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Netanyahu meeting called off with US Mideast envoy

Steve Weizman Associated Press Writer 30.06.2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, Wednesday June 24,  at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Paris Wednesday for talks with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, as differences with the United States over settlements emerged as a key issue.(AP Photo/Gerard Cerles, Pool)

PARIS, France (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting in Paris with the top U.S. Mideast envoy has been called off in an apparent sign of growing friction over President Barack Obama's call for a halt to construction in Jewish settlements.

Suspects in German terror plan to confess

Nicole Lange Associated Press Writer 15.06.2009

US, British pilots train over Turkey

Selcan Hacaoglu Associated Press Writer 15.06.2009
Defendant Fritz Gelowicz (white shirt, left photo) and Defendant Atilla Selek (brown shirt, right photo), talks to their lawyers in a courtroom in Duesseldorf, western Germany, Tuesday, June 9, prior to another day of trial. Four men are on trial for allegedly plotting to attack US and German targets in central Germany, a plan foiled by authorities in 2007. (AP Photo/Roberto Pfeil)

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Four men accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terror cell that plotted to attack US targets in Germany have announced during their trial that they are prepared to confess to some or all of the charges against them.

Senior Airman Alex Armstead, an F-16 Fighting Falcon Aggressor crew chief, assigned to the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., finalizes his pre-flight aircraft inspection before morning launch during exercise Maple Flag 42 at 4 Wing Cold Lake, Canada, June 2. Maple Flag is a Canadian-sponsored and Air Combat Command supported exercise that provides aircrews simulated air and ground combat training to coalition forces in a NATO environment. (US Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr., Released)

KONYA, Turkey (AP) — Dozens of US, British and Turkish pilots are engaged in mock aerial battles over central Turkey indicating deepening cooperation between the allies.

EU wants smaller fishing feet to help stocks

RAF Casert Associated Press Writer 21.04.2009

Experimental vaccine used in Ebola exposure case

Staff Writer Associated Press Writer 06.04.2009
EU wants smaller fishing feet to help stocks

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) — with almost all stocks overfished, the European Commission on Wednesday called for drastic cuts in the EU's 90,000-strong fishing feet and subsidies to safeguard a sustainable and economically viable fishing industry.

A quarantine unit at Hamburg University hospital is shown during a disaster control exercise.

BERLIN, Germany (AP) It was a nightmare scenario: A scientist accidentally pricked her finger with a needle used to inject the deadly Ebola virus into lab mice.

Sweden seeks China's support against protectionism

Gillian Wong Associated Press Writer 06.03.2009

Protester hurls shoe at Chinese PM during UK visit

Martin Benedyk Associated Press Writer 15.02.2009
Sweden seeks China's support against protectionism

BEIJING, China (AP) — Europe and China must defend free trade by speaking up against a rising tide of protectionism around the world, Sweden's foreign minister said Tuesday.

Chinese  Premier  Wen  Jiabao  arrives  to deliver a speech at the University of Cambridge,  England,  Monday,  Feb.  2, 2009. Wen’s visit to Britain is the last stop on a  regional  tour  that  also  included Spain, Germany,  the World  Economic  Forum  in Davos, Switzerland, and EU headquarters  in  Brussels.

CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) A protester hurled abuse and then a shoe at China's prime minister Monday while he delivered a speech on the global economy at Cambridge University.



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