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The summit will seek to pressure Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program.

All told, Turkey has accepted about 12,000 Syrians who are now residing in six refugee camps near the border.

The strike was reportedly retaliation for mortar shells fired into Israel from Gaza just hours before.

Pasha ran ISI for 3 1/2 years, a period that included the secret -- and, in Pakistan, controversial -- raid by U.S. commandos on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's compound.

Dagan’s views would appear to contradict much of the hawkish rhetoric coming out of the Israeli government on the subject of Iran.

A “lethal mix” of drought, regional wars, high food prices and widespread poverty has conspired to create this debilitating crisis.

There are concerns about what will happen to the defectors’ families, who remain trapped in Syria.

Dravid has long been compared with his fellow superstars Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman.

The country that is perhaps most intimately connected with offering a haven for brutal (and unemployed) dictators is the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Yet he insisted that his government did not intentionally conceal any information from the public.

Ahani also said that foreign powers need not fear Iran’s atomic ambitions.

Khamenei also criticized Obama for “still harboring illusions” that economic sanctions will pressure Iran to relinquish its nuclear activities.

President Moncef Marzouki made the same proposal last week, but it is unclear if Assad responded to him or not.

Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia from destruction.

Some members of Ukraine's parliament, on a visit to Damascus, expressed solidarity with Assad as well as opposition to foreign intervention in the Middle Eastern country.

This terrible situation has no simple answers, Panetta added.

Juppe’s stand would seem to contradict the more belligerent tone that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has taken with respect to the Iranians.

Iran, which insists it seeks to develop atomic energy for purely peaceful purposes, has not set a date or locale for such talks.

“Hamas is not part of military alliances in the region… our strategy is to defend our rights.”

Obama favors diplomacy to end the violence in Syria, warning that a Libya-style intervention could trigger a wider war in the region.

With respect to Hitler and Nazism, the links to India and Hinduism were deeper and more profound.

Trump pointed out that launching a war on Iraq temporarily boosted the popularity of Obama’s predecessor in the White House, George W. Bush.

The rule, which still must be passed by parliament, will give employers the flexibility of paying compensation in place of an off-day.

No arrests have been made in connection with the death, nor has a motive been unearthed.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko quipped that it is better to be a dictator than gay – an apparent swipe at Germany’s openly homosexual foreign minister, Guido Westerwelle.

Rumors about Erdogan’s health have festered since last November when the Prime Minister underwent surgery on his lower intestines, followed by another procedure in February.

There continue to be multiple signs that the U.S. economy is expanding at a solid clip.

The matter also has great urgency given Israel’s warnings that it won't tolerate a nuclear Iran and that it may launch a pre-emptive military strike on Iranian atomic facilities.

The newly declared semiautonomous region of eastern Libya will extend from Sirte, a coastal city at the nation's midpoint, to the border with Egypt.