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Page last updated at 19:47 GMT, Monday, 1 September 2008 20:47 UK

Troops carry Iraqi flag during handover ceremony
US hands over key Iraq province
The US military transfers control of Anbar province, once the centre of Iraq's Sunni insurgency, to the Iraqi government.
Iraqi viewpoint: Anbar handover
US troops 'to quit Iraq by 2011'
In depth: Struggle for Iraq

Bolivian President Evo Morales holds a copy of his proposed new constitution, 28 August Bolivia's president lands in Iran
Bolivian President Evo Morales arrives in Tehran for trade talks with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim FROM BBC SPORT >>
Arab group agrees Man City deal
An Emirates-based company claims to have completed a takeover of English footlball club Manchester City.

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Tarawih prayers in Jakarta In pictures
Muslims around the world prepare for the fasting month
Horse and carriage in Hebron city centre Jerusalem Diary
An unlikely tourist destination in the West Bank
Tal Rubin, 7, on her way to school in Sderot Truce relief
Peaceful start to term for Israeli schoolkids in Sderot

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Palestinian leader visits Beirut
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Gaddafi charged over cleric kidnap
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BUSINESS

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MEDIA ROUND-UP
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YOUR PERSPECTIVE
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Set apart for God and Torah
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FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
Missing girl Rose Pizem (undated picture) National shock
Israel stunned by search for missing four-year-old
A landmine detector in Iraq In pictures
Clearing mines from Iraq's borders after decades of conflict
Adnan Aweidh Jerusalem voices
Life in Jerusalem's Old City described by its residents
STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ
China's CNPC seals $3bn Iraq deal
US jury acquits US ex-marine
Nepalese sue US company over Iraq
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