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• Netanyahu, Mitchell fail to reach deal on settlements
• Lithuania retracts plans to build on old Jewish cemetery
• Elders of peace: Israel must freeze West Bank settlements
• Abbas to call PLO elections even if talks with Hamas fail
• Iran gets 118 states to back ban on striking nuclear sites

Netanyahu, Mitchell fail to reach deal on settlements Posted: 26 Aug 2009 11:59 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell failed to reach an agreement on the issue of West Bank settlements during a meeting Wednesday in London, according to spokespeople for the two men. ...

Lithuania retracts plans to build on old Jewish cemetery Posted: 26 Aug 2009 11:32 AM PDT Government officials in Lithuania reached agreement Wednesday with Jewish organizations over the future of an historic cemetery in the capital city Vilnius, putting an end to a long-running dispute over the site. ...

Elders of peace: Israel must freeze West Bank settlements Posted: 26 Aug 2009 11:00 AM PDT A pro-peace organization comprising veteran world leaders and international dignitaries on Wednesday urged Israel to stop expanding its West Bank settlements in order to allow the peace process to move forward. ...

Abbas to call PLO elections even if talks with Hamas fail Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:59 AM PDT Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he would press ahead with a January parliamentary and presidential election opposed by the rival Hamas movement if reconciliation efforts failed. ...

Iran gets 118 states to back ban on striking nuclear sites Posted: 26 Aug 2009 10:49 AM PDT Iran has enlisted the support of more than 100 nonaligned nations in its push for a ban on attacks against nuclear facilities, according to documents shared with The Associated Press. ...

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