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CAIRO (AFP) - A former director of the Cairo museum from which a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece was stolen wrote an article in 2007 saying the museum's surveillance cameras were defunct, the official MENA news agency reported Wednesday.Published 7 days, 5 hours, 52 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Iraq is "close" to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country.Published 7 days, 6 hours, 57 minutes ago |
CAMP VICTORY, Iraq (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, the day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.Published 7 days, 9 hours, 52 minutes ago |
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned the killing of four Israeli citizens in the West Bank as a "blatant attempt" to undermine upcoming Middle East peace talks.Published 7 days, 9 hours, 54 minutes ago |
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Jerusalem should remain the "undivided capital of Israel," an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, clarifying Israel's position after published comments from defense minister Ehud Barak suggested division was a possibility.Published 7 days, 9 hours, 54 minutes ago |
TEHRAN (AFP) - Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed on Wednesday the holding of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the negotiations will fail to resolve conflict in the Middle East.Published 7 days, 11 hours, 37 minutes ago |
CAMP RAMADI, Iraq (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" over why it was waged in the first place.Published 7 days, 12 hours, 27 minutes ago |
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction said Wednesday it has won a 1.46 billion dollar order to build a huge water desalination plant in Saudi Arabia.Published 7 days, 15 hours, 15 minutes ago |
HEBRON, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Israeli forces on Wednesday sealed off parts of the West Bank while Palestinian security officials said they arrested about 50 people after four settlers were gunned down just ahead of Middle East peace talks.Published 7 days, 15 hours, 17 minutes ago |
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's ex-prime minister Tony Blair said he was "desperately sorry" over the deaths in Iraq, but "can't regret the decision to go to war", in his memoirs released WednesdayPublished 7 days, 16 hours, 9 minutes ago |
