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The upheaval in the Arab world has damaged Israel's strategic environment. Its peace treaty with Egypt, a pillar of national security for more than three decades, is in question.
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By DEREK GATOPOULOS, NICHOLAS PAPHITIS, Associated Press
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The Obama administration's increasingly aggressive sanctions against Iran will likely fail to stop Tehran's quest for nuclear warheads and may well fail to prevent a pre-emptive attack by Israel on nuclear facilities, U.S. officials and analysts said.
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President Obama said Monday that the U.S.
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The leaders of the rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas announced they have agreed to form an interim unity government led by Mahmoud Abbas, who is president of the Palestinian Authority.
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In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north.
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In a story Feb. 5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash. Nowra is 97 miles (156 kilometers) south of Sydney, not north.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who is running for a third term as president, is promising Russians a bigger say in politics.
In an article published in the Kommersant daily on Monday, Putin said the government must turn around its institutions to accommodate the increasingly vocal civil society.
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Dubai's famed indoor ski slope is about to get some Gulf competition. Saudi developers say they plan a "snow village" inside a new mall in Riyadh.
A statement on company websites Monday says the latest snow-in-the-desert attraction will be part of an entertainment area in the mall, which is scheduled to be opened later this year in the Saudi capital.
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An Iranian newspaper reports a government-affiliated agency has added dolls of the Simpsons cartoon characters to a list of banned toys in the country.
The Monday report by the independent Shargh daily says the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults took the decision to block the promotion of Western culture.
