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 JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's Labour Party may quit the ruling coalition over the decision to build 1,600 settler homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon warned on Thursday.Published 3 hours ago |
 BRASILIA (AFP) - Brazil and Germany differed sharply Wednesday on whether to threaten Iran with fresh United Nations sanctions in a bid to rein in its disputed nuclear program.Published 13 hours, 6 minutes ago |
 PETAH TIKVA, Israel (AFP) - An Israeli supermarket chain is using the alleged assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai by a hit squad from the Mossad intelligence agency as the basis of a marketing campaign.Published 14 hours, 9 minutes ago |
 STRASBOURG (AFP) - The father of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on Wednesday urged Europe to use heavy aid to pressure the Palestinians into releasing him.Published 17 hours, 49 minutes ago |
 AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan's military court has banned all news reports on a case of alleged graft at the country's sole oil refinery, Petra news agency said on Wednesday.Published 18 hours, 1 minute ago |
 CAIRO (AFP) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left the intensive care unit of a German hospital on Wednesday, four days after having a gall bladder removed, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali said.Published 18 hours, 4 minutes ago |
 GENEVA (AFP) - Middle Eastern countries feel tricked by the 40-year-old nuclear non proliferation treaty, an Egyptian diplomat warned on Wednesday, less than two months before crucial talks on the arms control deal.Published 18 hours, 13 minutes ago |
 DAMASCUS (AFP) - Twelve pro-democracy Syrian activists, jailed after calling for greater democracy, lost their petition for early release and will have to serve their full 30-month sentence, a human rights group said on Wednesday.Published 18 hours, 28 minutes ago |
 RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday Israel's decision to expand settlement activity in Jerusalem "undermines" the trust needed for peace talks.Published 20 hours, 11 minutes ago |
 WASHINGTON (AFP) - Three US hikers being detained in Iran for entering the country illegally were allowed to phone their families for the first time since their arrest, their supporters said Wednesday.Published 20 hours, 15 minutes ago |