Abbas in Egypt says no deal yet on Israeli Shalit
Reuters - 40 minutes agoPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.
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European Union: Jerusalem should be joint capital
Deseret News - Tue Dec 8, 9:51 am ETEuropean Union foreign ministers called on Tuesday for the resumption of talks between Israel and the Palestinians, and urged...
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EXTRA: Israel: EU statement does not contribute to peace talks
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 9:31 am ETJerusalem - Israel criticized the European Union foreign ministers statement of Tuesday, charging the bloc was ignorning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to revive peace talks. The statement ignores the principle obstacle to achieving a ...
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Palestinians boycott Israeli settlement goods
WKBT La Crosse - Tue Dec 8, 9:23 am ETThe Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it isenforcing a boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has confiscated more than $1 million in merchandise from shops and companies.
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Palestinian doctor dies of swine flu in Israeli hospital
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 9:02 am ETGaza City - A Palestinian doctor from the Gaza Strip died of swine flu at an Israeli hospital Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said. Mahmoud al-Haddad, a blood vessel specialist from Gaza City, was transferred to Israel on Monday after being dia...
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Shalit documentary loses to ‘Big Brother’
JTA - Tue Dec 8, 8:28 am ETJERUSALEM (JTA) -- A film about the family of a captured Israeli soldier's efforts to secure his release was watched by half the number of people who tuned in to the Israeli version of Big Brother.
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More than 100 killed in Baghdad blasts - 3rd Update
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 8:01 am ETBaghdad - At least 100 people were killed and hundreds more wounded in four powerful bomb explosions in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning. It was one of the bloodiest attacks in Iraq this year. Panic reigned on the streets of the capital after the b...
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EU mulls proposal on Jerusalem as joint capital
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 6:49 am ETEuropean Union foreign ministers discussed a proposal Tuesday for the 27-nation bloc to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state.
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Israel treating Gazans infected with swine flu
Boston Globe - Tue Dec 8, 6:48 am ETIsrael says it's treating five suspected swine flu cases from Gaza in hopes of containing an outbreak of the virus in the blockaded Palestinian territory.
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Israel tells foreign dignitaries not to visit Gaza
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 6:46 am ETJerusalem - Israel does not want foreign dignitaries to visit the Gaza Strip, because that would grant undue legitimacy to Hamas, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday. The Jerusalem Post daily said the government of hardline Prime Minister Benjam...
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Three Gazans die of swine flu
JTA - Tue Dec 8, 6:36 am ETJERUSALEM (JTA) – Three Palestinians have died with the swine flu in three days. Meanwhile, five Gazan Palestinians suspected of having the virus were transferred Monday from Gaza to Israeli hospitals for treatment. One of the sick patients is a Gaza doctor.
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EU: Jerusalem should be joint capital
San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 8, 6:24 am ETEuropean Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel. For their part Tuesday, the Palestinians announced a boycott of products made in Israeli...
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Iran And The Bad Plan
Strategy Page - Tue Dec 8, 5:04 am ETDecember 8, 2009: In late November, Iran conducted a five day exercise to see how well its air and ground forces could defend against an air attack. The results were not what they expected.
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Multiple bombs explode in Baghdad - up to 65 dead - Update
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 4:31 am ETBaghdad- At least four bombs exploded in the Iraqi government quarter in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing up to 65 people, according to reports. Initial accounts from witnesses reported 42 dead and 90 wounded. The al-Arabiya broadcaster re...
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U.S. 'Seriously Concerned' About Hezbollah
OfficialWire - Tue Dec 8, 4:26 am ETIn a letter to the U.S. secretary of state, 31 members of the U.S. House of Representatives worried Hezbollah may try to start a regional conflict from Lebanon.
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Gaylord prize goes to NY columnist
Tulsa World - Tue Dec 8, 3:41 am ETThe New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman received the Gaylord Prize for Excellence in Journalism and Mass Communication on Monday.
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Scene Setting: What's going on around you today
Tulsa World - Tue Dec 8, 3:37 am ETDawn Welch, who transformed the Rock Cafe in Stroud back into a national landmark — and got herself immortalized in the movie "Cars" as a result — will be in Tulsa to sign copies of her first cookbook, "Dollars to Donuts," beginning at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Borders, 2740 E. 21st St.
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Israeli Terrorism Indictment Made Public
OfficialWire - Tue Dec 8, 2:57 am ETA gag order was removed Monday from the indictment of three Israeli Arabs on terror-related charges involving the Muslim Brotherhood, documents show.
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Lebanon Thwarts Attack On UNIFIL
OfficialWire - Tue Dec 8, 2:42 am ETThe Lebanese military said it thwarted a militant attack on members of the U.N. peacekeeping mission deployed in the south of the country.
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Iran Urges Riyadh To Aim At Israel
OfficialWire - Tue Dec 8, 2:27 am ETThe military of Saudi Arabia should turn its weapons on Israel rather than take on Shiite rebels battling the Yemeni government, Iranian officials said.
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Dependent on Obama to make the right decision
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