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Britain to investigate passport ordeal in Israel (Reuters)

Britain to investigate passport ordeal in Israel 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – The British embassy in Israel said an investigator was flown in this week to interview 10 dual Israeli-British citizens whose British passports may have been used in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai. [Read More]

Egypt lifts ban on gas to Israel

The supreme court in Egypt overturns an earlier ruling by a lower court that banned gas sales to Israel. [Read More]

UN-African Union envoy leads call for all Darfur militia to join peace process

A gathering of high-level international officials to Sudan, led by the head of the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation in the country&#39s war-torn Darfur region, today urged all armed groups involved in the conflict to join the peace process initiated earlier this week by Khartoum and a major rebel militia. [Read More]

UN chief monitoring developmensts in aftermath of massive earthquake in Chile

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said he is keeping a close eye on the situation in the Pacific Ocean after a huge earthquake rocked Chile this morning, threatening to send tsunamis crashing through the region. [Read More]

New documentary on Nobel laureate Szymborska (AP)

AP – A rare documentary about Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska portrays a lively yet distinguished woman who savors the world’s contrasts, from 17th-century Dutch painting to boxing. [Read More]

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