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Middle East
Name: Golan Heights
Status: Israeli-occupied. Captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, and annexed in 1981, a move condemned internationally. Lebanon claims Shab'a Farms area.
Population estimate: 20,000 Israeli settlers, 20,000 Syrians
Syria 'to attend peace conference'
Russia says the Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference set to be held in Geneva in June.
'Field of diamonds'
The stories behind Rome's gleaming cobblestones
The dogulator
Work out your dog's true age with this handy calculator
Rising anger
Nightly riots highlight Sweden's inequalities
Selective disclosure
Obama brings drone programme out of the shadows - but just a bit
Art over politics
Michelangelo managed to complete Florence’s Medici Chapel during a time of uprising
Talking Movies
Tom Brook looks at Red Obsession, a film which charts China's thirst for red wine
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