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Merkel: Settlement freeze crucial to resumption of Mideast peace talks
U.S. drops demand for Israel building freeze in East Jerusalem
Palestinians begin uprooting Hebrew road signs in West Bank
Richard Branson: Without Mideast resolution, 'something ghastly' could happen
Peres mourns loss of Ted Kennedy, 'a great friend of Israel'

Merkel: Settlement freeze crucial to resumption of Mideast peace talks

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 10:21 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that progress on the freezing of Israeli settlement building was of crucial importance for the resumption of the Middle East peace process and that time was pressing. ...

U.S. drops demand for Israel building freeze in East Jerusalem

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 10:18 AM PDT

BERLIN - The Obama administration has agreed to Israel's request to remove East Jerusalem from negotiations on the impending settlement freeze. ...

Palestinians begin uprooting Hebrew road signs in West Bank

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 09:31 AM PDT

Palestinian authorities in the West Bank have begun replacing Israeli-installed road signs bearing Hebrew script with new signs in just Arabic and English, according to a U.S. international aid agency. ...

Richard Branson: Without Mideast resolution, 'something ghastly' could happen

Posted: 27 Aug 2009 07:49 AM PDT

The press loves him. A media baron with a colorful lifestyle and exuberant joie de vivre, Richard Branson today controls an empire of no less than 200 companies, emblemized by the Virgin logo. ...