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US university upholds suspension of campus Muslim group, offers slight modifications
IRVINE, Calif. - The University of California, Irvine has upheld its decision to suspend a campus Muslim group after some of its members disrupted a speech by the Israeli ambassador at a campus event....
UN nuclear agency chief asks Israel to consider signing the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
VIENNA - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Israel to consider signing up to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to a report made public Friday, in a boost to Arab...
Polish and German president visit former Nazi concentration camp
BERLIN - Poland's president and his German counterpart have jointly visited a former Nazi concentration camp outside Berlin. Bronislaw Komorowski and Christian Wulff walked through the grounds of t...
Weeks of talks to form new Dutch ruling coalition following inconclusive elections collapse
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Negotiations to form a right-wing Dutch coalition collapsed Friday after anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders walked out of the talks amid dissent over his hardline policies. ...
EU trade chief apologizes for blaming Jews, 'Jewish lobby' for hindering Mideast peace)
BRUSSELS - The EU's trade chief apologized Friday for blaming Jews and the "Jewish lobby" in Washington for blocking Mideast peace as the embarrassed EU head office quickly distanced itself from his c...
Clinton warns this may be 'last chance' for Israeli, Palestinian peace for very long time
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday with a warning that the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long...
Official: Scientist detained at Miami airport once charged with transporting bubonic plague
MIAMI - A scientist detained at Miami International Airport because of a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement offic...
8 killed in latest wave of forest fires in Russia following drought, record-high temperatures
MOSCOW - The latest wave of forest fires in Russia have killed eight people and injured 17, authorities said Friday. Fires have blazed across much of European Russia in August following weeks of dr...
Afghan candidate wounded by grenade in latest attack on September parliamentary elections
KABUL - A candidate in this month's Afghan parliamentary elections was wounded in a grenade attack amid growing political violence and insurgent attacks aimed at sabotaging the polls. Also Friday, ...
Saudi Arabia decries promotion of Thai police offer charged in disappearance of businessman
BANGKOK - Saudi Arabia denounced the promotion of a senior Thai police officer indicted in connection with the disappearance of a Saudi businessman in Bangkok 10 years ago. The decision by Thailand...
