Gaza Rocket Kills Man in Israel - Wall Street Journal
... militants fired a rocket at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai farm worker, Israeli medics ... Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency service, said the man was about 30 years old and was working in an agricultural community
Quartet calls for resumption of Israel-Palestinian ... - Indian Express
The Quartet urges the government of Israel to freeze all settlement activity," UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said after the meeting of the Quartet which comprises the United States, the United Nations, European Union and Russia. Stopping short of ...
Clinton calls Israel rift a challenge - Gwinnett Daily Post
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reacts before her talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, unseen, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control
Tough Talk Between U.S. And Israel - NPR News
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the relationship between the U.S. and Israel as "unshakeable." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the bond as "special." But lately, a series of escalating events — and tough talk — has led to rising tensions. Copyright © 2010
Netanyahu Says Israel Will Continue To Build In ... - The Bulletin
Netanyahu’s statement about construction continuing in East Jerusalem ... Biden’s visit to Israel last week the Jerusalem District Planning and Construction Committee, which is subordinate to Interior Minister Eli Yishai, announced plans to build ...
Obama says no crisis in U.S.-Israel relations - Maktoob Business
Obama's first public comments on the showdown came as his administration awaited a response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Washington ... Netanyahu is due to visit the United States next week to speak at a meeting of AIPAC, the ...
Israel and America - Economist.com
After a raucous public slanging match, America and Israel are attempting to heal the worst rift between the countries in years. The row erupted during Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem last week after the Israeli government approved plans to build 1,600 new homes in a Jewish suburb located in East
Latest U.S.-Israel Crisis Can Lead to a Breakthrough - Huffingtonpost.com
It is often said that crises beget opportunities. This statement is nowhere truer than in the realm of U.S.-Israel relations. Israel's approval of 1,600 new housing units for Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem during Vice President Joe Biden's recent ...
Quartet calls on Israel to freeze settlement - Salon
The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators is calling on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denouncing Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon read a joint statement by the members ...
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Obama sends Molson beer to cover hockey bet
President Barack Obama followed through on his hockey bet with Canada, sending beer to the prime minister.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder
Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
World Blog: Unplugged in Urumqi
Holocaust survivor stands by memory of Anne Frank
A Holocaust survivor who says she met Anne Frank in a Nazi concentration camp is standing by her story in the face of skepticism from historians, filmmakers and a childhood friend of the diarist.
India seeks to question US terror convict
Indian authorities will ask the United States to let them question a Chicago man who pleaded guilty to scouting targets for the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, the government said Friday.
A child's hope for a new limb, new life
 Two months after the ground shook in Haiti, 4-year-old Schneily Similien still needs a new leg. His greatest hope is at a small hospital in the rural heart of Haiti, he just needs to get there. Msnbc.com is heading to Haiti track the story of Schneily and other amputees as they work to build new lives.
Lawyer to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
World Blog: Corruption is Iraq's latest enemy
Skier, who is the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, becomes a sensation.
Munich diocese faces "tsunami" of abuse claims
Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday.
Video: Iraq 'more peaceful,' but not stable yet
 "All the hard work we've done over the past few years has paid off," one U.S. soldier tells NBC News' Richard Engel in a discussion about the U.S. military's role in Iraq. He added that knowing his friends "didn't die in vain is a big pay off." (Nightly News)
Iran jails former vice president, reform activist
A former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment has begun a one-year prison sentence, a close relative said Friday.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
Israel strikes targets in Gaza
 Israeli aircraft strikes two targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses say.
World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze
 The so-called Quartet of Middle East mediators called on Israel to freeze all settlement activities and denounced Israel's aim to build new housing in East Jerusalem.
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