agreement on the process. Time for Iran…

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Media Summary

26/10/2011

Cabinet approves Grapel deal

BBC Online and the Guardian today note the victory of the An-Nahda Islamist party in Tunisian elections, in articles that reference the Hamas election victory…

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25/10/2011

Israel, Egypt reach deal to free Israeli ‘spy’ Ilan Grapel

The main item of Israel related coverage in the UK media today is the reaching by Israel and Egypt of an agreement that will see…

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24/10/2011

IDF recommends freeing Fatah prisoners to strengthen Abbas

The Independent today notes that Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has expressed criticism of the deal that freed kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. The Financial…

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21/10/2011

Israel reportedly agrees to halt government construction for direct talks

The main item of Middle East related coverage in the UK media today is the death of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, killed by rebels…

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