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• Assad: Mideast peace with Netanyahu 'impossible'
• U.S. sanctions Gaza bank, TV station over Hamas connections
• Auschwitz sign thieves get jail sentences from Polish court
• Senior U.S. diplomat in Syria in effort to restart peace talks
• Biden, in D.C.: It's great to be where construction boom is a good thing

Assad: Mideast peace with Netanyahu 'impossible' Posted: 18 Mar 2010 10:47 AM PDT Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday that peace with Israel was "impossible" as the government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not a real partner for talks, French news agency AFP reported. ...

U.S. sanctions Gaza bank, TV station over Hamas connections Posted: 18 Mar 2010 09:52 AM PDT The U.S. Treasury said on Thursday it imposed sanctions against two firms in Gaza -- Islamic National Bank and Al-Aqsa Television -- for their ties to the ruling Hamas movement. ...

Auschwitz sign thieves get jail sentences from Polish court Posted: 18 Mar 2010 09:37 AM PDT A Polish court has convicted on Thursday three mean charged with stealing the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the entrance to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz at the end of last year. ...

Senior U.S. diplomat in Syria in effort to restart peace talks Posted: 18 Mar 2010 09:25 AM PDT Senior United States diplomat Fredric Hof on Thursday met with Syrian officials in Damascus to discuss "a true and lasting peace in the region," an official familiar with the talks said. ...

Biden, in D.C.: It's great to be where construction boom is a good thing Posted: 18 Mar 2010 08:37 AM PDT U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made an appearance at Radio and Television Correspondents' Dinner in Washington upon his return from the Middle East this week, taking the opportunity to describe his disappointing visit to the audience. ...

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