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Feuding Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites meet at peace seminar in FinlandHelsinki, Finland - Representatives of feuding Sunni and Shiite groups in Iraq were meeting at a seminar behind closed doors Friday to discuss ways of ending the bloodshed, conference organizers said. |
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American youths donate money to benefit children of northern IsraelKiryat Shmona, Israel - Eleven playgrounds are being built in Kiryat Shmona, thanks to contributions from the Jewish community abroad. |
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Owls unite Middle Eastern farmersSheik Hussein Village, Jordan - For years, Ibrahim Alayyan watched in frustration as rats devoured the date palms at his lush family farm. |
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British Reporter: “Fantastic” To Be FreeErez Crossing, Gaza Strip, Israel side - British reporter Alan Johnston, looking gaunt and walking stiffly, was released Wednesday after nearly four months in captivity in the Gaza Strip, saying it was "fantastic" to be free after an "appalling" ordeal in which his life was threatened. |
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House Cat Origin Traced to Middle Eastern Wildcat AncestorOxford, England, UK - Cat fanciers have long known that their feline friends have wild origins. |
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Archaeologist finds tomb of King HerodHerodium, Judean Desert, Israel - An Israeli archaeologist on Tuesday said he has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land. |
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Palestinian, Israeli doctors discuss pediatric diseasesJerusalem, Israel - Well aware that children on both sides of the divide have long suffered from the Arab-Israeli conflict, 300 Israeli and 100 Palestinian doctors and other professionals sat, listened, conversed and ate together during the First International Congress on Chronic Disorders in Children on Thursday. |
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Israel ready for talks with Arabs on peace plan: OlmertJerusalem, Israel - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel was ready to talk with Arab states over their peace plan as he held the first round of planned regular meetings with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. |
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Blind Photographers Show Work in IsraelTel Aviv, Israel - Reaching above her dark glasses, Riki Fritsh held a compact camera to her forehead and snapped away at a group of passengers boarding a bus. |
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Palestinian breakthrough on unity governmentMecca, Saudi Arabia - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed at crunch talks in Mecca on who would hold ministries in an eventual government of national unity, but remained at odds over policy towards Israel. |
news from the Middle East
- Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission
- Electric shock: East coast network by 2012
- Newly-discovered fungus strips pollutants from oil
- Iraq seeks Heritage status for restored marshlands
- Jerusalem ancient walls unveiled
- Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
- Landmark cooperation deal signed between UN and Iraqi Government
- Roman temple found under church
- Israel and Palestinians to boost postal services with help from UN agency
- Israel and Hamas reach Gaza truce deal
