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By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker Israel has deported a group of activists who tried to break through a naval blockade to enter the Gaza Strip. The boat was carrying medical aid but was stopped before it arrived. The deportees include a Nobel peace prize laureate, Mairead Maguire, and a former US congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. They were among 21 passengers on board the boat as it tried to enter Gaza last week to draw attention to... [read full story]
TOKYO, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's mother may have surreptitiously given him millions of yen for his political campaigns, sources say. Investigators are having difficulty untangling Hatoyama's...
Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the...
PUNE, India, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Indian President Pratibha Patil said Wednesday her nation may soon train women as fighter pilots. Patil, the first woman to head the Indian armed forces, Wednesday became the first Indian president...
New Delhi: The television broadcasting industry is learnt to have moved the government with its concern over the proposed amendments to the Copyright Act, and also the unilateral way in which it is being processed.
