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By EDITH M. LEDERER , Associated Press NEW YORK - Israel is considering what it can do to enable a full-fledged Mideast peace process and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations to take off, including instituting a temporary freeze on settlements, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday. But after four hours of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy, George Mitchell, Barak would not commit to a temporary settlement freeze. Asked whether Israel would agree to a freeze of perhaps three to six months, Barak replied: "I think it's a little bit too early to predict." The U.S. wants settlement construction to stop completely to help revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Israel's insistence that "natural growth" be allowed in existing settlements to deal with births and marriages has been an irritant in its relations with... [read full story]
The Chester (England) Chronicle reports that banks in the United Kingdom are likely to reinstate fees for cash withdraws at ATMs, if they lose a legal battle over overdraft fees. And the move, if banks do make it, is expected...
Demetris Nicolaidis plans to serve as many as 3,000 meals to the needy on Thanksgiving. Feeding the hungry on Thanksgiving Day is a family tradition that started in Baltimore 25 years ago Ron Matz reports on an Edgemere...
JOHANNESBURG, 24 November 2009 (IRIN) - The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS update on...
LIMA, Nov 24 (IPS) - Women already make up 44 percent of the active members of the country's parties, but Peruvians want to see more women in political posts. Party structures and a lack of funding for women candidates,...
