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Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks
Lebanon News.NetIsraeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace process.
Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike
Lebanon News.NetAfghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a candidate.
US general says Taliban is strapped for cash
Lebanon News.NetA US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops.
Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan
Lebanon News.NetThe relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid effort.
Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself
Lebanon News.NetA new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.
Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters
Lebanon News.NetA fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far north.
Three killed in small plane crash in California
Lebanon News.NetThree people were killed in a small plane crash Thursday in a lagoon in the US state of California, authorities said.
Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters
Lebanon News.NetAnother Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into action.
Israeli girl hurt in car stoning
Lebanon News.NetA twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.
Many dead after horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan
Lebanon News.NetAnother 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month ago.
Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop
Lebanon News.NetPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met in a meeting promoted by Washington.
Migrants abducted in northern Mexico
Lebanon News.NetMexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north Mexico.
Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier
Lebanon News.NetCatherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the throat.
Explosives used to put down Australian whale
Lebanon News.NetAuthorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live whale.
Islamists allowed to go free in Libya
Lebanon News.NetLibya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.
North Carolina beaches closed down as hurricane approaches
Lebanon News.NetAn evacuation has started in the US as residents of eastern beaches wait for Hurricane Earl.
Man alive after plunging 40 storeys
Lebanon News.NetA New York man has survived after plunging from the rooftop of a 40 storey skyscraper.
Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia
Lebanon News.NetThe United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.
Light plane crash kills two in Austria
Lebanon News.NetA small aircraft crashed in Austria Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and only passenger, police said.
Discovery Channel hostage-taker shot dead
Lebanon News.NetIn the US, a hostage drama played out at the US Discovery Channel has ended in the shooting of the hostage-taker.
Chilean miners delivered hot meal
Lebanon News.NetThe trapped Chilean miners have been sent down hot packaged food.
Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play
Lebanon News.NetUS President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
Pakistani pilgrims killed in bomb blasts
Lebanon News.NetPakistani bombers have targeted Shia Muslims, walking in a solemn procession.
In Delaware, GOP insurgent O'Donnell storms Castle
Washington TimesSenate seat in November - announced plans for a major ad buy targeting his own "tea party"-backed rival ahead of the Sept. 14 primary.Mr. Castle, a moderate who has long faced complaints from the part...
Justice files suit against Ariz. sheriff
Washington TimesThe Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against "America's toughest sheriff," Joe Arpaio in Phoenix, accusing him, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the county of refusing to fully coop...
Amtrak hired private lawyers for executives
Washington Times** FILE ** In this file photo of Nov. 17, 2005, a skycap stands next to an Amtrak train waiting for passengers a platform in New York's Penn Station.VRE will have a new operator after being run by Amt...
GOP wary of peaking too soon, despite lead
Washington TimesWith recent polls showing Republicans poised for major congressional gains this fall, party leaders are wary of appearing overconfident and peaking too soon, playing down for now the prospect of winni...
Bernanke out of moves, critics say
Washington TimesFed -watchers say the central bank, despite its dwindling options, has proved adept recently at manipulating markets to generate at least a psychological boost - perhaps all the economy needs if it is...
Eastern Seaboard hunkers down as hurricane nears
Washington TimesBUXTON, N.C. | The last ferry left for the mainland, and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer B...
Furlough program far out of date, IG reports
Washington TimesBOP ) another seven years to implement new policies already seven years old aimed at improving weaknesses in its prison furlough program, a predicament the
Crew saved, spill appears small after oil-platform blast in Gulf
Washington TimesAssociated Press Boats are seen spraying water on an oil-and-gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana, on Thursday. All 13 crew members, wearing protective "G...
Conviction overturned for leaving water for illegals
Washington TimesIn a test case with border-wide implications, a federal appeals court on Thursday reversed the littering conviction of a man who left gallon jugs of water on a national wildlife refuge to help illegal...
Preciado captured in Mexico
Washington TimesPreciado , in a phone interview Thursday called her capture "a tremendous relief." He said he found out about the arrest the day after his 63rd birthday this week, adding "it's the best birthday prese...
4 in Jewish security force shot in B'klyn
New York PostFour members of a volunteer Jewish security force were shot in Brooklyn earlier tonight, police said. A man believed to be the shooter was in police custody, cops said. All of the victims, whose names...
NY state Senate candidate accused of stalking
New York PostDemocratic New York state Senate candidate David Mejias has been charged with three counts of stalking a former girlfriend.Mejias, an attorney and former Nassau County legislator, appeared in court Th...
Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles
New York PostThe developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven't finished buying all the property they want for the p...
North Korea Appears Ready to Extend Dynastic Rule
International Herald TribuneKim Jong-il , the North Korean leader, is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineer...
Rape Victims in Congo Raid Now More Than 240
International Herald TribuneKAMPALA, Uganda — The number of rape victims from a four-day rebel attack in eastern Congo a month ago has risen to more than 240 and will likely go higher, aid officials said Thursday.
Srinagar Journal: A Kashmir Hospital Is Witness to Conflict
International Herald TribuneSRINAGAR, Kashmir — Bloodied and battered, the wounded arrive daily at the emergency room here, the casualties of weeks of protests against gun-toting Indian police and security forces that spil...
Tamaulipas, Mexico's Black Hole
IPSMEXICO CITY, Sep 2, 2010 (IPS) - Tamaulipas state has become the black hole of organised crime in Mexico. But there are few accounts of the rapid social breakdown that the northeastern border state ha...
3 dead dead in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay
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Shark attacks tourist in Solomons
New Zealand HeraldA shark attack in a remote area of the Solomon Islands has left an Australian man with severe cuts to his face and neck. The 34-year-old, unofficially named by media as Sydneysider Benjamin D'Emden, ...
Bones may unlock grisly Milat mystery
New Zealand HeraldSYDNEY - The discovery of human bones, especially a skull, in the forest where serial killer Ivan Milat did his gruesome work is sure to revive fascination in the grisly "backpacker murders". One of ...
NZ to spend $3.5m on Pacific tsunami system
New Zealand HeraldThe Government will spend $3.5 million on improving tsunami preparedness and warning systems across the Pacific in a programme which Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully describes as a major upgrad...
3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay
Seattle Post-IntelligencerREDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- A small plane that crashed into a shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing three people, belonged to the founder of a local steel company who was believed to...
Weakening Hurricane Earl to batter North Carolina tonight
USA TodayKILL DEVIL HILLS Hurricane Earl closed in with 110 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and potentially most destructive stop on the storm's project...
Study: Friends help college females avoid risky sex after drinking
USA TodayCollege students use a number of strategies to prevent their female friends from engaging in risky sexual behavior after a night of heavy drinking, new research suggests.
Dems in power could be in peril, poll says
USA Todaycongressional candidates face a political landscape even rockier than those in 1994 and 2006 that ended with election upheavals that changed control of Congress, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.
Settlers reveal deep disdain for events in Washington
The IndependentYaniv Mor, 30-year-old father of a one-month-old baby girl, and a settler was blunt: "We don't care about Washington. Nothing will come out of it, like always. This is a war of religions – we wa...
Democrats face loss of both House and Senate in 'midterm meltdown'
The IndependentDemocrats are heading towards an even heavier defeat than previously forecast in November's midterm elections for Congress, political analysts say. Such an outcome promises big trouble not just for Pr...