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Erekat and his Israeli counterpart, attorney Yitzhak Molcho, are slated to meet Monday in Jericho for a preparatory meeting, according to unconfirmed media reports. The second round of talks between Netanyahu and Abbas following the Washington peace summit is scheduled to be held on Sept. 14 at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh and will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and special Middle East envoy George Mitchell. Netanyahu and Abbas will discuss ...

The Palestinian leadership has made it clear in recent weeks that they would quit the talks if Israeli West Bank construction activity resumes. In an attempt to find a solution to the construction freeze issue, Netanyahu is planning to offer the Palestinians generous gestures in exchange for their agreement to proceed with the peace talks while allowing Israel to continue building, local daily Ma' ariv reported on Sunday. According to the report, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. ...

One woman was killed and 38 people injured on Sunday as a small plane crashed in a flight show near the city of Nuremberg, south Germany. A pilot lost control of his small propeller-driven biplane during takeoff and crashed into a group of spectators at the Lillinghof airport, about 25 kilometers northeast of Nuremberg, the local police said. A 46-year-old woman died on the spot, probably hit by the propeller. Five people were seriously injured, but the 68-year-old pilot was not hurt. T ...

Egypt said on Sunday that it will host the second round of Israeli-Palestinian direct talks in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on September 14. The new round of talks will be held at the level of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attending, state-run MENA news agency quoted Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki as saying on Sunday. Egypt's independent daily El-Shorouk said preparat ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack by Israel against his country over its nuclear activities, saying that the Jewish country is "decaying." "The Zionist entity is on its way to decay. It is in a very difficult situation, and hopes to revive itself through useless dialogue," the Iranian leader was quoted as telling a press conference in Qatar by the Gulf state's official news agency. Ahmadinejad arrived earlier Sunday in Doha for talks with Emir Sheikh Ham ...

"Iran is fully ready and is able to hit back crucially against any aggression," Ahmadinejad said. Qatar is a close ally of the United States which repeatedly expressed deep concerns about Iran's nuclear drive and did not rule out military action against the Persian country. Western countries and Israel are suspicious that Iran is pursuing a military objective in its nuclear program. Iran denies the allegations, saying it has the right to peaceful nuclear technology as a signato ...

&$ &$Rescue workers look for survivors at a mudslide area in Nahuala, western Guatemala, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. At least 54 people were killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in different areas of the country. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)&$&$ The death toll from the landslides that occurred on Saturday night in west Guatemala has risen to 54, official sources said on Sunday. ...

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&$&$ The damaged blowout preventer from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is extracted by the Q4000 vessel from the Gulf of Mexico in this handout photograph taken on Sept. 4, 2010 and released on Sept. 5. The preventer, which was removed and replaced on the well head by a newly tested preventer, will be taken for evidence in the ongoing investigation of the explosion at the Deepwater Ho ...

&$&$ Disabled Danish soldiers receive merits during the national flag day parade in Copenhagen, Sept. 5, 2010. (Xinhua/Li Mu) &$ &$【1】 &$&$【2】 &$&$【3】 &$

&$ &$Iraqi soldiers deploy at site of bomb attacks Iraqi soldiers deploy at the site of bomb attacks in Baghdad Sept. 5, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$&$ Seven people were killed and 29 others injured when five suicide bombers in their explosive-laden minibus attacked an Iraqi army headquarters in downtown Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi military command said. A statement by B ...

&$&$ Palestinian mourners gather around the bodies of Soliman Al-Hatab and Khaled Al-Khatib during their funeral in Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip on Sept. 5, 2010. Two Palestinian workers were killed in a smuggling tunnel that Israeli warplanes bombed on Saturday night in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian rescuers said. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar) &$

&$&$ Palestinians wait to cross the Qalandiya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sept. 5, 2010, to reach to the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem to attend the Night prayers "Laylat al-Qadr", which considers the holiest night for Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan. (Xinhua/Fadi Arouri) &$ &$ ...

&$ &$ A car lies under fallen rubble in Christchurch, New Zealand after a powerful earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)&$&$ Quake-stricken Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island could be hit by floods from rising rivers. Severe weather warnings were issued to the region in wake of Saturday's 7.1 ...

Rising floodwaters across Victoria's north of Australia are threatening hundreds of homes after the state's worst floods in 15 years, local media reported on Monday. Some 250 homes were evacuated over the weekend and many towns in Victoria's north-east and west are still on high alert. The State Emergency Service (SES) state commander Stephen Warren said there is widespread flooding across the entire state, and the Army has been called in to assist with flood assessments on Monday. "The ...

&$&$ A car lies under fallen rubble in Christchurch, New Zealand after a powerful earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) A state of emergency in New Zealand South Island city of Christchurch has been extended until Wednesday following the magnitude 7.1 earthquake on Saturday. Much of the ruined city rem ...

The United States has asked Kenya to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in dealing with the perpetrators of 2007 post-election violence. U. S. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger on Sunday said there was need for the Kenyan government to collaborate with ICC on the technical issues so as to enable them to begin prosecution work. At a press conference held in the coastal town of Malindi, the envoy commended the government for setting a good example in the implementati ...

Kenya's Anti Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) have arrested a journalist working for an Islamic media house in the coastal city of Mombasa over the deadly bombing in Kampala, Uganda in July. The officers raided the Radio Salaam offices on Saturday evening and whisked away Habib Suleiman just as he left the studio after his normal routine at work. Suleiman voluntarily surrendered himself after being informed that the police wanted him for questioning over the bombing. According to sources, t ...

Over one hundred were still missing after several mudslides struck a highway in Guatemala Satuarday and the fatalities had risen to 22, according to Guatemalan officials. "We are told that there are 150 missing ... Under the earth there is a bus that carried we don't know how many people," said Major Otto Mazariegos of regional fire department. Earlier reports said 14 people died, 13 others were injured and another three were missing after days of heavy rains triggered two landslides in t ...