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King pardons 18 detained on charges of Lèse majesté

Eid al-Fitr observed on Friday

Jordanian websites shift political dissent online

But seriously why the Rush!

Gov't Annuls Teachers' Early Retirement Decision

Israel expands 2 settlements ahead of direct talks with Palestinians

RAMALLAH (Xinhua) -- Three days before the direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are officially launched in Washington on Thursday, a Palestinian

Russians kidnapped in Darfur as American released: UN

KHARTOUM (DPA) Three Russian aircrew members have been kidnapped in Sudan's restive Darfur province

Israel PM assures right wing ahead of Washington summit

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to reassure his right-wing Likud bloc in Israel's ruling coalition on Monday he would not bow to territorial con

Italy's Berlusconi meets Gaddafi after Islam storm

ROME - (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Muammar Gaddafi Monday looking to reinforce business ties, after the Libyan leader aroused a media storm b

VP Biden visits Iraq as troops withdraw

BAGHDAD - Vice President Joe Biden flew into Iraq Monday to assure Iraqis the United States is not abandoning

CIA pays many in Karzai administration: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The CIA is making payments to a significant number of officials in Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration, The Washington Post reported on

U.N.'s Ban outraged at mass rape in Congo

UNITED NATIONS - (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a top official to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after a mass rape of women by rebels in the east

Hamas urges Jordan, Egypt to boycott Mideast talks launch

DAMASCUS (AFP)— Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal urged the Egyptian and Jordanian leaders on Tuesday to boycott the resumption early next month of direct Israeli-Palesti

UAE leader has medical treatment in Switzerland

DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan received medical treatment in Switzerland for undisclosed reasons after undergoing checks,

Sonic booms of fighter jets rattle Seattle area

SEATTLE -- Residents in Seattle, Washington, were shaken Tuesday afternoon by what sounded like explosions after two F-15s were dispatched in response to a report of a sm

Last Palestinian tied to 1972 Munich attack dies

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Top Palestinian officials on Wednesday attended a military funeral for Amin al-Hindi, a senior Palestinian tied to the 1972 Munich Oly

Obama makes clear support for ground zero mosque

WASHINGTON — After skirting the controversy for weeks, President Barack Obama is weighing in forcefully on the mosque near ground zero, saying a nation built on religious

Obama hosts Ramadan dinner at the White House

WASHINGTON - President Obama will host an iftar — the special evening meal observed during Ramadan — on Friday night in the White House dining room.

Iraq army 'not ready' until 2020

Iraq's most senior military officer has said that his security forces will not be able to secure the country until 2020 and that the US should delay its planned withdrawa

Saudi king says only senior clerics can issue fatwas

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Thursday issued a decree stating that only senior clerics are permitted to issue fatwas, or Islamic religious edic