Sinai ‘nest of terrorists’ - Israeli military source

EGYPT: If Egypt fails to restore order in the Sinai peninsula it could come to resemble the Afghan mountain hideouts which sheltered the Taliban and their Al-Qaeda allies, an Israeli military source warned on Thursday.

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Assange asylum decision leaves Britain in uncharted waters

British foreign minister William Hague admits that the standoff could drag on for years:

UK: Ecuador's decision to grant asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange puts Britain in uncharted diplomatic and legal waters, as it insisted Thursday it would go ahead with extraditing him to Sweden.

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‘Tumour’ of Israel will soon be destroyed - Ahmadinejad

IRAN: Israel is a “cancerous tumour” that will soon be finished off, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday told demonstrators holding an annual protest against the existence of the Jewish state.

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