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Mutual recognition highlighted in Mideast talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (R) as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (C) looks on during the opening of the re-launch of direct negotiations for peace at the State Department September 2, 2010 in Washington, D.C. The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have started a new round of peace talks in Washington, the first one in more than 18 months.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said his country is prepared to make dramatic compromises to strike a lasting peace with the Palestinians.

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Oil platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico

The opening scene was all too familiar. Black smoke rising from a burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico and workers plucked from...

Diana lingerie outrage: Lady Diana depicted in bra and knickers by a Chinese company on the anniversary of her death. The model posing as Diana is shown in her bra and knickers, and depicted holding a cello and bow as she casts her eyes down towards a young child. The company which has produced the lingerie, Jealousy International is based in China's southern Guandong province. Its website has a section on the Diana range with a further slogan: 'Free your mind, free your style'. EDS NOTE: ONE-TIME USE ONLY.

Brit tabloids in knots over Chinese company's 'Diana' knickers

A Chinese company has caused a stir in Britain by using a lookalike of the late Lady Diana to sell its line of lingerie.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks with a reporter outside his famous tent city jail for misdemeanor offenses May 3, 2010. The U.S. government has followed through with its warnings to a prominent Arizona sheriff, filing suit against him September 2, 2010 for not cooperating with an investigation into alleged discrimination against illegal immigrants.

U.S. sues Arizona sheriff in immigration probe

The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued an Arizona sheriff for refusing to co-operate with its investigation into allegations...

China is taking one more small step toward reducing its shamefully high annual execution rate.

China gives condemned prisoners little more rope

China is taking one more small step toward reducing its shamefully high annual execution rate.

Workers operate the Xtrata 950 drill that is digging an escape hole from the top of a hill to where 33 miners are trapped underground in a copper and gold mine at Copiapo, some 725 km north of Santiago, September 2, 2010.

Buried treasure: Rivals stake claim on trapped Chilean miners

Tensions are rising above ground as wives and mistresses of the 33 miners trapped deep within the San Jose mine make rival claims ...

A Europe-wide backlash against gypsies gathered pace Thursday as Italy announced that it would demolish shanty settlements.

Italy to tear down Gypsy shanty camps as backlash spreads

A Europe-wide backlash against Gypsies gathered pace Thursday as Italy announced that it would demolish shanty settlements.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday he could not have legally saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy and the firm’s catastrophic failure in 2008 was a source of sadness.

Bernanke cites 'sadness' in letting Lehman fail

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday he could not have legally saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy and the firm's...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard listens to question during a press conference after the day after Australia's general election in Melbourne on August 22, 2010.

Independent MP gives Gillard hope

Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minister, moved closer to retaining office Thursday after an independent MP pledged support following...

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Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wants to plastinate wife's body

The German husband of ailing 93-year-old Hollywood actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor said he wanted to preserve her body by plastination...

This file photo taken on May 16, 2010 shows two-year-old Indonesian boy Ardi Rizal puffing on a cigarette in the yard of his family home in a village on Sumatra island.

Indonesia's smoking toddler kicks habit

A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, ...

NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle Endeavour mission specialist Robert Behnken works outside the International Space Station.

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Canadians in space

With the announcement of the first Canadian commander of the ISS, we take a look at some milestones of the Canadian Space Agency.

Firefighters extinguish a warehouse set ablaze in the early hours of 04 November 2005 in Aulnay-sous-Bois on the seventh consecutive night of violence on the ouskirts of the French capital. More than 1,300 police were deployed to again do battle with groups of stone- and bottle-throwing youths that have torched hundreds of vehicles and vandalised buildings in rampages in low-income, high-immigrant districts since 27 October following a reportedly accidental electrocution of two teenagers who had hidden in an electrical sub-station to escape a police identity check in the suburb at the epicentre of the troubles, Clichy-sous-Bois.

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City of Light's dark side

A Paris suburb has become an overcrowded, squalid den of criminal activity.

Dmitri Ford of Charleston, SC joins protestors January 21, 2002 at the steps of the statehouse in Columbia, SC to call for the removal of the confederate flag from the grounds of the capitol. The confederate flag remains a controversy after it was removed July 1, 2000 from the dome of the statehouse and moved to the Confederate Memorial on the capitol grounds.

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Rights and sensibility

The uproar over building a mosque at Ground Zero in New York has sparked a broader debate about balancing rights and sensitivities.

Tamil Tigers

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A long, bloody battle

The 26-year conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the separatist Tamil Tigers was the longest war in modern Asian history.

Bow of the Titanic, photographed in June 2004 by the ROV Hercules during an expedition returning to the shipwreck of the Titanic.

Retrospective

Back to Titanic

With scientists creating 3D maps of the Titanic wreck, we look back at an historic marine discovery.

Rwanda Genocide

Retrospective

Revisiting Rwanda

Paul Kagame, newly elected president of Rwanda, is credited for helping rebuild the country after the 1994 genocide. Here's a look at that catastrophe.

Court sketch of Abdullah Khadr

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The Khadr clan

Abdullah Khadr's release adds another chapter to the saga of the controversial Canadian family.

An Afghan Army soldier fires a rocket propelled grenade at suspected Taliban militants at Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar July 22, 2010.

Overview

Turmoil in Pakistan

Amid accusations that Pakistan's spy agency is supporting Taliban militants, we look at the country and its turbulent past.

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