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• Human rights groups condemn bloody weekend violence in Gaza
• U.S. envoy: Israel not planning to strike Iran
• Vaccine-resistant swine flu strain documented in U.S.
• 'Ahmadinejad taps nuclear negotiator as Iran foreign minister'
• Netanyahu envoy departs for U.S. to negotiate settlement freeze

Human rights groups condemn bloody weekend violence in Gaza Posted: 16 Aug 2009 11:56 AM PDT Palestinian human rights organizations on Sunday condemned bloody clashes between Hamas security forces and Al-Qaida-affiliated militants who seized control of a Gaza Strip mosque Friday night. ...

U.S. envoy: Israel not planning to strike Iran Posted: 16 Aug 2009 10:18 AM PDT Israel's ambassador to the United States Michael Oren on Sunday rejected recent assessments suggesting that Israel was planning an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. ...

Vaccine-resistant swine flu strain documented in U.S. Posted: 16 Aug 2009 09:23 AM PDT Two cases of swine flu resistant to the drug Tamiflu were diagnosed over the weekend, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday. Tamiflu and Relenza were the only two medications that had thusfar proven effective in treating the virus (also known as H1N1), which already proved resistant to other seasonal flu remedies. ...

'Ahmadinejad taps nuclear negotiator as Iran foreign minister' Posted: 16 Aug 2009 05:48 AM PDT Deputy head of Iran foreign policy committee also says defense and interior ministers to swap roles.

Netanyahu envoy departs for U.S. to negotiate settlement freeze Posted: 16 Aug 2009 04:23 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's envoy to negotiations with the Obama administration will depart on Sunday for meetings with U.S. officials in an attempt to negotiate a possible future settlement freeze. ...

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