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Radical Muslim leader banned from Jerusalem for 6 months more
Why Oliver Stone believes Hitler was an 'easy scapegoat'
Turkey PM: Israel is endangering world peace
Mitchell: Obama committed to comprehensive Mideast peace
The looming war in Gaza: Can Obama stop it before it starts?

Radical Muslim leader banned from Jerusalem for 6 months more

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 11:10 AM PST

A top Israel Defense Forces commander on Monday added six months to a municipal restraining order against Islamic Movement chief Sheik Ra'ad Salah, who is being kept away from Jerusalem for allegedly inciting violence. ...

Why Oliver Stone believes Hitler was an 'easy scapegoat'

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 10:40 AM PST

American film director Oliver Stone has many in the viewing world up in arms over his new documentary series which seeks to "put into context" certain controversial figures ? including Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin ? who he says have been "vilified pretty thoroughly by history." ...

Turkey PM: Israel is endangering world peace

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 10:29 AM PST

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday accused Israel of endangering world peace by using exaggerated force against the Palestinians, breaching Lebanon's air space and waters and for not revealing the details of its nuclear program. ...

Mitchell: Obama committed to comprehensive Mideast peace

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 10:06 AM PST

U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy to the Middle East on Monday reaffirmed Washington's support for a two-state solution to the Middle East crisis, and said a comprehensive regional peace was necessary for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...