Greek PM wins backing of his cabinet to hold nationwide referendum on EU financial rescue plan; manufacturing slowdown in Asia may be result of European debt crisis; a boat filled with asylum seekers from Iran and Afghanistan capsized on way to Australia killing seven; Netanyahu orders building of 2000 houses for Israelies in disputed territory Palestinians claim as their own; Assange loses appeal aganst extradition to Sweden; and more
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World News Brief, Wednesday May 25
NATO warplanes bombed 15 targets in Tripoli; Libyan rebels will open diplomatic office in Washington DC; assessors say damage to Fukushima nuclear reactor worse than previously thought; US envoys in North Korea for humanitarian talks; Netanyahu says there can't be a return to 1967 borders, as suggested by Obama; more trouble in North Sudan; and more
Read MoreNetanyahu the non-negotiator slaps down Obama...again
Israel's PrimeMinister has unilaterally laid waste to years of Middle East Peace negotiations by blatantly ruling out issues that have long been on the table, and in so doing has once again humiliated President Obama's albeit pathetic attempts to resolve the ongoing crisis. Meanwhile the Palestinians are getting on with business.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday December 14
UK security forces search Luton property related to Stockholm bombing; experts fear bomber may have been one of al-Qaeda's "lone jihadists"; US homegrown terrorism on the rise; WikiLeaks cables reveal Australia feared being pulled into nuclear conflict; Netanyahu says no chance Jerusalem will be divided; Ivory Coast suspended from African Union until Gbagbo gone; and more
Read MoreDoes Israel really want peace?
If Israel is serious about peace it would have extended the settlement construction moratorium. Instead it coldly snipped the brake cables on this haggling train wreck leaving it up to everyone else to prevent the derailment, while it sniggers all the way to the digger.
Read MoreMiddle/Muddle East Peace/Piece Talks resume...again
As the players in the latest round of Middle East Peace Talks assemble in Washington later this week, the issues confronting them only seem to have grown in the two years they have been on hold, so are they just going through the motions?
Read MoreHas Obama indulged in nuclear hypocrisy for Middle East peace?
Obama and Netanyahu met (again) and managed a pretty good rendition of calm and purposeful intent. But Obama's two goals--a nuclear-free world and a peaceful Middle East--increasingly appear to be political pocket lint trapped in his extremely smart suits
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Thursday July 8
Obama comes up with timetable for Middle East peace negotiations; Netanyahu will give Palestinian Authority security forces more control over parts of West Bank; China will not dump US debt; Japan fights for role in civil nuclear sector; Sarkozy faces campaign funding scandal; and more
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday July 7
Obama and Netanyahu finally meet after Gaza aid flotilla scandal; Israel to allow more consumer goods into Gaza; Thailand emergency rule extends to one-third of country; Julia Gillard proposes East Timor as centre for processing asylum seekers; Biden leaves Iraq following meetings; Somali president asks UN for help
Read MoreOne person's terrorist really is another's freedom fighter
As the propaganda war rages on over the Israeli Defense Forces' botched raid of the humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza, it is time for a few home truths about the seemingly endless search for Middle Eastern peace
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Wednesday March 24
Google to stop censoring search results in China; American held by North Koreans identified; Obama to meet with Netanyahu; Pakistani and US defense chiefs meet; Britain to expel Israeli diplomat; and more
Read MoreMr Netanyahu, tear down this wall
While the world was focused on celebrating twenty years without the Berlin wall, perhaps it should have used the occasion to call for the breaching of Israel's wall which is contributing to the misery millions.
Read MoreWorld News Brief, Tuesday August 25
Voter fraud in Afghanistan; situation in Afghanistan "serious and deteriorating"; North-South Korea meeting; new Pakistani Taliban leader; Netanyahu visits Europe; and more
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