World Politics

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied reports he had agreed to a compromise with the Palestinian Authority on the issue of return of refugees. The Israel newspaper, Haaretz, reported that under the compromise,20,000 Palestinian refugees would be allowed to return each year over a ten year period...  

Security: What do Vladimir Putin, Hugo Chavez and Islamic extremists have in common? They're funded by America's thirst for foreign oil. If drilling isn't a cure by itself, it's a start.Wars aren't cheap, even when they go well. But Russia has plenty of money to burn on war. It's flush with...  

Olmert gives Abbas plan for Israeli pullout from 93% of West Bank By Aluf Benn, Haaretz Correspondent Last update - 07:47 12/08/2008 www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1010812.html Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has presented Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a detailed proposal for an agreement in...  

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday rejected an Israeli peace proposal, which included withdrawal from 93 percent of the West Bank, because it does not provide for a contiguous Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital. Nabil Abu Rdainah, Abbas's spokesman, told the official...  

If Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin were president of the United States, would Iran try to build a nuclear bomb? Would Pakistan provide covert aid to al-Qaeda? Would Hugo Chavez train terrorists in Venezuela? Would leftover nationalities with delusions of grandeur provoke the great powers...  

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has agreed to free 120-150 Palestinian prisoners later in August as a gesture of goodwill, Palestinian officials said. Israel confirmed some prisoners would be released but would not say how many. The announcement followed a meeting between Prime Minister Olmert and...  

Assemblyman Dov Hikind of Brooklyn is happy that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is resigning in September. “It’s long overdue,” he said in a brief telephone interview this morning. “My God, you need a prime minister who can function, who can lead, who can be strong, who can direct. I...  

Corruption allegations and his handling of the Lebanon war did in Israel's prime minister despite diplomatic ventures toward peace. Two vivid images define Ehud Olmert's scandal-shortened tenure as Israel's prime minister.  

Syria's grand mufti, the country's top Sunni Muslim religious authority, says he would like to meet Pope Benedict XVI and persuade him to visit Syria.  

PARIS, Aug 17, 2008 (AFP) - The population of the European Union is rapidly ageing, with one woman in two and one man in five over 75 years of age living alone today, according to the bloc's Eurostat statistical agency.  

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(Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday announced the nationalization of one of the nation's largest banks, Banco de Venezuela, owned by Spain's Grupo Santander.  

The first observers of the European Union to the legislative elections in Angola, to take place next September 05, arrived at 7 a.m this Tuesday in the country.  

POPE Benedict XVI has warmly thanked Australia for the welcome it gave him during World Youth Day in Sydney last month.  

ANKARA - Turkish women's boxing team ranked the first in the 2008 Women's European Union Amateur Boxing Championships in British city of Liverpool on Saturday.