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Israel plans 1,300 homes in Arab East Jerusalem (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Israel is pushing ahead with plans to build 1,300 new apartments for Jewish families in Arab East Jerusalem, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, despite fierce opposition from…

WikiLeaks plans ‘major’ announcement in Europe (AP)

October 22nd, 2010

File - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports compiled after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. In a message posted to its Twitter page on Thursday Oct. 21, 2010, the organization said there was a 'major WikiLeaks press conference in Europe coming up.'  (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)AP - The WikiLeaks website appears close to releasing what the Pentagon fears is the largest cache of secret U.S. documents in history — hundreds of thousands of intelligence reports…

Uncertainty over US plans as war enters 10th year (AP)

October 6th, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 4, 2006 file picture, a woman looks out through a destroyed window after a bomb exploded in Kabul, Afghanistan in front of a cinema near the presidential palace, wounding at least four people, police said. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File) PHOTO PACKAGE FOR USE WITH AFGHANISTAN ANNIVERSARY STORIESAP - It’s make-or-break time in Afghanistan.


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Quadruple amputee plans swim from Europe to Africa (AP)

September 20th, 2010

Philllipe Croizon, a Frenchman whose arms and legs were amputated jokes during a press conference in Wissant, northern France, Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 after crossing the English Channel this weekend using leg prostheses that have flippers attached.  Croizon, 42, had expected the tough crossing to take up to 24 hours and instead, he finished in only 13 and a half. (AP Photo/ Michel Spingler)AP - Just days after swimming across the English Channel, quadruple amputee Philippe Croizon is already dreaming of a new challenge: crossing from Europe to Africa in the Strait of…

Oman: No plans to free 2 other Americans in Iran (AP)

September 17th, 2010

FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, American hikers Shane Bauer, left, Sarah Shourd, center, and Josh Fattal, sit at the Esteghlal Hotel in Tehran, Iran.  On Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, Iran's English language state television has reported that American Sarah Shourd has been released after more than a year in prison. 'Iran has released US national Sarah Shourd,' flashed the red colored urgent banner on Press TV Tuesday. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Oman’s foreign minister said Friday he’s not aware of any plans for Iran to release two other Americans still being held there, but that his country stands willing…

American freed by Iran plans medical exam in Oman (AP)

September 15th, 2010

** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 ** Sarah Shourd, 32, of the U.S., right, embraces her mother Nora Shourd, left, on Sarah Shourd's arrival at the royal airport in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, after leaving Tehran, Iran. The American woman released by Iran on Tuesday after more than a year in prison said she was grateful to Iran's president for her freedom shortly before she boarded a flight to the Gulf sultanate of Oman where her mother greeted her with a warm embrace. (AP Photo/Sultan al-Hasani)AP - Omani officials say the American woman released from an Iranian prison plans to see a doctor on her first full day of freedom in more than 13 months…

Australian gov’t plans to continue with mining tax (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Australian independent lawmakers Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, left, speak during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party gained the ability to form a government for a second term after the two independent lawmakers joined her coalition more than two weeks after elections failed to deliver a clear winner for the first time since 1940. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)AP - Tensions emerged on the first full day of Australia’s new minority government’s rule Wednesday between the deputy prime minister and a kingmaker independent legislator over plans to make…

EU decries ‘barbaric’ plans to stone Iranian woman (AP)

September 7th, 2010

FILE - This undated file image made available by Amnesty International in London on Thursday, July 8, 2010, shows Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery. Ashtiani is now facing a new punishment of 99 lashes because a British newspaper ran a picture of an unveiled woman mistakenly identified as her, the woman's son said Monday. (AP Photo/Amnesty International, File)** EDITORIAL USE ONLY NO SALES**AP - The international crossfire over Iran’s stoning sentence for a woman convicted of adultery intensified Tuesday with a top European Union official calling it “barbaric” and an Iranian spokesman saying…

Afghans protest US church’s plans to burn Quran (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Soldiers stand guard in front of Kabulbank, as people gather, in Kabul September 6, 2010. A senior opposition leader on Sunday urged Afghanistan's government and central bank to give clear answers about troubles at the country's top private bank after its top two directors resigned. Stopping short of calling for a formal inquiry, Abdullah Abdullah said answers were needed to avert a crisis at Kabulbank, whose customers include about 250,000 state employees. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)AP - Hundreds of Afghans railed against the United States and called for President Barack Obama’s death at a rally in the capital Monday to denounce an American church’s plans…

Iran details plans for new mountain nuke sites (AP)

August 16th, 2010

FILE - In this Nov. 30, 2009 file photo released by the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA), Iranian technicians, work with foreign colleagues at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, just outside the southern port city of Bushehr, Iran. Russia announced Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 that it will begin the startup next week of Iran's only atomic power plant, giving Tehran a boost as it struggles with binternational/b sanctions and highlighting differences between Moscow and Washington over pressuring the Islamic Republic to give up activities that could be used to make nuclear arms. (AP Photo/ISNA,Mehdi Ghasemi)  EDITORIAL USE ONLYAP - Iran said Monday it has decided where to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites inside protected mountain strongholds and will start construction on the first in March, defying…