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Rights group 'shocked' as Hezbollah official speaks at Sorbonne
Peres at Copenhagen climate summit: Pollution has no passport
Barak to pay official visit to Turkey next month
New EU foreign policy chief lambastes 'Israeli occupation'
Haaretz exclusive: Olmert's plan for peace with the Palestinians

Rights group 'shocked' as Hezbollah official speaks at Sorbonne

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 11:03 AM PST

A French human rights group Thursday protested the appearance of a member of the militant Lebanese organization Hezbollah at the Sorbonne. ...

Peres at Copenhagen climate summit: Pollution has no passport

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:51 AM PST

President Shimon Peres on Thursday urged Israel's neighbors, including those with which it does not have diplomatic ties, to join hands to help save the environment. ...

Barak to pay official visit to Turkey next month

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:00 AM PST

Defense Minister Ehud Barak will make an official visit to Turkey in January for a visit with Turkish Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul. ...

New EU foreign policy chief lambastes 'Israeli occupation'

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 07:56 AM PST

Catherine Ashton on Tuesday leveled scathing criticism at the "Israeli occupation," in her first speech as the European Union's first high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. ...