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Have the Mideast Peace Talks Become a Game Show? (Time.com)

November 17th, 2010

Time.com - The substantial carrot being waved at Netanyahu and his coalition may promise security but even Israeli intelligence believes real security comes from elsewhere

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Afghan Taliban reject talks again (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

An Afghan policeman gestures as trucks carrying fuel for NATO forces burn in Behsud district of Nangarhar province November 14, 2010. Insurgents set fire to 12 fuel tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan on early Sunday morning, a local official said. REUTERS/ ParwizReuters - The Taliban in Afghanistan remain utterly opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation, their leader said on Monday after NATO forces suffered their worst losses in…

Afghan Taliban reject talks, again, violence soars (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

U.S. envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, center, introduces his delegate members with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, right, prior to their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.  Holbrooke said that the United States will reallocate assistance funds to Pakistan to target recovery and reconstruction after this year's devastating floods. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Reuters - The Taliban in Afghanistan remain utterly opposed to peace talks despite slow progress toward reconciliation, their leader said on Monday after NATO forces suffered their worst losses in…

Ireland in aid talks with EU, rescue likely: sources (Reuters)

November 12th, 2010

President Barack Obama (R) and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao walk with other leaders during the family photo session at the G20 Summit in Seoul November 12, 2010. The Group of 20 struggles at its summit in Seoul to agree how to put the world economy on a sounder footing, as renewed fears over Ireland's ability to pay its debts underscore the lingering fallout of the global financial crisis. Also seen are (from L to R) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and Ethiopia's President Meles Zenawi. REUTERS/Philippe WojazerReuters - Ireland is in talks to receive emergency funding from the European Union and is likely to become the second euro zone country, after Greece, to obtain an international rescue,…

Clinton offers Netanyahu security pledge on peace talks (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Israel’s security requirements would be fully taken into account in any peace deal with…

Climate talks seek complex, interlocked deal: U.N. (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - U.N. climate talks starting in Mexico this month will seek a complex set of interlocking deals to slow global warming but will fall well short of a new…

Palestinian groups hold more reconciliation talks (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Representatives of the rival Hamas and Fatah groups met in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday in a second round of talks designed to try and narrow divisions…

Iran offers dates for talks with powers in Turkey (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Iran told world powers on Tuesday it was ready to hold talks in Turkey in late November or early December, but a senior official signaled reluctance to discuss…

Iran offers talks but without key nuclear demands (AP)

November 9th, 2010

Iran has formally proposed to EU chief diplomat Catherine Ashton, pictured in September 2010, possible dates for new negotiations with the major powers over its nuclear program, the United States said Tuesday.(AFP/File/John Thys)AP - Iran offered Tuesday to resume nuclear talks with United States and other world powers, though it set a possible deal-breaking ground rule by insisting that a key international demand…

EU sees Croatia advance in EU talks, chides Turkey (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Children play near a public fountain in Rijeka on the northern Adriatic island of Cres March 19, 2010. REUTERS/Nikola SolicReuters - The European Union told Croatia Tuesday that its negotiations to join the bloc had entered their “final” stage,” while chiding Turkey for its failure to improve relations with…