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22 March 2012 Last updated at 14:00 ET

Attack on Syrian bus 'kills 10'

Opposition groups in Syria say at least 10 civilians on a bus trying to flee to Turkey have been killed, as Hama and other areas are shelled.

Toulouse victims buried in Israel

The funerals of the three children and a teacher shot dead by a gunman in the French city of Toulouse are held in Jerusalem.

Exemptions in Iran oil sanctions

The US government will not impose sanctions on Japan and 10 European Union nations that have reduced their oil imports from Iran.

Three Filipinos seized in Yemen

Three Filipino sailors have been kidnapped by tribal militants in central Yemen, according to the country's interior ministry.
Egyptian desert patrol 'lost'

The Egyptian army says it has "lost contact" with a desert patrol close to its remote southern border with Sudan.
Suspect denies Thai terror link
W Bank prisoner 'close to death'
Libya 'to get former spy chief'
Israeli ban on underweight models
Egypt buries Coptic Church leader
Deadly explosions in Iraqi cities
Russia criticises Syrian 'errors'

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