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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel’s founding.

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President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S.

 
 
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More emergency food aid is on its way to Haiti.

 
 
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No question about it: President Bush hasn’t given reporters a chance to ask him anything on this Mideast journey.

 
 
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In a May 11 story about Sudan severing ties with Chad, The Associated Press, relying on a state television report, erroneously reported the dollar value of a reward offered by the government for Darfur rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim.

 
 
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Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the Americans are encouraging attacks on Iranians in Iraq.

 
 
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Leaders of Lebanon’s U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition have left for the highest level talks since the country’s political crisis began 18 months ago.

 
 
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Saudi Arabian leaders made clear Friday they see no reason to increase oil production until their customers demand it, apparently rebuffing President Bush amid soaring U.S. gasoline prices.

 
 
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President Bush, on a one-day visit to Saudi Arabia, is taking a second stab on Friday at getting the oil-rich nation to increase production and drive down soaring gasoline prices hurting U.S. consumers.

 
 
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Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has offered members of armed groups in Mosul an amnesty in exchange for surrendering their weapons.

 
 
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Iran has won the first round of its proxy war against America in the streets of Beirut. Hezbollah gunmen flaunting their snipers have become the norm and the Lebanese government condemnations have been reduced to mere symbolism. Shias, it seems, are...

 
 
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The Middle East seems to be clustering with interestingly designed buildings, and the process seems never ending. If you think you have seen enough of these gigantic statures coming up all around the Arabian Peninsula, hang on, for here is the latest...

 
 
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Amit Zoran is not only a designer but an engineer in algorithmic image process development as well. Over the passage of time, he has worked both independently and as part of a team, in a large diversity of fields. There is creativity in finding solutions...

 
 
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, and Israeli Parliament Speaker Dalia Itzik, left, visit the Hall of Names during a tour of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Friday, May 16, 2008. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,...