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Egypt wants to delay Arab League meeting on Mideast talks - 09/30/2010

CAIRO- Egypt wants an Arab League meeting on troubled Israel-Palestinian peace talks next week to be postponed for three days until an Arab summit in Libya, the official MENA news agency reported on...

Camel-crazy UAE pioneers cutting-edge breeding technology - 09/30/2010

ABU DHABI, Nathalie Gillet- Cutting-edge camel breeding technology, including embryo transfers and cloning, is being pioneered in the United Arab Emirates to reproduce the prized desert beasts that...

Hollywood's matinee idol Tony Curtis dead at 85 - 09/30/2010

LOS ANGELES, Romain Raynaldy- Hollywood heartthrob Tony Curtis, known as much for his suave good looks and womanizing, including with "Some Like It Hot" co-star Marilyn Monroe, as his acting skills,...

Saudis seek severe punishment over death of Algerian teen - 09/29/2010

JEDDAH- Saudi prosecutors said Tuesday they will request severe punishment for a man implicated in the death of an Algerian teenager, who apparently jumped from the roof of her Mecca hotel. "The...

US envoy in Mideast as Abbas warns Israel over settlements - 09/28/2010

JERUSALEM, Joseph Krauss- US envoy George Mitchell arrived in the Middle East on Tuesday to try to save peace talks as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Israel would be to blame if negotiations...

Chinese petition joins call for Nobel for jailed writer - 09/27/2010

BEIJING- More than 120 scholars, writers, and lawyers in China have issued a call for this year's Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded to a Chinese intellectual jailed after penning a bold call for...

New study sheds light on Saudi volcano risk - 09/26/2010

PARIS- A swarm of small earthquakes that struck western Saudi Arabia last year was the rumbling of a volcano, geologists reported on Sunday. More than 30,000 minor quakes occurred between April...

Ed Miliband, radical with a feel for Labour's soul - 09/25/2010

MANCHESTER, Robin Millard- Ed Miliband, the new leader of Britain's opposition Labour, has shot up the ranks to win over the party with his progressive radical prescription for restoring it to...

Hold back time, don't climb the stairs: study - 09/25/2010

WASHINGTON- Climbing the stairs or to the top of a mountain really can age you, but don't worry, you can set the clock back by taking a quick trip in the car, a new study said Friday. Scientists...

Third day of east Jerusalem clashes, 18 Palestinians held - 09/25/2010

JERUSALEM- Palestinian youths and Israeli security forces clashed for a third straight day on Friday in annexed east Jerusalem, with Israeli police saying they have detained 18 for acts of violence....
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