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Palestinian militants agree new ceasefire: Islamic Jihad - 08/26/2011

GAZA CITY, Philippe Agret - Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip have agreed on a new ceasefire after days of deadly clashes with Israel, a senior official of the radical Islamic Jihad movement said...

Excited crowds hail Israel at controversial Glenn Beck rally - 08/25/2011

JERUSALEM- Controversial US media pundit Glenn Beck was in Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, leading an excitable crowd in mantras of love and support for Israel just yards from the flashpoint...

Gaza truce under fire after Israeli strikes kills militants - 08/25/2011

GAZA CITY, Sakher Abu El Oun- Israeli air strikes on Wednesday killed three Palestinians, with the first incident prompting mortar fire into Israel days after armed groups agreed to a temporary...

Seniors learn better from mistakes: study - 08/24/2011

OTTAWA, Michel Comte- Canadian researchers have found the first evidence that older brains remember information better if it is learned through trial and error, rather than passively taking it in, a...

Tripoli erupts in joy as Kadhafi compound falls - 08/23/2011

TRIPOLI, Charles Onians- Tripoli erupted in celebratory gunfire on Tuesday after rebels stormed and captured Moamer Kadhafi's heavily fortified compound, sending his troops fleeing and raising their...

'Kadhafi' the croc eyes new name as rebels storm Tripoli - 08/23/2011

JERUSALEM- A crocodile named "Moamer Kadhafi" may be given a new name to spare his life after Libyan rebels stormed Tripoli, in a move likely to spell the end for the country's autocratic leader....

End of Kadhafi regime is near: EU - 08/23/2011

BRUSSELS- The end of the Libyan regime is near and its leader Moamer Kadhafi must give up now to spare more death and destruction, leading European Union figures said on Monday. "We seem to be...

Earth's oldest fossils boost hopes for life on Mars - 08/23/2011

PARIS- Microfossils found in Australia show that more than 3.4 billion years ago, bacteria thrived on an Earth that had no oxygen, a finding that boosts hopes life has existed on Mars, a study...

Palestinians agree 'informal' halt to rocket attacks - 08/22/2011

GAZA CITY- Palestinian factions in Gaza on Sunday reached an "informal" accord on a truce in rocket attacks on Israel, an official of the Islamist movement Hamas told AFP. "We have reached an...

Suspected killer says Lebanon govt knows his where he is - 08/20/2011

WASHINGTON - A man suspected of killing former Lebenese prime minister Rafiq Hariri says the Lebanese government knows his whereabouts and would have arrested him a long time ago if it could. "The...
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