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Israeli rebuke of Obama exposes divide on Mideast

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bluntly told President Barack Obama on Friday his vision of how to achieve Middle East peace was unrealistic, exposing a deep divide that could doom any U.S. bid to revive peace talks.
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Obama, Netanyahu prepare to meet

In advance of his White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday, President Barack Obama laid bare his peace plan proposal between Israel and Palestine.
U.S. Secretary of State Clinton with Netanyahu and Abbas during peace talks in Washington

Tense meeting anticipated at White House

Some prominent Israeli reporters who are accompanying the Egyptian Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his trip to Washington, has predicted a stormy meeting between him and the US President. Netanyahu and Obama are scheduled for talks at the White House on Friday.

Post Strauss-Khan: Who will be the new leader at the IMF?

After the resignation of Dominique Strauss Khan following an arrest for sexual assault, the next question is who will be the next person to lead the International Monetary Fund, responsible for reducing poverty and promoting stability and sustainable economic growth around the world?
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Democratic Senators Urge US To Halt Aid To Pakistan

A group of senior U.S. Senators (all Democrats) are pushing the Obama Administration to halt any further aid to Pakistan until the government is convinced that Islamabad is not sheltering any more terrorists in the country and doing everything it can to stamp out Islamic militancy.

Israel-Palestine peace talks vital: Obama

After the talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan ahead of a full week of intense negotiation, Obama has guaranteed that he will call for a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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The Fall of the U.S. Empire and the Breakup of the Geopolitical Matrix

There are two carved-in-granite long-term economic trends; one of them being the decline of the dollar and the other one being war. I think those are locked in, and so I recommend people buy investments that do well during wartime or during periods of currency debasement, which we have.

Palestine rejects Netanyahu's new plan

The Palestine Authority has rejected the principles Netanyahu laid out in his speech as unacceptable, adding that they were part of “preconditions.”

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: Victim of Conspiracy?

The arrest of International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on rape charges in New York over the weekend has not only rocked French politics, but has also raised the suspicion that he might have been set up.

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