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Listen to the Article - Powered by Reuters LONDON: Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday he and US Middle East envoy George Mitchell had made progress in their second session of talks within a week on encouraging regional peace. "I think there is progress. There's still a way to go," Barak told Reuters following the talks in London. US President Barack Obama has pressed Israel to halt settlement activity as part of efforts to revive peace talks under which the Palestinians would gain statehood. In a rare dispute between Israel and its main ally, the United States, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to declare a freeze on settlements, saying some construction should continue to match population growth within the enclaves. Barak said he expected no imminent announcement on Israeli settlement... [read full story]
CALGARY, ALBERTA - Heritage Oil Plc (TSX:HOC)(LSE:HOIL), an independent upstream exploration and production company, announces that it has commenced drilling the Miran West-2 appraisal well in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq...
Chaplain in unit that lost two soldiers Mark Millican As an Army chaplain serving in Iraq, Sgt. Derrick Hobbs knows the difference between a military and civilian funeral. “We lost two men, one in January and one in April,” he...
A new service that allows television viewers to revisit aired content - similar to the BBC's popular iPlayer that isn't available outside the UK - will be launched by Etisalat next month. The chief executive of its broadcast...
DUBAI -- Travellers are complaining that not enough airline seats are available during Eid Holidays and, if there are, they are more expensive. Elyas Mohammed, 26, an investor, said he has missed his return flight last week and...
