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Suspect in Burgas bombing flew to Lebanon before blast: report

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WARSAW - A man suspected of organizing a bus bombing in the Bulgarian Black Sea city of Burgas last year flew to Lebanon two days before the attack that killed five Israelis and their driver, Polish news website tvn24.pl reported.

In raging Middle East, Israel wins time with Palestinian peace talks

JERUSALEM - Pressured by Washington, worried about its international standing and perturbed by Middle East turmoil, Israel had many reasons to return to peace talks with the Palestinians this week after a three year hiatus.

World, 31 Jul 2013

Israel, Palestinians deeply divided despite renewed peace talks

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH - Israel and the Palestinians remain far apart over terms of any peace deal, officials from both sides made clear on Wednesday, a day after talks resumed in Washington for the first time in nearly three years.

World 31 Jul 2013

Israeli-Palestinian talks won't fix the Middle East's problems

- On Monday, the Obama administration announced that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had convinced Israel and the Palestinian Authority to sit down for negotiations for the first time in three years. Coming out of Monday and Tuesday's meetings, Kerry announced a goal of working out a comprehensive peace agreement within nine months.

31 Jul 2013

Philippines likely to stay in Golan Heights for another six months

MANILA - The Philippines will likely keep its peacekeeping forces in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights for six more months after securing U.N. assurances for the safety of its 342 soldiers in the ceasefire zone, Manila's foreign minister said on Wednesday.

World, United Nations, 31 Jul 2013

Israel, Palestinians strive for peace deal within nine months

WASHINGTON - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators on Tuesday gave themselves about nine months to try to reach an agreement on ending their conflict of more than six decades in U.S.-brokered peace talks. | Video

World, 30 Jul 2013

Iran seeks key position on U.N. disarmament committee

UNITED NATIONS - Iran is campaigning for a key position on a U.N. General Assembly committee that deals with disarmament and international security amid strong criticism from Israel and others who accuse Tehran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons.

World, United Nations, 30 Jul 2013

Gazan in Israeli custody was abducted in Egypt, Palestinians say

GAZA - The Palestinian Authority in the West Bank released a report on Tuesday quoting a Palestinian held by Israel as saying he had been snatched while visiting Egypt's Sinai region last month.

World, Egypt, 30 Jul 2013

Israeli-Palestinian talks begin amid deep divisions

WASHINGTON - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators held their first peace talks in nearly three years on Monday in a U.S.-brokered effort that Secretary of State John Kerry hopes will end their conflict despite deep divisions. | Video

World, 30 Jul 2013

Main participants in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

- Palestinians and Israelis ended three years of stalemate and resumed talks in Washington on Monday to try to reach a peace deal that would pave the way for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

World, 30 Jul 2013