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Israel will lose nothing by agreeing to settlement freeze: US lawmakerThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:58PMJerusalem, July 2 : Congressman Robert Wexler, a close political ally of US President Barack Obama and a big Israel supporter, has said that Israel would lose nothing, and potentially gain everything, by agreeing to a temporary moratorium on construction in the settlements for a short period of time.

Angel Cadets send comforts of home to overseas troopsThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:56PMELIZABETH M. CLAFFEY/Special ContributorOn Saturday, 101 packages from Nancy Carter's Airborne Angel Cadets in Carrollton will be opened by soldiers.

FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refugeThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:45PMAfter the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister.

Commentary: Waiting for al-Qaida's GodotThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:34PMWashington (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 - It's no longer a war on transnational terrorism? Before Dr. Emile Coue's method of psychotherapy, self-improvement based on the healing power of optimistic autosuggestion, becomes our national security comfort blanket, it would behoove us all to take a deep breath and snap out of creeping amnesia.

AACO warns against 'tit-for-tat' emissions schemesThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:21PMArab Air Carriers Org. Secretary General Abdul Wahab Teffaha estimated that inclusion of aviation in the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme will cost his member airlines around €200 million ($281.6 million) in 2012, the first year that carriers are scheduled to be included.

Israel’s Lieberman says won’t ‘choke’ settlementsThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:19PMSHEFARAM - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman during a rare visit to an Israeli-Arab town on Thursday assailed a U.S.-led campaign to stop settlement building, calling it “disproportionate”.

AU ministers vote to end Bashir cooperation with ICCThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:19PMSIRTE, Libya - African Union foreign ministers on Thursday voted to suspend cooperation with the International Criminal Court over its indictment of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, a delegation member said.

Megathlin: Small flag, huge meaningThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:16PMOn the wall next to my computer hangs a small American flag. It is tattered and dirty, but there is no way I will ever part with this little flag.

Boom time for used car marketThursday, July 2, 2009 @ 11:16PMDOHA: The second hand car market in Qatar has become alive with the onset of summer, as a number of vacationers as well as laid-off employees are trying to sell out their cars before heading home.