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5 April 2011 Last updated at 10:29 ET

Libya rebels to export first oilRebel fighter by the wreckage of a government vehicle near Brega (5 April 2011)

A tanker is believed to have docked in rebel-held eastern Libya to begin the first export of oil for almost three weeks, as new air strikes hit government forces.

Injured Yemeni protester is carried in Sanaa (5 April 2011)Three killed in new Yemen unrest

New fighting flares in Yemen between tribesmen loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh and soldiers backing anti-government protesters.

Goldstone at a press conference during a two-day hearing session on Gaza conflict -UN office, Geneva July 200Israel invites UN war crime envoy

Israel's interior minister invites UN war crimes prosecutor Richard Goldstone to visit after he retracted key findings of his Gaza war report.

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