VIENNA, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would raise pressure on it to come clean. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an agreement before he left office. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Al Qaeda's deputy leader accused Barack Obama of betraying his race and his father's Muslim heritage on Wednesday and urged more attacks, as the group tried to counter the incoming U.S. president's global popularity. ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors found "significant" traces of uranium at the site, a watchdog report said on Wednesday. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday that Israel had made a final decision not to participate in a U.N. forum on racism and urged other countries to boycott what she termed an "anti-Israel tribunal." ... > full story
VIENNA, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) The election of Barack Obama as U.S. president has given crucial impetus toward implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty more than a decade after it was negotiated, pact officials said on Wednesday. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 18, 2008 (Reuters) Israel resealed border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, blaming continued rocket fire at its towns, despite warnings from world aid groups of looming shortages of food and fuel in the coastal territory. ... > full story
JERUSALEM, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during talks on Monday to release 250 Palestinians prisoners next month, a spokesman for Olmert said. ... > full story
TEHRAN, Nov. 17, 2008 (Reuters) Iran said on Monday it would not hinder any Turkish bid to mediate between the Islamic Republic and the new U.S. administration but cautioned that its differences with Washington were deep-rooted. ... > full story
GAZA, Nov. 16, 2008 (Reuters) An Israeli air strike killed four militants in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he had commissioned a plan for military action in the Hamas-run territory if rocket attacks on Israel persist. ... > full story
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Beyond cheese and cuckoo clocks Nov. 19, 2008 (The Hindu, India) The Swiss Textile Machinery remembers 1948 as the year in which India and Switzerland signed their first treaty - the Indo-Swiss treaty. Also, its ...
Obama to skip UN climate talks Nov. 17, 2008 (Guardian, UK) A bit of bad news for those seeking quick action on climate change under the new presidential administration: Barack Obama is not heading to Poland ...
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 Troops in Northwest Pakistan Nov. 17, 2008 (Voice of America) Police in Pakistan say a suicide car bomber attacked an army checkpost in the country's northwest, killing four soldiers.. The attack took place ...