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From left, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton enter a hall for talks in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010.
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Mideast Quartet meets in Moscow to revive peace process
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MOSCOW (AFP) – The international Quartet for the Middle East met Friday in Moscow in a bid to revive the peace process despite tensions after Israel's announcement of new settler homes and a deadly rocket attack. The Quartet -- made up of the United States, the United Nations, European Union and Russia -- is expected to pressure Israel...
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A Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign near Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier and against new construction in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank village of Beit Jalla, near Bethlehem, Sunday, March 14, 2010.
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Middle East Quartet set to meet in Moscow on Israel row
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A new bid is to be made in Moscow shortly to find ways of restarting stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The international Quartet - made up of the US, EU, UN and Russia - will meet amid tension over Israel's announcement of new settler homes in Jerusalem. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu informed...
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Members of Ladies in White, a group of female dissidents, demonstrate during a march in Havana, Wednesday, March 17, 2010
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Castro supporters heckle 'Ladies in White' protesters
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Hundreds of Cuban government supporters have heckled members of the "Ladies in White" rights group marching in protest through the streets of Havana. The women - wives and mothers of...
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Kai Eide, head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, addresses a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009.
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Taliban arrests thwart Afghan talks - ex-U.N. envoy
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LONDON (Reuters) - The arrests of senior Afghan Taliban members in Pakistan have stopped most talks between the insurgents and U.N. representatives, the former head of the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said in a BBC interview. Norwegian Kai Eide, who stepped down this month, said talks dried up several weeks ago after more than a dozen prominent...
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Thai farm workers gather behind a fence as an Israeli policeman secures the area after a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, hit the southern Israeli agricultural community of Netiv Haasara, near the border with Gaza, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Israel hits Gaza after rocket death
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Israeli aircraft have launched a series of strikes on Gaza, striking at least four separate targets in the strip. The raids came after Israel threatened a "strong" response following the firing of a rocket from Gaza. The rocket attack killed a Thai man working on a farm near Ashkhelon. It was the first death caused by a missile launched from...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, gestures during her news conference on healthcare on Capitol Hiill in Washington, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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US budget analysts say health bill to cut deficit
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WASHINGTON - Democrats in the House of Representatives on Thursday predicted weekend passage of a sweeping healthcare overhaul that budget analysts said would cut the U.S. deficit over 10 years and dramatically expand health coverage. President Barack Obama, who was scheduled to leave on an overseas trip on Sunday, postponed the trip to June to...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov react before their talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Hillary Clinton sees 'final agreement soon' with Russia on disarmament treaty
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MOSCOW: The top diplomats of Russia and the United States on Thursday hailed major progress on a new accord to slash the nuclear arsenals of the Cold War-era foes and predicted a deal would be clinched soon. Russian and US negotiators have been holding talks in Geneva to agree a replacement to the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which...
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Jon Huntsman, U.S. ambassador to China, speaks at Tsinghua University in Beijing, Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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U.S. Ambassador Calls China's Currency Stance 'a Real Concern'
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BEIJING — China’s reluctance to allow the value of its currency to rise “is a real concern” to both the United States and to China’s other major trading partners and could be subject to negotiations in coming weeks, the American ambassador to China said on Thursday. At the same time, a Chinese trade official offered a...
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Thursday March 18, 2010.
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Greek Leader Says Deficit Cuts in Jeopardy Without E.U. Support
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BRUSSELS — Greece’s prime minister warned his European Union partners on Thursday that he would not be able to make planned deficit cuts unless the country can borrow money more cheaply — and said he would prefer not to have to turn to the International Monetary Fund for help. Speaking before a committee at the European...
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A young girl is pictured at a makeshift camp in the area of Shangel Tubaya, Sudan, where many like her have settled to escape fighting in their native Darfur villages, 26 January, 2010.
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Sudan signs pact with Darfur group
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The Sudanese government has signed a framework peace accord with a small Darfur rebel group, officials have said. The three-month ceasefire agreement, signed with the Liberation and Justice Movement (LJM) on Thursday in Doha, the Qatari capital, came as talks with the larger Justice and Equality Movement (Jem) stalled....
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Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, listens as chairperson of the country's Human Rights Commission Amara Pongpapitch speaks during a news conference at a military barrack in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, March 18, 2010.
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Freeze all settlement activity: Mideast Quartet to Israel read more
A Palestinian construction worker pours water next to a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
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Zeenews Bureau Moscow: The international Quartet for the Middle East on Friday called on Israel to freeze all settlement activity, including natural growth, reports said. The Quartet -- made up of the US, the UN, EU and Russia -- is meeting in Moscow...
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Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu, speaks with supporters during an elections campaign tour in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. General elections in Israel are scheduled for Feb. 10, 2009, and pre-election polls show Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu with a lead over Foreign Minister and Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni as Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his Labor Party appear to have fallen behind Yisrael Beiteinu Party leader Avigdor Lieberman.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's headline speech to a pro-Israel conference in the US capital next week was being overshadowed Friday by speculation on whether he will have a meeting with President Barack...
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A Vatican flag flies near the site where the Papal Mass will be held in the Mount of Precipice in Nazareth, northern Israel, with the Church of the Annunciation seen in the background, Thursday, May 7, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI will visit Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories during his eight-day Holy Land tour that begins Friday, May 8. It's only the second official papal visit to the Jewish state and comes nine years after a groundbreaking trip by Pope John Paul II.
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Senior General Than Shwe, the top leader in Myanmar, center and Lt. General Soe Win, who is the current Prime Minister, right, are seen following ceremonies at the Fourth Buddhism World Summint in Yangon Thursday, Dec. 9, 2004. Hundreds of prisoners, including two pro-democracy leaders, have been released from Myanmar prisons as a part of a broad amnesty granted by the country's ruling junta. Most were released from Yangon's Insein prison. There was on indicaton that opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed from house arr
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Nyi Nyi Aung, a pro-democracy activist originally from Myanmar, was freed Thursday, a month after a court sentenced him to three years in prison with hard labor. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper, a mouthpiece for the junta, said the government...
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