Britain on Tuesday announced plans to cut the country’s defense budget that include losing thousands of troops and slashing weapons programs.  British allies are concerned that the cuts might affect the country’s status as a global power. British Prime Minister David Cameron says national defense is the first duty of any government, and that restructuring [...]

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Kosovo, Wednesday, after urging Serbia to come to terms with the independence of its ethnic-Albanian former province. It is the first visit by a secretary of state to an independent Kosovo. Clinton will hold talks with Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and other top Kosovar officials in Pristina. [...]

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The Arab League says it supports the Palestinian decision to stop direct talks with Israel unless the Israelis agree to halt all settlement construction in the West Bank. After meeting in Libya, the Arab League foreign ministers said they will give U.S. mediators one month to break the impasse.   Palestinians object to Israeli settlement [...]

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NATO officials say one of its servicemembers died following an insurgent attack in northern Afghanistan Sunday, while another servicemember died Saturday in a bomb blast in the south. Elsewhere on Saturday, NATO says Afghan and coalition forces who were pursuing a suspected insurgent have killed an Afghan adult male and a child. The coalition says [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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The future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is uncertain after Israel allowed a freeze on settlement construction to expire.  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is delaying a decision on whether to pull out of peace negotiations. A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank.  It is a scene that stokes anger [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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The future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is uncertain after Israel allowed a freeze on settlement construction to expire.  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is delaying a decision on whether to pull out of peace negotiations. A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank.  It is a scene that stokes anger [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell is traveling to the region for urgent talks on what the State Department calls the “dilemma” posed by the expiration of Israel’s moratorium on settlement building.  U.S. officials have welcomed Palestinian restraint in not formally breaking off peace talks. Mitchell will be visiting the Mideast in an effort aimed [...]

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The future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is uncertain after Israel allowed a freeze on settlement construction to expire.  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is delaying a decision on whether to pull out of peace negotiations. A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank.  It is a scene that stokes anger [...]

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The future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is uncertain after Israel allowed a freeze on settlement construction to expire.  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is delaying a decision on whether to pull out of peace negotiations. A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank.  It is a scene that stokes anger [...]

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The future of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is uncertain after Israel allowed a freeze on settlement construction to expire.  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is delaying a decision on whether to pull out of peace negotiations. A bulldozer digs at the Revava Jewish settlement Monday in the northern West Bank.  It is a scene that stokes anger [...]

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