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Witness in Demjanjuk trial faces own charges as Nazi camp guard
Palestinians to provide quake stricken Haiti with aid
Iran tops agenda of joint Israel-Germany cabinet session
Islamic Solidarity Games cancelled after Iran insists Gulf is 'Persian'
Pro-Palestinian hackers target Web site of top British Jewish newspaper

Witness in Demjanjuk trial faces own charges as Nazi camp guard

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST

An 88-year-old man who appeared as a witness in the ongoing trial of suspected Nazi camp guard John Demjanjuk, faces indictment for his own alleged role as guard at the Belzec extermination camp during the Holocaust. ...

Palestinians to provide quake stricken Haiti with aid

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 10:59 AM PST

The Palestinian government is to provide Haiti with humanitarian aid in the wake of the devastating earthquake which all but leveled the island's capital city, the Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry said on Monday. ...

Iran tops agenda of joint Israel-Germany cabinet session

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 09:15 AM PST

Germany is ready to pursue further economic sanctions on Iran, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin on Monday. ...

Islamic Solidarity Games cancelled after Iran insists Gulf is 'Persian'

Posted: 18 Jan 2010 08:45 AM PST

A Saudi-based body organizing the world's second Islamic Solidarity Games has cancelled the sports event planned for Iran amid a dispute over whether the Gulf waterway is "Arab" or "Persian." ...