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Clinton to arrive in Jerusalem for peace talks

Sep 5th, 2010


US officials say talks between Netanyahu and Abbas will take place in unconfirmed location on Sept.15.



Pope monitoring Iranian woman sentenced to stoning death, Vatican says

Sep 5th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI is monitoring the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning and has not ruled out getting involved through diplomatic channels, the Vatican said Sunday.



Free Palestine Movement plans to send plane to Gaza

Sep 5th, 2010


Channel 2 reports that organization to send aid to the Strip without flying over Israeli or Egyptian airspace; group says success based on not showing threat.



Car bomb kills 12 at Baghdad military HQ Iraq

Sep 5th, 2010

BAGHDAD - Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said.



Iraq - Baghdad - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Suicide attack



Car bomb kills 12 at Baghdad military HQ Iraq

Sep 5th, 2010

BAGHDAD - Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said.



Iraq - Baghdad - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict - Suicide attack



MK Hershkovitz says DST debate is not a religious struggle

Sep 5th, 2010


Hershkovitz: “The early switch to Standard Time does not help religious people.” Yishai announces will not be change to decision to change clocks before Yom Kippur.



‘What if we make a deal and Hamas says it’s illegitimate?

Sep 5th, 2010


Foreign Minister Lieberman: ‘Reaching an agreement in which the other side agrees to end conflict is not achievable in the next year or the next generation.’



U.S. military helps repel suicide bombing attack, official says

Sep 5th, 2010

U.S. military personnel were involved in repelling a suicide bombing attack Sunday on an Iraqi military base in Baghdad, four days after the United States officially ended its combat operations in Iraq.