Mideast
May 4 2009, AP

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is on a delicate mission, seeking to reassure long-term U.S. allies in the Persian Gulf region that efforts by Washington to reach out to Iran will not come at their expense.

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Palestinian boys walk past Israel’s separation barrier, near a construction site in the Aida refugee camp near the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Monday, May 4, 2009. Palestinians in this refugee camp want to receive Pope Benedict XVI in what they say is...