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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Israeli lawmaker floats idea of talks with Hamas

A senior opposition leader in Israel unveiled a peace plan Sunday that held out the possibility of negotiations with Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group in control of the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported.

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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

'Yemeni fighters shot down fighter jet'

Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have shot down a fighter jet during clashes with government forces in north-western Yemen, Press TV reported.

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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Obama calls new election law a milestone for Iraq

President Barack Obama hailed the Iraqi parliament's passage Sunday of a much-delayed election law, declaring it a milestone as the Iraqi people take charge of their future, AP reported.

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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Obama will meet Netanyahu at White House

The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama would be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington to address Jewish groups, ending days of uncertainty, AP reported.

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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Assad: Syria wants Turkey to have good relations with Israel

Syrian President Bashar Assad said that Turkey must cultivate good relations with Israel if it wishes to assist his country, according to an interview published in Turkish daily Hurriyet on Sunday, Jerusalem Post reported.

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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Algerian police kill three extremists

Algerian security forces killed three extremists in eastern province of Tizi Ouzou, local daily al-Watan reported Sunday on its website.

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3 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

New cabinet to come very soon: Lebanese president

Lebanon will have a new cabinet very soon, about five months after the parliamentary election in June, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said Sunday, Xinhua reported.

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4 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Thousands in West Bank urge Abbas not to quit

Thousands of Palestinians turned out in Hebron on Sunday to urge Mahmoud Abbas to run again for the presidency following his announcement that he did not want a second term in the job, Reuters reported.

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4 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Peres asks Abbas: Don't let go, Israel wants true peace

President Shimon Peres spoke at the 14th annual memorial ceremony for the assassination of former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to continue efforts for peace, Ynet reported.

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4 hrs ago | en.trend.az | Trend_News

Lebanon Opposition Agrees to Unity Government

Lebanon's prime minister-designate is preparing to announce a new government after securing the opposition's support five months after winning the country's election, VOA reported.

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6 hrs ago | Kansas City Star

Beauty and tragedy in global network of war graves

It is the British empire of the dead.Scattered across 150 countries and managed from a modest office building near London's Heathrow Airport, a global patchwork of graveyards constitutes a beautiful memorial to the ugliest carnage: the 1.7 million fighting men and women who died for Britain and its dominions in the world wars of the last ...

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11 hrs ago | CANOE

White House says Obama will meet Netanyahu

The White House announced Sunday that President Barack Obama will be meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu during the Israeli prime minister's trip to Washington, ending days of uncertainty.

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15 hrs ago | Ynetnews

Erdogan says prefers Bashir over Netanyahu

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday denied that Omar Hassan al-Bashir was responsible for genocide in Darfur and said he would be more comfortable talking to the indicted Sudanese president than to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the state-run news agency Anatolian reported.

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20 hrs ago | Free Republic

Homeland chief: Fort Hood shootings no cause for anti-Muslim backla

The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.

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Yesterday | The Peninsula

Hezbollah rearms to fight Israel

Beirut: Hezbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu's government will attack Lebanon again prior to any assault on Iran's nuclear facilities.

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Sat Nov 07, 2009

Raw Story

Saudi and Yemen battle Zaidi rebels

Saudi forces pounded Yemeni rebels on Saturday for a fifth straight day as Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh ruled out a truce in his war on the Shiite insurgents.

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Newsday.com

Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit

Shimon Peres spoke to a crowd of thousands at the square where Rabin was gunned down by a Jewish extremist who opposed his peace policies on Nov.

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Herald-Standard

Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad

Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment, intensifying pressures on the government to reject the U.N.-backed plan altogether.

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WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Fort Hood, community mourn shooting victims

A chaplain exhorted hundreds of mourners gathered at a candlelight vigil to not give up hope as Fort Hood and its surrounding community looked to each other for comfort after an Army psychiatrist allegedly went on a deadly shooting spree at the military base.

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AlertNet

Lebanon's opposition agrees to join Hariri govt

Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said.

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