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After Eliot Engel and Jerrold Nadler, two Democratic congressmen from New York, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem last month, Engel’s wife summed it up:
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Updated 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
Syria’s army has “complete control” of the Baba Amr district in the central city of Homs, after rebel fighters pulled out of the area following a monthlong siege, a rights activist said.
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Updated 2 hours, 53 minutes ago
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said Syrian government and military officials responsible for violence against opposition protesters should be prosecuted for war crimes.
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An Iranian oil tanker off Singapore is signaling a mooring point near Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s refinery complex on Bukom Island as its next destination, according to data from AISLive compiled by Bloomberg.
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Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla said her administration may not succeed in winning legislative approval of a tax system overhaul aimed at paring a deficit that has grown to more than 5 percent of gross domestic product.
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Syrian rebel fighters retreated from the city of Homs as government troops overran the center of anti-regime resistance after almost a month of artillery bombardment, according to reports by the Washington Post.
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Drug legalization in Central America merits a “serious” debate as a solution to the crime and violence coursing through the region even if it runs up against U.S. opposition, said Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla.
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European Union sheep farmers whose profits are being cut by the Schmallenberg virus that causes birth defects in lambs won’t know the extent of the disease until later this month, said the U.K. National Farmers Union.
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Metals markets, including aluminum and gold, are the most affected by speculation among commodities, according to Deutsche Bank AG.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had won permission from President Bashar al- Assad’s government to enter a besieged Syrian town, hours after the United Nations Human Rights Council deplored “systematic violations of human rights."
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