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It’s fear that keeps Baghdad’s peace

Published March 25, 2009

Baghdad has been much calmer since the massacres reached their peak in late 2006 and the first half of 2007.

Netanyahu: Israel is Palestinians’ peace partner

Published March 25, 2009

JERUSALEM (AP) âÄî Incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his government will be a "partner for peace with the Palestinians," the latest sign that the new Israeli leader is softening...

AP IMPACT: It’s fear that keeps Baghdad’s peace

Published March 25, 2009

BAGHDAD (AP) âÄî The streets are calmer now. The fighting between Shiites and Sunnis has largely ceased. But this is not a sign of normalcy in the Iraqi capital. It's fear that keeps the peace....

US: Attacks rise south of Baghdad, fall nationwide

Published March 25, 2009

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq (AP) âÄî Attacks on Iraqi security forces have increased in an area south of Baghdad where the Iraqis are in control, even as violence nationwide has fallen to levels of the...

Netanyahu embraces Israel-Palestinian peace talks

Published March 25, 2009

A strong Palestinian economy is a "strong foundation for peace," he said.

Mexico captures another ‘most-wanted’ trafficker

Published March 25, 2009

MEXICO CITY (AP) âÄî Soldiers captured one of Mexico's most-wanted smugglers, a man accused of controlling the flow of drugs through the northern city of Monterrey for the powerful Beltran-Leyva...

Bomb kills 10 civilians in eastern Afghanistan

Published March 25, 2009

KABUL (AP) âÄî One roadside bomb killed 10 civilians Wednesday in a van along a route used by foreign troops in eastern Afghanistan while another wounded three Australian troops âÄî highlighting...

EU presidency: US stimulus is ‘the road to hell’

Published March 25, 2009

BRUSSELS (AP) âÄî The head of the European Union slammed President Barack Obama's plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as "the road to hell" that EU governments...