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Gaza prepares to receive prisoners as `heroes`

Palestinian groups are planning celebrations to mark Israel`s imminent release of hundreds of prisoner "heroes" in ...

Abbas falls short of Colombian support for state bid

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas left Colombia empty-handed Tuesday after failing to secure support from President Juan ...

BI lowers key rate to 6.5 pct

Bank Indonesia (the central bank/BI) decided Tuesday to cut its key rate by 25 basis points to 6.5 percent on ...

Hundreds of Israeli doctors resign in pay protest

Hundreds of Israeli doctors did not show up for work on Monday after quitting their jobs over a salary dispute, a ...

Abbas, Sarkozy to meet in Paris

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet in Paris in the coming days on the ...

Gaza militant killed near Israel border: Palestinians

A Palestinian militant was killed in northern Gaza near the border with Israel on Monday, the DFLP group and medics ...

EU asks Israel, Palestinians to meet soon

The European Union said on Sunday it plans to invite Israeli and Palestinian representatives to meet "in the coming ...

Israel police say mosque arson suspect arrested

Israeli police said on Thursday they have arrested a suspect in the arson attack on a mosque in northern Israel, after ...

Palestine state quest wins first victory in UNESCO vote

Palestine has won a first diplomatic victory in its quest for statehood as UNESCO`s executive committee backed its bid ...

UNESCO executive committee backs Palestinian bid

The executive committee of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Wednesday (Oct. 5) recommended that the ...

Israel a `threat` to region because has atomic bomb

Israel is a "threat" to its region because it owns nuclear weapons, Turkey`s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ...

Quartet to meet by weekend on peace talks: US

The United States said Monday it expects to meet with its Quartet partners by the weekend in a bid to bring the ...

Hgypt re-arrests hezbollah `spy`

Egyptian security authorities on Monday detained a man suspected of spying for the Lebanese Islamist group Hezbollah ...

Three wounded in Israeli raid on Gaza

Israeli fighter jets Saturday fired a missile on Gaza, injuring three people, one of whom was in serious condition, ...

Clinton urges pressure on Israel, Palestinians for peace

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged Egypt as well as the diplomatic Quartet to pressure the ...