Israel's Netanyahu proposes Egypt peace summit

Israel's Netanyahu proposes Egypt peace summit


Israel's Netanyahu proposes Egypt peace summit

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:35 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed an Egyptian-hosted summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a possible way to resume stalled peace talks, Israeli officials said on Thursday.

Yemen Shi'ite rebels ready for talks with Saudi

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:54 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite rebels said on Thursday they were ready for talks to end fighting with neighboring Saudi Arabia, and issued a taped message from their leader to disprove reports he had been killed.

Federal Court Limits the Use of Tasers

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST

A court in California ruled that a police officer could be held liable for using the device against an unarmed man during a traffic stop.

Choice Tables: In Miami, Chefs Are the New Stars

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:01 AM PST

Food lovers no longer have to trade great meals for good weather in this sun-kissed American playground.

Advice Taken, and How It Turned Out

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST

A few end-of-year updates from readers who asked nuts and bolts questions and got very specific answers.

Leading dissident, 82, detained at Moscow rally

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of anti-Kremlin protesters, including an 82-year-old Soviet-era dissident dressed as Santa Claus' female helper, at a New Year's Eve rally on Moscow's main shopping street on Thursday.

Steelmakers, Union File Petition

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:08 AM PST

The United Steelworkers and four U.S. steel manufacturers filed a case seeking duties on drill pipe imported from China.

What You Need to Know for New Year's Eve in Times Square

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:26 PM PST

Even if you're not planning to be in Times Square, what you need to know about this year's celebration.

Major rescue after trawler fire

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:59 AM PST

Four crewmen from a Cornish trawler are airlifted to hospital after their fishing boat caught fire off the Isles of Scilly.

CIA confirms deaths in Afghanistan

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 01:01 PM PST

Taliban claims responsibility for attack while five Canadians die in separate incident.

'No evidence' hostage held in Iran

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:15 AM PST

London and Tehran repudiate claim that UK hostage released in Iraq was held in Iran.

Yemeni officials eye Abdulmutallab link to radical cleric

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:35 AM PST

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni investigators believe the Nigerian man who allegedly attempted to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day might have met with suspected al-Qaeda operatives in a house used by a radical Yemeni American cleric, a senior Yemeni official said Thursday.


Starting the New Year with a Classic

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:54 AM PST

Seems appropriate, on New Year's Eve, to consider for a moment how what's old can become new again. I'm thinking specifically of brown butter sauce, of my pal Sam Sifton's review of La Grenouille, of optimism.

Polar Pressure, Snowstorms and Sea Ice

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 08:50 AM PST

Unusual pressure patterns around the North Pole are shaping wintry weather and possibly summer sea ice.

Cue the Chorus: The Musical Endures

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:51 AM PST

The first decade of the new century marked no great epoch of the Broadway musical, but there have been occasional, heartening sparks of aesthetic regeneration.

Questions Emerge on Kidnapping of Briton in Iraq

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:55 AM PST

Peter Moore was preparing to return home Thursday as the British government denied reports that Iran was involved in his 2007 kidnapping.

Iranian authorities vow "no mercy" to opponents

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:27 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian hardline authorities accused opposition leaders on Thursday of links to "foreign enemies" and warned they would be shown no mercy unless they changed course.

Preservation Groups Find Bargains in Housing Bust

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:15 AM PST

Conservation organizations have taken advantage of depressed property prices, foreclosures and derailed development projects to protect open space.

Bloomberg Plans a Muted Inauguration

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:24 AM PST

With many New Yorkers struggling, officials have planned less pomp around the mayor's third inauguration party.

Book reviews of 'Worse Than War' by Daniel Goldhagen and 'Stripping Bare the Body' by Mark Danner

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Two new releases deconstruct the decisions and convoluted logic behind the large-scale destruction of human beings.

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