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By Jamal Elshayyal in Middle East on September 2nd, 2010
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So, the curtain is raised once again, the actors emerge, and the crowd applauds - it's the latest scene in the tragic comedy of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
 
As Barack Obama, the US president, welcomed his guests at the White House to unveil the resumption of direct "negotiations" between the Israelis and Palestinians, it was almost difficult not to feel a sense of déjà vu.
 
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan, Benyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas all took it in turns to impress upon us the importance of "seizing this moment" to achieve peace. Each leader emphasised just how critical it was that this latest round of negotiations succeed; for, after all they "are all fathers, blessed with sons and daughters whose generation will judge them" - as President Obama so eloquently put it.
 

By Al Jazeera Staff in Europe on May 5th, 2010
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Britain has held what appears to be the tightest election race in a generation.

The Conservative party took the lead but failed to gain a clear parliamentary majority, leaving the UK with a hung parliament. Eyes are now on the Liberal Democrats, as the two main parties attempt to woo them into forming an alliance.

You can follow the the latest news from Al Jazeera's UK election team right here.  

1636 GMT It's not just Nick Clegg that David Cameron is going to have to convince of the merits of a coalition. As this story from the Financial Times shows, he faces a battle persuading his own party.

By John Terrett in Americas on December 8th, 2009
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In London on Tuesday the British public inquiry into the Iraq war heard a staggering revelation. 
 
A taxi driver, peddling fares along Iraq's border with Jordan, was the one who told British intelligence that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction capable of hitting Britain in less than an hour's flying time from Baghdad.
 
And they believed him!
 
We know this because the claim turned up in a 2002 so-called "dodgy" dossier that was partly used to justify Britain joining the U.S. led invasion of Iraq six months later.

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