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Majority of Israelis see Obama as fair: poll - 2010-03-20

JERUSALEM- Most Israelis regard US President Barack Obama as fair in his dealings with their country, despite a simmering diplomatic row between the two countries, according to a poll published on...

Egypt TV shows footage of Mubarak talking, working - 2010-03-20

CAIRO - Egyptian television on Friday aired new footage of President Hosni Mubarak, who has been recovering in Germany after surgery, showing the 81-year-old making phone calls from hospital....

Quartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity - 2010-03-20

MOSCOW, Christophe Schmidt and Antoine Lambroschini - The Middle East Quartet on Friday urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012...

Malcom X assassin to walk free after 4 decades - 2010-03-20

NEW YORK- The killer of African-American rights activist Malcolm X will be paroled next month after more than four decades in the prison system, an official said Friday. Thomas Hagan, who...

Anxiety on succession in Egypt as Mubarak recovers - 2010-03-17

CAIRO, Mona Salem- Ten days after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak underwent surgery in Germany, there is growing uncertainty over his state of health and increased talk about who will eventually...

Syria wants 'to open new page' with Lebanese Druze chief - 2010-03-15

BEIRUT- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to to turn a page on the past by meeting Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Hezbollah, which is mediating between the former arch-foes, said on...

Israel reopening of historic synagogue angers Palestinians - 2010-03-15

JERUSALEM, Michael Blum- Israel on Monday reopened a landmark synagogue in Jerusalem's walled Old City, saying it should symbolise religious tolerance, 62 years after the building was destroyed in...

Israel's Netanyahu urges calm as US tensions boil over - 2010-03-15

JERUSALEM, Gavin Rabinowitz- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged calm on Sunday as an angry Washington said it was insulted by Israel's "destructive" announcement of plans to expand settlements...

Bloggers battle corruption in Russia - 2010-03-15

MOSCOW, Alexander Osipovich - It started with a golden bed and African drummers and led to Russia's latest, surprising, political duel pitting tenacious bloggers against bureaucrats whose excesses...

Israel orders inquiry into Biden visit upset: official - 2010-03-13

JERUSALEM- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered an inquiry Saturday into why a contested settlement plan was announced during a landmark visit by US Vice President Joe Biden, a spokesman...