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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, takes part at a faction meeting in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, May 25, 2009. Netanyahu to sacrifice outposts to strike Iran
TEL AVI - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to tear down illegal Jewish settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank in return for US backing on its proposed military strikes... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill) Middle East Online

Defence   Iran   Israel   Netanyahu   Photos
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, points during a visit to the Perito Moreno Glacier, Argentina, Saturday, May 16, 2009. Chavez: Venezuela could leave OAS, join Cuba
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela could eventually withdraw from the Organization of American States and seek Cuba's help to create an alternative regional group. Chavez... (photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko) The Guardian

Chavez   Cuba   Membership   Photos   Venezuela
Chinese faithful worship at the northern cathedral of the National Patriotic Church in Beijing, China Saturday June 30, 2007. China's government-backed Catholic church had no immediate plans to read out or otherwise distribute a letter from the Pope to the country's faithful, an official said Saturday. Pope Benedict XVI's letter, addressed to bishops, priests and lay faithful in China, is to be released at noon Saturday (1000 GMT) Pope urges China reconciliation
The Pope has told Chinese Catholics of the officially tolerated Patriotic Church and those who worship secretly take steps towards reconciliation. Beijing broke off formal diplomatic relations with... (photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel) BBC News

Catholic   China   Government   Photos   Vatican
President Barack Obama greets U.S. Airmen assigned to the 131st Fighter Wing, Missouri Air National Guard at the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Missouri April 29, 2009, prior to boarding Air Force One. US reassures N Korea's neighbours
US President Barack Obama has spoken to the leaders of Japan and South Korea to assure them of US defence support after North Korea's nuclear test. North Korea has said it was fully prepared for any... (photo: USAF / Master Sgt. Mary-Dale Amison) BBC News

Asia   Defence   N Korea   Photos   US   Peace
Conservative Party leader David Cameron, left, and Sir Reg Empey, Ulster Unionist Party leader speak to the media during a visit to the Ulster Carpets factory in Portadown, Northern Ireland, Thursday, May, 21, 2009. Cameron pledges to cut power of the PM
David Cameron today pledges a "massive, sweeping, radical redistribution of power" from state to citizens in a drive to rebuild public trust in politics. He commits a Tory government to considering... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison) The Independent

David Cameron   Election   Photos   Politics   UK
INDIA-CYCLONICSTORM Cyclone kills at least 33 in India and Bangladesh
A cyclone slammed into parts of Bangladesh and eastern India on Monday, triggering tidal surges and flooding that forced some half a million people from their homes and killed almost three dozen... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) The Independent

India   Kolkata   Disaster   Photos   Storm
In this May 9, 2009 photo, a man rows a boat through a flooded street in Trizidela do Vale in Brazil's northeastern state of Maranhao. Flooding is common in the world's largest remaining tropical wilderness, but this year the waters rose higher and stayed longer than they have in decades, leaving fruit trees entirely submerged. Only four years ago, the same communities suffered an unprecedented drought that ruined crops and left mounds of river fish flapping and rotting in the mud. Experts suspect global warming may be driving wild climate swings that appear to be punishing the Amazon with increasing frequency. Brazil floods displace thousands
The Brazilian authorities say almost 380,000 people still cannot return home because of floods that began last month in the Amazon basin. The bad weather is forecast to persist for another fortnight.... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) BBC News

Aid   Brazil   Disaster   Floods   Photos
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