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Mideast Quartet urges Israel to freeze settlement
The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators is calling on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denouncing Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
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Former UN envoy Kai Eide explains why he held talks with the Taliban - BBC News
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Former UN envoy Kai Eide explains why he held talks with the Taliban
BBC News
Kai Eide, the UN's Special Representative to Afghanistan until earlier this month, has strongly criticized Pakistan for its recent arrest of prominent Taliban leaders. In his first interview since leaving office, Mr Eide confirmed for the first time to ...
Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with TalibanWashington Post
Pakistan accused of derailing UN talks with TalibanTelegraph.co.uk
UN held secret talks with Taliban in 2009Press TV
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EU's foreign chief Catherine Ashton makes Gaza visit - BBC News
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EU's foreign chief Catherine Ashton makes Gaza visit
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European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has made a brief visit to Gaza, amid a new push by the EU and US to revive stalled Middle East peace talks. She is one of the most senior western politicians to go to the Palestinian territory since ...
IAF strikes in Gaza after KassamJerusalem Post
Neither Israel nor Hamas wants another Gaza warHa'aretz
Gaza rocket kills Thai worker in southern IsraelLos Angeles Times
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Haaretz poll: 27% of Israelis think Obama is anti-Semitic - Ha'aretz
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Haaretz poll: 27% of Israelis think Obama is anti-Semitic
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Some 27 percent of Israelis believe that US President Barack Obama is anti-Semitic, according to a Haaretz-Dialog poll conducted this week. Anpther 56 percent questions said they don't believe politicians who call Obama anti-Semitic or ...
US stares down Israel to revive Palestinian talksThe Guardian
Biden: Israel announcement designed to undermine peace processYnetnews
Police presence high in volatile east JerusalemWashington Post
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US stares down Israel to revive Palestinian talks - The Guardian
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US stares down Israel to revive Palestinian talks
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Hillary Clinton speaks with the US special envoy for Middle East peace, George Mitchell, during quartet talks in Moscow. Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP The humiliating climbdown, which came after a week of pressure from the Obama ...
Diplomats Urge Restart of Mideast TalksNew York Times
Mideast Quartet Meets in MoscowVoice of America
Quartet “committed” to Israeli-Palestinian proximity talksThe Hindu
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Indonesia says understands Obama trip delay - Reuters
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Indonesia says understands Obama trip delay
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Supporters of President Barack Obama gather for a party to welcome him at Fabulous Bellagio Mall in Jakarta March 17, 2010. The words on the T-shirts read: ''Welcome''. JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia understands the reason for President Barack Obama's ...
Obama cancellation accepted by Australia and IndonesiaBBC News
Obama delays Asia trip for health care billCNN
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A look at the health care overhaul bill - Washington Post
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A look at the health care overhaul bill
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By AP AP -- Congressional Democrats have released a final version of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul bill in advance of a House vote planned for Sunday. Some features of the legislation, which makes changes to the bill the Senate passed ...
Health Showdown Is SetWall Street Journal
Budget office says health care bill saves moneySan Francisco Chronicle
Dems Sweeten Health Bill in Final PushCBS News
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Attorneys: Chicago man providing info on terrorism - Washington Post
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Attorneys: Chicago man providing info on terrorism
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AP CHICAGO -- An American who admitted slipping quietly into the Indian city of Mumbai on scouting missions that led to the November 2008 attack that killed 166 people has already started spilling terrorists' secrets to US authorities, ...
Headley confession not a setback: ChidambaramTimes of India
US top intelligence official meets Indian home minister over terrorismXinhua
Headley's case is not a “setback”: ChidambaramThe Hindu
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in Immigration Dance - ABC News
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PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama in Immigration Dance
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AP President Barack Obama promised to make overhauling the immigration system a top priority in his first year as president. He's now in Year Two, and the odds that he'll get to sign a bill before the November midterm ...
Senators draft plan to rework US immigration policyWashington Post
2 Senators Offer Immigration OverhaulNew York Times
Senators announce framework for bipartisan immigration billLos Angeles Times
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'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty - 2nd Philly-linked terror suspect takes a plea ... - Philadelphia Daily News
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'Jihad Jane' pleads not guilty - 2nd Philly-linked terror suspect takes a plea ...
Philadelphia Daily News
Jihad Jane, the Internet alter-ego of Colleen LaRose, yesterday walked into federal court, her face drawn and wearing her bleached blond hair in cornrows, orange sneakers, and her green prison jumpsuit baggy on her petite frame. ...
American says she didn't plot to kill artistBoston Globe
'Jihad Jane' pleads not guiltyLos Angeles Times
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SC gov agrees to pay ethics fine, gets divorced - Washington Post
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SC gov agrees to pay ethics fine, gets divorced
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AP COLUMBIA, SC -- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has closed two chapters of his life, agreeing to pay $74000 in fines to resolve ethics charges brought against him after last summer's revelation of an extramarital affair, ...
South Carolina governor to settle ethics complaint with $74000 fineLos Angeles Times
Gov. Sanford Accepts Fine in Ethics CaseNew York Times
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Pope to sign letter on Irish paedophile priests - BBC News
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Pope to sign letter on Irish paedophile priests
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Pope Benedict has written a pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland with guidelines on preventing and punishing sexual abuse of children by priests. Scandals involving Roman Catholic priests have been reported recently from a number of countries, ...
Child abuse scandal shatters Irish faith in Catholic ChurchCNN
German Archbishop Expresses Shame Over ScandalNew York Times
An inquiry is vital, but the church's moral authority is lost for everThe Guardian
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Ex-Marine general blames part of Dutch army's failure in Bosnia on gay soldiers - Washington Post
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Ex-Marine general blames part of Dutch army's failure in Bosnia on gay soldiers
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By Ed O'Keefe A retired Marine general told senators Thursday that the Dutch army failed to protect the city of Srebrenica during the Bosnian war partly because of the presence of gay soldiers in its armed forces. John J. Sheehan, a former NATO ...
Dutch fury at US general's gay theory over SrebrenicaBBC News
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Retired US general: Gays made Dutch weak in BosniaTampabay.com
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Virginia executes man in 1999 murder of woman, rape of her sister - Washington Post
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Virginia executes man in 1999 murder of woman, rape of her sister
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Kristie Reed was on the basement floor, her throat and wrists slashed. Her older sister, Stacie, was upstairs, dead from a stab wound to the heart. When police reached Kristie, who was then 14 years old, an officer leaned in and asked who ...
killer who sent taunting letter executedCNN
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Bill Proposes Increased Aid to the Needy for College - New York Times
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Bill Proposes Increased Aid to the Needy for College
New York Times
The federal government would provide $36 billion in new financing for Pell grants to needy students over the next 10 years under legislation announced Thursday by Congressional Democrats. The maximum annual Pell grant would rise to $5975 ...
Revamping the student loan industryWashington Post
Can education get a bailout, too?UNLV The Rebel Yell
Obama's student loan plan moving forward with health billBoston Globe
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Deal Near on Gitmo, Trials for Detainees - Wall Street Journal
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Deal Near on Gitmo, Trials for Detainees
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The White House is nearing a deal with a bipartisan group of senators to close the Guantanamo Bay prison and pave the way for more detainees to be tried before military commissions, a move that would reverse a ...
Eric Holder's Trials and Tribulations.TIME
Justice Department Accuses Republicans of Being Weak on TerrorismFOXNews
Eric Holder, the attorney general of ineptnessWashington Post
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Harper calls for co-operation, open trade at G20 summit
The upcoming Toronto G20 summit will require participating nations to plan a road out of the recession in which the global needs of the economy are respected, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said during a brief address to a group of international negotiators on Thursday morning.
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Second minister butts heads with airport security
Another incident has emerged involving a federal cabinet minister in a dispute with airport security.
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Senior Mountie backs gun registry; Toews calls it wasteful
The No. 2 Mountie has come out in favour of the embattled federal gun registry. Deputy RCMP commissioner Bill Sweeney told the Commons public safety committee there's strong evidence the registry promotes officer and public safety.
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Report: Delta water restrictions sound, but need more study - San Jose Mercury News
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Report: Delta water restrictions sound, but need more study
San Jose Mercury News
Tough new restrictions on Delta water supplies are for the most part scientifically sound, although some of the details should be more carefully analyzed, a panel of experts concludes in a report to be released today. ...
Scientists side with smelt, salmon protectionsLos Angeles Times
Scientific study supports cuts in water deliveriesFresno Bee
Farmers hail increased water allowanceSan Francisco Chronicle
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