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Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is interested in aiming for a final-status agreement, and not an interim one as some of his ministers are proposing, if and when negotiations with the Palestinian Authority resume, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

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BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged

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Israeli and North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials say Israel will dispatch a warship to join a NATO naval force, marking an upgrade in ties.

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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris last week that he wanted to launch talks with Damascus without preconditions, according to Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide Bouthaina Shaaban.

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SEOUL, South Korea — Showing impatience with Iranian foot-dragging, President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its allies are discussing possible new penalties against Iran for defying international attempts to halt its contested nuclear program.

AIPAC – The American Israel Public Affairs Committee “We’ve seen indications that for internal political reasons or perhaps because they are stuck in some of their own rhetoric, they are unable to get to ‘yes,’ ” Mr. Obama said. “As a consequence, we have begun discussion with our international partners” on sanctions, he said.
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President Obama said the two nations risked further isolation if they did not rein in their nuclear ambitions.

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The Obama administration this week rejected calls by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to declare an independent Palestinian state outside of a deal negotiated with Israel. "We support the creation of ...

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The foreign minister’s reported remarks cast further doubt on a deal that the White House had hoped would defuse a standoff over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

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WASHINGTON — The United States on Tuesday said it hopes for a reasonable explanation from Syria on how traces of uranium were found at a nuclear research reactor in Damascus.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Iran faces a "very short" window to submit its formal response to a U.N.-brokered deal meant to allay suspicions that it seeks to develop nuclear weapons, the U.S.

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Humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip has increased by close to 900 percent in 2009 compared to the previous year, the head of the IDF's Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration, Col. Moshe Levi, said Monday.

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VIENNA — The UN atomic watchdog said on Tuesday it was inspecting a nuclear research reactor in Damascus because it had doubts about Syria's explanation as to how traces of uranium got there.













