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Pressure mounts for Mideast talks as Israel's settlement freeze nears end

By The Washington Post July 28, 2010 @ 8:31am

While Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited Washington this week to talk about peace gestures toward the Palestinians, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was planting a tree in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank -- an indication of permanence that few Palestinians would welcome.

The contrast showed the confusion U.S. officials face in figuring out how willing Israel might be to cede territory as part of a two-state solution to the conflict.

France announces war against al-Qaeda

By USA Today July 28, 2010 @ 8:29am

France has declared war on al-Qaeda, and matched its fighting words with a first attack on a base camp of the terror network's North African branch, after the terror network killed a French humanitarian worker it took hostage in April.

The declaration and attack marked a shift in strategy for France, usually discrete about its behind-the-scenes battle against terrorism.

Lawyer from anti-Chavez TV faces prosecution

By USA Today July 28, 2010 @ 8:29am

A lawyer who represents Venezuela's lone television channel that remains critical of President Hugo Chavez has been charged with obstructing justice, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Perla Jaimes tried to prevent police from raiding a home belonging to Guillermo Zuloaga, the president and majority shareholder of the Globovision TV station, the Attorney General's Office alleged in a statement.

Central Command nominee firm on Afghan mission

By USA Today July 28, 2010 @ 8:27am

Marine Gen. James Mattis, nominated to head the command that oversees wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, sought to assure the United States' allies and enemies that the U.S. is committed to the region despite the massive leak of classified information that has shaken support for the war.

"Despite any recent papers leaked to the media, we are remaining in the region," Mattis said at his confirmation hearing in Congress on Tuesday. "We are not leaving."

U.S. must work with Pakistan despite leaked reports' picture of ties to Taliban, experts say

By The Los Angeles Times July 28, 2010 @ 8:14am

Despite a wealth of detail in leaked U.S. documents about suspected collusion between Pakistani intelligence agents and the Afghan

Taliban

, experts here say the U.S. and

Afghanistan

have little choice but to work with a partner they believe supports, funds and equips their enemy.