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Sweden denies Israel request to condemn IDF organ harvest article
U.S.: Iran still not providing full cooperation on nuke obligations
Germany calls for Israel to take urgent action on settlements
U.K. condemns Libya celebrations for Lockerbie bomber
German auction house offers up three paintings drawn by Hitler

Sweden denies Israel request to condemn IDF organ harvest article

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 12:06 PM PDT

Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt has rejected Israeli calls for an official condemnation of a recent article by a top Swedish newspaper that alleged that Israel Defense Forces soldiers kill Palestinian civilians in order to harvest their organs. ...

U.S.: Iran still not providing full cooperation on nuke obligations

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 11:47 AM PDT

Iran is still not fulfilling its obligations related to its nuclear activities, despite allowing United Nations inspectors access to a reactor and allowing an upgrade to monitoring at a uranium enrichment plant, a senior Obama administration official said on Friday. ...

Germany calls for Israel to take urgent action on settlements

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:54 AM PDT

The German government said ahead of a visit next week by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that urgent action was needed on Israeli settlements in the West Bank in order to move towards peace in the Middle East. ...

U.K. condemns Libya celebrations for Lockerbie bomber

Posted: 21 Aug 2009 08:39 AM PDT

Britain on Friday condemned celebrations in Tripoli to mark the return of the Lockerbie bomber, and scrambled to deflect international fallout from the decision to free him on humanitarian grounds. ...