Politics

The first direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators aimed and ending a standoff at Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity adjourned Tuesday without agreement.

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Two Karachi police officers on Tuesday told a Pakistani court they heard British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh admit to coordinating the kidnapping of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

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White House counselor and trusted presidential adviser Karen Hughes announced Tuesday that she will leave Washington and return to her home state of Texas.

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Five Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were killed Monday in the West Bank and Gaza, a day after Israel completed its withdrawal from most of the Palestinian-controlled territories it entered in the past three weeks.

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Four suspects on trial for the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl pleaded not guilty Monday in a Pakistani court.

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Kwame Holman reports on surprising developments in the French presidential elections.

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Examining France's splintered political climate as extreme rightist Jean-Marie Le Pen qualifies for next month's presidential elections.

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Negotiations to settle criminal charges of obstruction of justice against accounting firm Arthur Andersen unexpectedly collapsed Thursday, possibly paving the way for a trial next month.

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Israeli tanks pulled out the Jenin refugee camp Thursday, allowing Palestinians their first access to hospitals and an opportunity to bury those killed in some of the fiercest fighting of Israel's three-week West Bank incursion.

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Former King Mohammad Zaher Shah returned to Afghanistan Thursday for the first time in nearly three decades. The king is slated to head a meeting of tribal leaders that will outline the future of the nation after years of extremist…

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