Middle East

Devout Shia Spoil Baghdad Football Party

Their offence at celebration of Asia Cup victory points to worrying intolerance of secular way of life.

24 Jan 11

Blank billboards betray lack of investor confidence.

22 Jan 11

Uncertainty over whether caretaker foreign minister, a nuclear expert, will continue in post.

21 Jan 11

Air pollution in late autumn got so bad that even the crows fled the capital.

14 Jan 11

Weekly West Bank confrontation pitting the IDF against Palestinians and Israeli sympathisers is rarely short on drama.

12 Jan 11

Police and addicts report deportations of Iranian nationals, who are then prevented from returning.

7 Jan 11

Much of the criticism of the IHEC has betrayed the partisan nature of the Iraqi press.

7 Jan 11

Iraqi trainees say they learnt important journalistic lessons from IWPR course.

5 Jan 11

Iraqi Kurdistan enjoys a vibrant media scene, but it remains beset with a multitude of problems.

22 Dec 10

Residents of disputed area say they get along pretty well, claiming politicians are behind talk of rising tensions.

22 Dec 10

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