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US envoy returns to grasp the nettle of Mideast peace - 12/13/2010

JERUSALEM, Gavin Rabinowitz- Israel on Monday welcomed a return to indirect peace talks as a US Middle East envoy arrived and the Palestinians called for a meeting of the Mideast Quartet in a bid to...

Kuwait closes Al-Jazeera TV office - 12/13/2010

KUWAIT CITY- Kuwaiti authorities have closed the office of the Qatar-based pan-Arab Al-Jazeera news channel over coverage of a police crackdown on a public gathering, the channel said on Monday....

Celebs, war vets promote meditation - 12/13/2010

NEW YORK, Sebastian Smith- Hollywood A-listers including Clint Eastwood joined grizzled US military veterans Monday to promote what they called the near-miraculous powers of meditation in overcoming...

Sand, snow, thunderstorms wreak Mideast havoc - 12/13/2010

CAIRO, Hala Boncompagni- Winds, rain, sandstorms and hail battered the southern and eastern Mediterranean on Sunday, killing at least five people, closing ports and disrupting traffic in the Suez...

Palestinians sceptical after US freeze failure - 12/12/2010

RAMALLAH, Nasser Abu Bakr- Palestinian officials expressed doubt and frustration on Sunday about the future of peace talks after the United States failed to secure a new settlement freeze. In a...

Palin broadens horizons in troubled Haiti - 12/12/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Andrew Gully- Sarah Palin toured Haiti Sunday amid post-election unrest, comforting quake and cholera victims and gaining humanitarian kudos as she geared up for a possible White...

Third of Americans will be diabetic: Bill Clinton - 12/12/2010

DUBAI- Diabetes is costing the United States up to 160 billion dollars per year and might affect one-third of Americans by the middle of the century, former US President Bill Clinton said Sunday in...

STOCKHOLM:One dead in Sweden blasts - 12/12/2010

STOCKHOLM- Two almost simultaneous explosions went off in downtown Stockholm Saturday, killing one person and injuring two others, police and emergency services said. The Swedish news agency TT...

WikiLeaks cables 'tip of the iceberg': Egyptian FM - 12/11/2010

CAIRO- Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit said on Saturday that US diplomatic cables published by whistle-blower WikiLeaks were just the "tip of the iceberg" and showed Egypt had nothing to hide....

Italian hospital asks doctors not to snort cocaine at work - 12/11/2010

ROME- An Italian hospital director sent a memo to doctors and nurses asking them not to snort cocaine while on duty, the ANSA news agency reported Saturday. Giuseppe Di Maria now faces possible...
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