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  • Obama & Netanyahu agree and disagree

    Obama & Netanyahu agree and disagree

    May 20, 2009 By Susan Webb

    In a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their White House meeting, President Obama reiterated his view that it is “in the interest not only of the Palestinians, but also the Israelis...

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  • Obama expected to press Netanyahu on Palestinian state

    Obama expected to press Netanyahu on Palestinian state

    May 19, 2009 By Susan Webb

    In his meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House today, President Obama was expected to press the right-wing Israeli leader to endorse a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict and to come...

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  • Netanyahu out of step with Obama

    Netanyahu out of step with Obama

    May 19, 2009 By Jerrold Kessel And Pierre Klochendler

    JERUSALEM, (IPS) - A day before he enters what some Middle East analysts are calling not the Oval office but the lion's den, Benjamin Netanyahu, re-incarnated as Israel's leader, is determined not to be easy meat...

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  • Tamil Tigers surrender

    Tamil Tigers surrender

    May 19, 2009

    Colombo, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka''s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Sunday have admitted their defeat after almost three decades of long and bloody conflict that killed almost 80,000 people. In a statement...

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  • Alarcon: Cuba respects sexual diversity

    Alarcon: Cuba respects sexual diversity

    May 19, 2009

    Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, said the essence of Socialism is the inclusion rather than exclusion of people for their sexual orientation or religion. Alarcon spoke...

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