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Pakistan to put Mumbai attack suspects on trial
Iran readies package for nuclear talks with West
France: U.S. gave Israel six months to freeze settlements
Report: Egypt drops bid for Palestinian unity government
Paris court convicts gang of 2006 anti-Semitic murder

Pakistan to put Mumbai attack suspects on trial

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 11:34 AM PDT

Pakistan has completed its investigations into five suspects accused of involvement in last year's attack on Mumbai, and they are expected to be put on trial next week, the interior minister said on Saturday. ...

Iran readies package for nuclear talks with West

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 11:11 AM PDT

Iran is preparing a new package of "political, security and international" issues to put to the West, its foreign minister said on Saturday. ...

France: U.S. gave Israel six months to freeze settlements

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 09:42 AM PDT

The United States has given Israel a six-month deadline to accede to its demand to freeze all construction in West Bank settlements, France's foreign minister told his Lebanese interlocutors during an official visit to Beirut. ...

Report: Egypt drops bid for Palestinian unity government

Posted: 11 Jul 2009 07:15 AM PDT

Egypt has ceased efforts to mediate the formation of a national unity government between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, Israel Radio reported on Saturday. ...