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• Poll: Livni would beat Netanyahu, Barak - Jerusalem Post
Even as Kadima ministers continued to position themselves for the possibility of party primaries, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni - shown by a recent poll to be the party's clear frontrunner - kept a sense of diplomatic business-as-usual Monday, maintaining a determined silence on domestic issues, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's investigation.
Added: 05.13.2008 03:41
• US has April surplus but budget strained - Yahoo Biz
The US government posted a $US159.3 billion ($A169.52 billion) surplus in April, helped by the mid-month deadline for individuals meeting 2007 tax obligations, but it was down from the prior year's surplus, the Treasury Department reported on Monday.
Added: 05.13.2008 03:37
• Iran refuses to stop enriching uranium - Jerusalem Post
Iran won't consider any proposals in talks with the West that would require it to stop enriching uranium, said the country's foreign minister Sunday.
Added: 05.12.2008 05:34
• US warship heads back to Mediterranean amid Lebanon crisis - Ynet News
A US warship, which was deployed off Lebanon in February amid concern over Beirut's political crisis, crossed Egypt's Suez Canal on Sunday on its way to the Mediterranean, an official with the canal authority told AFP.
Added: 05.12.2008 05:34
• Olmert: I must consider ramifications of resignation - Ynet News
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has promised to resign should he be charged with receiving a bribe from an American businessman, but from an interview published Friday in the United States it appears that he does not believe this is the right time to do so.
Added: 05.12.2008 05:33
• Beijing and Riyadh will call the shots on ailing dollar's future - London Telegraph
Only a month ago the dollar slumped to an all-time low against the euro. And it's just five weeks since the greenback hit a 12-year low against the yen.
Added: 05.12.2008 05:30
• Lebanon prime minister accuses Hezbollah of staging coup - Ha'aretz
Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called on the army on Saturday to restore law and order across Lebanon and remove gunmen from the streets, accusing Hezbollah of staging an armed coup.
Added: 05.12.2008 05:29
• 'Bush to offer Israel powerful radar' - Jerusalem Post
The US may offer Israel a powerful radar system that would greatly strengthen Israeli defenses against ballistic missiles while incorporating it directly into a growing US missile shield, Reuters reported on Saturday.
Added: 05.12.2008 05:27
• In Iran, Covert Christian Converts Live With Secrecy and Fear - US News and World Report
Illyas, 20, precariously straddles two worlds. At home with his family, he's a devout Christian who wears a silver cross around his neck, devotionally reads the Bible, and, on the Sabbath, hums hymns of praise to Jesus. Easter and Christmas are celebrated with homemade grape wine, even though alcohol is banned in Iran.
Added: 05.12.2008 04:30
• Drug Civil War Rages in Mexico - NewsMax
Drug cartels seeking to keep control over huge swathes of Mexico have been on a rampage. In the past two weeks alone, at least 10 police officials have been murdered -- including the chief of Mexico's federal police, Edgar Millan.
Added: 05.12.2008 04:26
• Voter ID battle in U.S. shifts to proof of citizenship - Int'l Herald Tribune
The battle over voting rights will expand this week as lawmakers in Missouri are expected to support a proposed constitutional amendment to enable election officials to require proof of citizenship from anyone registering to vote.
Added: 05.12.2008 04:22
• 22 Dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. After More Storms - ABC News
Stunned survivors picked through the little that was left of their communities Sunday after tornadoes tore across the Plains and South, killing at least 22 people in three states and leaving behind a trail of destruction and stories of loss.
Added: 05.12.2008 04:05
• Strong China Quake Felt as Far as Thailand - ABC News
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 struck China's Sichuan province on Monday, less than 100 km (60 miles) from the provincial capital of Chengdu.
Added: 05.12.2008 04:04
• Olmert must step down over corruption charges, opponents say - Ynet News
Ehud Olmert's political opponents demanded his resignation Friday, saying new allegations that the Israeli prime minister illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a US citizen render him unfit for the country's top job.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:31
• Wheat disease threatens supplies - Washington Times
A lethal variant on an ancient disease affecting wheat has spread from its base in Africa to Iran and now threatens vast fields in South Asia, the Middle East and Europe at a time of global food shortages, agricultural specialists warn.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:30
• Olmert said ready to bring about peace agreement with Syria - Ha'aretz
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday he was prepared to bring about a peace agreement between Israel and Syria during his term in office, according to a report in the magazine Paris Match.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:29
• Ahmadinejad: Israel a 'stinking corpse' - Jerusalem Post
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday that the state of Israel is a "stinking corpse" that is destined to disappear, the French news agency AFP reported.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:28
• Ariel pastor troubled by lack of police progress over Purim parcel bomb that wounded his son - Jerusalem Post
An Ariel Christian pastor whose son, Ami, was badly wounded in a parcel bomb disguised as a Purim package expressed exasperation this week over the lack of progress made by the police investigation into the attack.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:24
• Housing aid bill faces veto by President Bush - AP
Democrats' plans to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners struggling with rising subprime mortgage rates and plummeting house values could be sidetracked by President Bush's threatened veto and the backing of many congressional Republicans.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:22
• Stock head for higher open as retail sales reports arrive - AP
Wall Street headed for a modestly higher open Thursday as investors sifted through the first of retailers' April sales figures, trying to get a sense of how consumers are faring in a climate of economic weakness and rising costs.
Added: 05.09.2008 08:21
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