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Abbas in Egypt says no deal yet on Israeli Shalit

Reuters - Wed Dec 9, 7:46 am ET

Palestinian 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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Report: US suspect was planning attacks on Indian Jewish centres
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 8:46 am ET
New Delhi - A US citizen charged with conspiracy in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks allegedly scouted out several Jewish centres during his last visit to India to mark targets for a fresh series of attacks, a news report said Wednesday. David Coleman ...
Abbas in Egypt says no deal yet on Israeli Shalit
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 7:46 am ET
Palestinian 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.
Good Morning!
KWTX-TV Waco - Wed Dec 9, 7:37 am ET
Good morning, it’s Wednesday December 9 and it’s going to be sunny, but it’s not going to be warm. It’s the 79th anniversary of the death of the Texas native who’s called the “father Negro baseball.” Do you know who he was?
MONMOUTH AND OCEAN COUNTY BIRTHS
Asbury Park Press - Wed Dec 9, 7:22 am ET
Christine Casey and Anthony Delonardo, Freehold, a boy.
Christian leader in Syria for talks with Assad
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 6:16 am ET
Beirut - Michel Aoun, leader of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement, arrived in Damascus on Wednesday for talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad, a source close to Aoun said. Aoun, whose movement has close links with the fundamentalist Hezbollah ...
Iran says former deputy defense min held by U.S.
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 6:10 am ET
Iran believes the United States is holding a former deputy defense minister who disappeared in 2007 and 10 other Iranian nationals, according to a list carried by the semi-official Mehr news agency on Wednesday.
Netanyahu Bars Dignitaries From Gaza
OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 5:56 am ET
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has blocked high-profile foreign leaders from entering Gaza from Israel, officials say.
Palestinians struggle to build in West Bank
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 5:34 am ET
In the occupied West Bank, a bedouin community whose school is made out of car tires and mud faces the same problem as a developer planning a whole new Palestinian town: building controls imposed by Israel.
Secret Friends
Strategy Page - Wed Dec 9, 5:17 am ET
December 9, 2009: Negotiations to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from Hamas captivity continue to be stalled. Hamas wants fifty hard core terrorists with, as Israel calls it, "blood on their hands" freed in exchange for Shalit.
ADL: EU Conclusions on Middle East Peace “Deeply Flawed and Counterproductive”
PRWeb - Wed Dec 9, 5:14 am ET
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today criticized the conclusions on the Middle East Peace Process adopted by foreign ministers at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union, calling them “deeply flawed, based on a distorted view of the current situation and counterproductive to moving the peace process forward.” (PRWeb Dec 9, 2009) Read the full story at http ...
Israel Eyes Pullout From Border Village
OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 5:12 am ET
The Israeli military is considering a withdrawal from a village on the Lebanese border before the end of January, the Israeli prime minister said.
Church Leader Opposes Lebanese Resistance
OfficialWire - Wed Dec 9, 4:41 am ET
The armed resistance movement associated with Hezbollah should integrate into the national Lebanese military, a leading Christian cleric said Tuesday.
This day in history
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Wed Dec 9, 4:40 am ET
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, arrested a year ago today for allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, attends his book signing for "The Governor" in Chicago yesterday.
AP-AM Prep-Today in History
FOX 11 Tucson - Wed Dec 9, 4:32 am ET
! TODAY IN HISTORY ! Today is Wednesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2009. There are 22 days left in the year. On Dec. 9, 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's famous poem, "The Charge of the Light Brigade," was published in England.
Palestinian Leaders May Seek UN Backing for Independent State
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 4:29 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Palestinian leaders will meet Dec. 15 to discuss healing the rift between the Hamas and Fatah factions and a plan to seek United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state.
The almanac
UPI - Wed Dec 9, 3:32 am ET
By United Press International UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009.
Captive Helps Close the Distance Between Israelis
New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 3:08 am ET
Experts say that rescuing captives has deep Jewish and Israeli roots and has helped place Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit at the heart of nearly every Israeli Jew.
Israel parliament to vote on land-for-peace law
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:03 am ET
The Israeli parliament was set to vote Wednesday on a bill requiring a referendum to approve a pullout from annexed east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal, officials said.
Coming of Age
The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Wed Dec 9, 2:59 am ET
It’s been 21 years since I landed in Israel, in December 1988. I say “landed” and not “ascended.” I flew from Los Angeles, touched down at Ben-Gurion Airport, and that was that.
Erdogan Urges Iran Nuclear Diplomacy, Not Sanctions (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 59 minutes ago
Dec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said diplomacy rather than economic sanctions should be pursued to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran.

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