Obama: Encouraged on Israel, Palestinians, Mubarak praises Obama speech to MuslimsWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama won lavish praise from his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday and spoke of an “extraordinary opportunity” for making peace in the Middle East, saying he was encouraged by U.S. efforts to restart talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Obama: Encouraged on Israel, Palestinian prospects for peace, thanks Mubarak for his roleWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is encouraged by progress in U.S. efforts to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, thanking his Egyptian counterpart for help in working for a breakthrough. Obama: Encouraged on Israel, Palestinians, thanks Mubarak for his roleWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday he is encouraged by progress in U.S. efforts to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, thanking his Egyptian counterpart for help in working for a breakthrough. Israel quietly halts permits for new settlement building to defuse spat with US. say officialsJERUSALEM — Israel has quietly moved to halt new housing projects in the West Bank, while outwardly rebuffing U.S. pressure to stop construction in its settlements, Israeli government officials, peace activists and settlers said Tuesday. Republican Huckabee says 2 states in Holy Land ‘unrealistic,’ supports Israeli settlementsJERUSALEM — Former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said Tuesday there should be no Palestinian state in the West Bank and endorsed Israeli settlements there, sharply disagreeing with Washington and much of the world. Obama wants Mubarak to play a greater role in facilitating talks between Israel, PalestiniansWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is trying to restore Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak as the U.S. ace-in-the-hole in its decades-long effort to forge an elusive peace among Israel and the Arabs. A look at the republics in Russia’s violence-wracked Caucasus regionThe mountainous regions just to the north of Russia’s southern border known as the North Caucasus have long been troubled by violence, stoked by poverty, Islamic extremism, ethnic tensions, feuding criminal gangs and the two separatist wars that ravaged Chechnya since 1994. US commander wants to deploy US troops in disputed land in north Iraq after spike in violenceBAGHDAD — America’s top commander in Iraq said Monday he wants to deploy U.S. soldiers alongside Iraqi and Kurdish troops in a disputed swath of northern territory following a series of horrific bombings by insurgents hoping to stoke an Arab-Kurdish conflict. Former Republican presidential hopeful Huckabee criticizes US policy on Israeli settlementsJERUSALEM — The U.S. has taken too harsh a stance against Israel on the issue of settlements, hindering peace negotiations, former Arkansas governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said during a visit to Israel on Monday. In Jerusalem, former Republican presidential hopeful criticizes US policy on settlementsJERUSALEM — Former Arkansas governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says the U.S. has taken too harsh a stance against Israel on the issue of settlements. India PM says there is ‘credible’ evidence Pakistani terrorist groups are planning attacksNEW DELHI — India’s prime minister said Monday there was “credible information” that terrorist groups based in neighboring Pakistan were planning new attacks in the country. Religion in the ranks: New breed of military rabbis too gung-ho for some IsraelisJERUSALEM — Most Israelis expect their military rabbis to confine themselves to such tasks as making sure the army provides kosher food and respects the Sabbath. But lately, some of them are asserting their own idea of Jewish virtue at the risk of stepping into the country’s culture wars. Hamas asserts control of Gaza Strip after bloody battle with radical Muslim groupGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they had restored law and order to the seaside territory Sunday after a bloody weekend of clashes with an al-Qaida-inspired group. Hamas chief concerned about Iran turmoil, says it won’t affect support for his groupBEIRUT — The top Hamas leader said he is concerned about the postelection turmoil in Iran but does not think it will endanger Tehran’s support for the Palestinian militant group. Leader of al-Qaida-inspired group kills himself in Gaza shootout with HamasRAFAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas crushed an al-Qaida-inspired group in an hours-long standoff that came to a fiery end when a large explosion killed the radical Muslim group’s leader inside his Gaza home on Saturday. Heavy rain hampers hunt for Taiwan typhoon survivors; hundreds still feared missingCISHAN, Taiwan — Hundreds of survivors from Typhoon Morakot were stranded in mudslide-ravaged villages in southern Taiwan on Wednesday as heavy rains hampered helicopter rescues and the hunt for many more feared buried beneath rubble. A look at some of the newly elected Fatah leadersA look at some of the main figures elected to the 23-member Central Committee of the Western-backed Fatah organization. Taiwan helicopter crashes during rescue of villagers affected by typhoonTAIPEI, Taiwan — An official says a helicopter with three crew aboard has crashed into a mountain while on a mission to rescue villagers whose homes were destroyed by a powerful typhoon. New faces gain ground in historic vote for leadership of Palestinian Fatah movementBETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Palestinian Fatah movement elected a group of younger leaders to its top council on Tuesday, bolstering its credentials as the West’s best hope for Mideast peace, according to preliminary voting results. Palestinian Fatah movement puts forth some new faces in historic voteBETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Palestinian Fatah movement elected a group of younger leaders to its top council on Tuesday, bolstering the movement’s credentials as the West’s best hope for Mideast peace, according to early voting results. Report: Landslide topples apartment buildings, burying unknown number of people in east ChinaBEIJING — A massive landslide triggered by a deadly typhoon toppled at least six apartment buildings burying an unknown number of residents in eastern China, a state news agency said Tuesday. Mudslide buries Taiwanese village; police official says 400 people unaccounted forTAIPEI, Taiwan — A mudslide touched off by a deadly typhoon buried a remote mountain village in Taiwan, leaving at least 400 people unaccounted for, while a massive landslide in China toppled seven apartment buildings, an official said Tuesday. Israeli aircraft bombed tunnel near Gaza border
Rare Fatah convention annoints Palestinian president as party leaderBETHLEHEM, West Bank —Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected to lead his Fatah movement Saturday at its first convention in two decades, giving him a new mandate for peace talks with Israel, if he can also heal divisions among his people. US Senate confirms Obama nominees for ambassadors to China, JapanWASHINGTON — The Senate on Friday confirmed Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as ambassador to China, giving the Republican the task of nurturing a sometimes shaky relationship that President Barack Obama sees as crucial to solving many of the world’s most difficult crises. Israeli diplomat warns public clashes with US badly damaging Israeli standingJERUSALEM — A senior Israeli diplomat has warned that his government’s confrontational attitude toward the Obama administration is seriously harming Israel’s standing, according to a TV report broadcast Thursday. Rights group: “strong evidence” Hamas committed war crimes by targeting Israeli civiliansGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A prominent human rights group said there is “strong evidence” that Gaza’s Hamas rulers committed war crimes by allowing militants to fire rockets from the territory that killed civilians in Israel, according to a report released Thursday. Republican delegation in Israel criticizes Obama’s policy on Israel settlementsJERUSALEM — The Obama administration’s policy on Israel is misguided, puts too much emphasis on the issue of settlements and ignores the bigger threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, a U.S. delegation of Republican congressmen visiting Israel said Thursday. At Fatah’s first convention in 20 years, Abbas asks delegates to give peace talks a chanceBETHLEHEM, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday urged members of his aging and rivalry-ridden Fatah movement — meeting for the first time in two decades — to give peace talks with Israel a chance, despite many setbacks and few achievements. Abbas tells party congress that Palestinians must stick with peace talksBETHLEHEM, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas launched his Fatah movement’s first conference in two decades Tuesday with a call for his people to limit their resistance to Israel to marches and protests and not to abandon peace talks despite years of setbacks. |
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JERUSALEM —Israeli warplanes bombed a smuggling tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border early Monday in response to Palestinian rocket and mortar fire, in a brief flare-up of violence at a time of relative quiet in the volatile Palestinian territory.
