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Palestinians: East Jerusalem build plan ends Mideast peace talks
Egypt to finance renovation of synagogues, Jewish sites
Report: New Iran destroyer test fires missile
Israel says Syria talks not imminent, but lauds Turkey offer to mediate
Biden: U.S. will always stand by those who take risks for peace

Palestinians: East Jerusalem build plan ends Mideast peace talks

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 11:13 AM PST

Israel's decision to approve new East Jerusalem houses effectively prevents any peace negotiations from taking place, the Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday, following an Interior Ministry statement released earlier authorizing 1,600 new housing units. ...

Egypt to finance renovation of synagogues, Jewish sites

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 10:49 AM PST

Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country's Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo's ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony. ...

Report: New Iran destroyer test fires missile

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 09:44 AM PST

A newly inaugurated Iranian destroyer test fired a surface-to-surface missile in the Gulf on Tuesday, Iran's Fars news agency reported. ...

Israel says Syria talks not imminent, but lauds Turkey offer to mediate

Posted: 09 Mar 2010 07:37 AM PST

A senior official in the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office on Tuesday denied Turkey's announcement that Israel had accepted its offer to resume its role as mediator in peace negotiations with Syria. ...