Politics

Tolkien filmmaker threatens to pull 'Hobbit' from N.Zealand - 09/27/2010

WELLINGTON, Neil Sands- Filmmaker Peter Jackson threatened on Monday to move the troubled production of his latest Tolkien saga "The Hobbit" from New Zealand over a dispute with an Australian actors'...

Two worlds collide in Tania James's fiction - 09/27/2010

VINCENNES, Myriam Chaplain-Riou- When Tania James writes she travels, navigating between her parents' birthplace in India and the United States where the young author has spent most of her life, she...

British opposition urged to get over brothers' 'soap opera' - 09/27/2010

MANCHESTER, Robin Millard - David Miliband on Monday urged Britain's opposition Labour Party to get over the "soap opera" of his sibling rivalry with younger brother Ed, who beat him to the party...

Settlers poised to build despite 11th-hour bid to save talks - 09/26/2010

REVAVA SETTLEMENT, Michael Blum - Jewish settlers in the West Bank signalled their determination to renew building on Sunday as a settlement freeze expired, despite diplomatic efforts to defuse a...

Egypt pope 'sorry' Muslims hurt by bishop's Koran comments - 09/26/2010

CAIRO- The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church said on Sunday he regretted the fact that Muslims were offended by the comments of a senior bishop who cast doubt on the authenticity of some verses...

Rights watchdog urges Israel to extend settlement freeze - 09/26/2010

JERUSALEM- Israel should make "permanent and total" the partial freeze on West Bank settlement construction which has been in force for the past 10 months, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday....

Fatah, Hamas in reconciliation talks - 09/26/2010

DAMASCUS- Leaders of the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas held reconciliation talks here Friday and said they wanted the discussions to continue. Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal...

Abbas gives Israel ultimatum: settlements or peace - 09/26/2010

UNITED NATIONS- The United States launched a frantic bid Saturday to avert the collapse of Middle East talks, but Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Israel had to choose between settlements and...

Britain warns of 'massive dangers' if Yemen collapses - 09/25/2010

UNITED NATIONS, Christophe Schmidt- Britain on Friday warned of "massive dangers" to world security should Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country and an increasing stronghold of Al-Qaeda, become a...

Clinton to meet Abbas late Friday in New York - 09/25/2010

NEW YORK- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was to meet here late Friday with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas amid intense negotiations on the Middle East peace process, a US official said....
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