Reuters: Israel backs new Palestinian force 25 March
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Around 650 Palestinian troops are about to complete U.S.-funded training in Jordan. The planned deployment follows a similar crackdown by Palestinian forces in the larger West Bank city of Nablus in November.
Reuters: Deadlock over Gaza border control 30 January
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The Fatah leader rejected demands by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border. Hamas, which seized control of Gaza in June after routing Abbas' secular Fatah forces, blasted open the Egyptian border last week in defiance of an Israeli blockade, letting Gazans pour into Egypt to stock up on goods in short supply.
Reuters: Mideast prepares to talk 25 November
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert will meet at a U.S.-hosted conference in Annapolis, Maryland to relaunch talks on ending the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Reuters: 650 new soldiers for West Bank 25 March
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Around 650 soldiers are about to complete U.S.-funded training in Jordan. The planned deployment follows a similar crackdown by Palestinian forces in the larger West Bank city of Nablus in November.
Brandon Bowlin: President
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Comparing the lying capabilities of the Prime Minister and the President.
Reuters: Exiled Thai leader to return 03 January
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Thaksin was forced from office during a bloodless coup in 2006. But weekend elections saw the party he backs emerge as front runners to form a coalition government. Thaksin has vowed to clear himself of corruption charges brought by military-appointed investigators.
Reuters: East Timorese protest PM appointment 07 August
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U.S. Presidents Curse
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For 150 years people have quietly talked about a curse that looms over the White House.
Reuters: Palestinian rocket kills Israeli 27 February
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Hamas launched a barrage of rockets at the Jewish state hours after an Israeli airstrike killed five members of the Islamist movement's armed wing as they drove through southern Gaza. Two more militants were killed in a separate airstrike in northern Gaza while an eighth Palestinian was shot dead in the West Bank town of Nablus by an undercover Israeli unit. The mounting violence is overshadowing efforts to kickstart peace talks between Israel and President Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority.
Reuters: Bush set for rare Mideast visit 07 January
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Bush is trying to try to shore up efforts for a deal on Palestinian statehood before he leaves the White House. Sceptics say Bush's previous hands-off approach and the fact Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas both lack political clout won't help the US leader's quest for a Middle East peace deal.
