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  • We will continue legitimizing settlements - Knesset speaker

    We will continue legitimizing settlements - Knesset speaker

    Date: 2013-10-17 17:44:16 GMT - palestine - International - SN:22 - ID:342151

    Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein visited a number of settlements in southern Ramallah, voicing his support to Israel's settlement-building policy. The legitimization of Israeli settlements will go on, Edelstein promised in statements quoted by ....

  • Israel has right to defend itself: US amb.

    Israel has right to defend itself: US amb.

    Date: 2013-10-17 15:44:28 GMT - palestine - International - SN:20 - ID:341974

    US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro expressed support for Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism following an Israeli forces guided tour of a recently unearthed tunnel running beneath the border with the Gaza Strip Thursday, the Times of ....

  • Israel's Netanyahu to meet Kerry on Iran talks

    Israel's Netanyahu to meet Kerry on Iran talks

    Date: 2013-10-17 09:24:14 GMT - Israel - International - SN:6 - ID:341373

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold on Wednesday talks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on the outcome of world power's talks with Iran on its nuclear project and the developments of peace talks with the Palestinians, ....

  • Obama signs law to avert default and re-open government

    Obama signs law to avert default and re-open government

    Date: 2013-10-17 09:08:19 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:341342

    US President Barack Obama signed on Thursday a law that lifts debt ceiling and re-opens the government offices that were forced to partially closed over the past 16 days. The signing came after the US Congress passed a deal by a vote of 285 to ....

  • US Congress passes deal to lift debt ceiling, ends government shutdown

    US Congress passes deal to lift debt ceiling, ends government shutdown

    Date: 2013-10-17 09:05:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:341339

    The US Congress passed a deal to end a partial government shutdown and lift debt ceiling to 16.7 trillion dollars hours before the end of the set deadline. The deal, that was passed by 285 votes against 144, funds the government until January 15 ....

  • Steinitz: Israel hopeful, concerned about Iran nuclear talks, but not opposed to diplomatic solution

    Steinitz: Israel hopeful, concerned about Iran nuclear talks, but not opposed to diplomatic solution

    Date: 2013-10-16 11:39:11 GMT - Israel - International - SN:14 - ID:340467

    Israel is both hopeful and concerned about nuclear talks with Iran, Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Wednesday. "The State of Israel is not closing the door to a diplomatic ....

  • Norway PM tenders government’s resignation

    Norway PM tenders government’s resignation

    Date: 2013-10-16 11:32:42 GMT - Norway - International - SN:10 - ID:340460

    Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Monday handed in the government’s resignation following his centre-left coalition’s election defeat to right-wing parties last month, the Nation reported on Wednesday. “I tendered the government’s ....

  • IAEA chief calls on N. Korea to implement UN resolutions

    IAEA chief calls on N. Korea to implement UN resolutions

    Date: 2013-10-16 11:31:15 GMT - south korea - International - SN:8 - ID:340457

    The chief of the international nuclear watchdog called on North Korea Wednesday to abide by the United Nations' resolutions banning the country from nuclear arms activities, saying that the agency is always ready to return to the country for ....

  • Putin urges better protection of Russian arms copyright

    Putin urges better protection of Russian arms copyright

    Date: 2013-10-15 16:26:12 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:339821

    Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tuesday for increased protection for Russian weapons manufacturers' intellectual property rights on the global arms market, RIA Novosti reported. "The world arms market is rife with examples of illegal ....

  • Iran, E3+3 group start showdown in Geneva

    Iran, E3+3 group start showdown in Geneva

    Date: 2013-10-15 10:46:49 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:6 - ID:339409

    Iran and E3+3 group started talks in Geneva on Tuesday on the Iranian nuclear file. E3+3 group comprises the EU 3 – namely France, Germany and the UK - and China, Russia, and the United States. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton will ....

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