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Belfast Telegraph, 12.03.10 06:50 UTC

Palestinians threaten to quit talks over Israeli settlements

US Vice President Joe Biden was last night struggling to keep freshly announced Middle East negotiations on track despite a threat by the Palestinians not to participate unless Israel reverses its ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12.03.10 05:40 UTC

Despite Biden's plea, outlook shaky for Mideast talks

AMMAN, Jordan -- Vice President Joseph R. Biden, winding up a disconcerting trip to the Middle East, struggled Thursday to keep hopes alive for new peace talks amid intensifying Palestinian anger ...

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NPR, 12.03.10 02:59 UTC

New Jersey Man Held In Yemen After Al-Qaida Sweep

He was raised in New Jersey, where he was on the high school wrestling team and earned a black belt in karate. Nearly a decade later, Sharif Mobley is a former nuclear plant worker under arrest in ...

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Telegraph, 11.03.10 20:02 UTC

Analysis: Mahmoud Abbas could not ignore Benjamin Netanyahu's provocation

It is Arab tradition to avoid saying "no" to a guest but when the Palestinian leader met the US vice-president yesterday his hand had already been forced.

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Telegraph, 11.03.10 19:38 UTC

Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi

Sheikh Mohammed Sayyid Tantawi, who has died aged 81, was a moderate, sometimes progressive voice at the apex of Islamic scholarship during a period when such measured tones tended to be drowned out on the international scene by his more militant rivals.

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Economist, 11.03.10 18:31 UTC

Emile Fradin

Emile Fradin, peasant-proprietor of the Glozel hoard, died on February 10th, aged 103

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Economist, 11.03.10 18:30 UTC

A muted normality

United Germany is becoming more comfortable in its skin

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guardian.co.uk, 11.03.10 14:48 UTC

Joe Biden attempts to salvage Middle East peace talks

US vice-president appeals to Israel after Palestinians walk out over decision to build new homes in Jewish settlement

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Huffington Post, 11.03.10 12:26 UTC

Janine R. Wedel: Shadow Elite: March to War: Rove, Perle, & Truthiness

For the rest of March, to mark seven years since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Shadow Elite column each week will focus on what I call in my book the "Neocon core," a tiny circle of longtime ...

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Telegraph, 11.03.10 10:04 UTC

Israel Palestine peace talks break down over settlement row

Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, has pulled out of planned peace talks in the wake of Israel s announcement it is to build 1,600 new homes in the occupied West Bank.