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Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday he hopes to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians after elections in the Palestinian Authority and Israel are held. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...201792,00-html/

Sanctions are not the best or the only way to persuade Iran to take notice of international concerns about its nuclear programme, Russia has said. http://www.worthynews.com/news/newsvote-bb...st-4619828-stm/

Cuba's influential blind Christian dissident, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva, was facing another tense night Monday, January 16, after government backed crowds, armed with loudspeakers, reportedly threatened to storm his house and kill everyone inside. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/worthynews-...a-violent-html/

Six in 10 Americans plan to follow the Senate confirmation hearings that start today for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, and his supporters continue to outnumber his opponents by about a 2-1 margin. But Alito's support falls sharply among people who think he'll overturn the court's landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion decision. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1485425/

Six in 10 Americans plan to follow the Senate confirmation hearings that start today for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, and his supporters continue to outnumber his opponents by about a 2-1 margin. But Alito's support falls sharply among people who think he'll overturn the court's landmark Roe vs. Wade abortion decision. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/abcnews-go-...int-id-1485425/

In an impassioned speech about President Bush's warrantless domestic wiretapping program, former Vice President Al Gore said in Washington, DC, on Monday that "the President of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently." http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1511599/

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he will resign if he fails to implement his political platform. He also said he has no plans to run for a second term. http://www.worthynews.com/news/jpost-com-s...icle%2FPrinter/

In an impassioned speech about President Bush's warrantless domestic wiretapping program, former Vice President Al Gore said in Washington, DC, on Monday that "the President of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and persistently." http://www.worthynews.com/zone/abcnews-go-...int-id-1511599/

European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson says EU trading partners are not ready to make what he calls the "hard decisions" needed for a world trade deal. http://www.worthynews.com/news/voanews-com...01-17-voa5-cfm/

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has opened his eyes in his Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital bed, a source close to the prime minster told Ynet on Monday. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...201044,00-html/

Iran said Monday it is barring CNN from working in Iran "until further notice" due to its mistranslation of comments made by the president in a recent news conference about the country's nuclear research. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1510714/

IDF Central Command Head Yair Naveh signed a military order declaring the Jewish community in the West Bank town of Hebron a closed military zone, in an effort to end settler riots. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...201313,00-html/

As Jim McCloskey drove last week from Virginia back to the New Jersey charity he founded two decades ago to help free wrongfully convicted inmates, his mind was on the murderer and rapist who fooled him with false claims of innocence. http://www.worthynews.com/news/washingtonp...601044_pf-html/

As Jim McCloskey drove last week from Virginia back to the New Jersey charity he founded two decades ago to help free wrongfully convicted inmates, his mind was on the murderer and rapist who fooled him with false claims of innocence. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/washingtonp...601044_pf-html/

The hotly disputed plan of the British government for a new national identity card system suffered a serious setback after the upper house of parliament, the Lords, voted to delay the bill. http://www.worthynews.com/news/news-yahoo-...tics-printer-1/

The hotly disputed plan of the British government for a new national identity card system suffered a serious setback after the upper house of parliament, the Lords, voted to delay the bill. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/news-yahoo-...tics-printer-1/

For the first time, Israel's military has been given authorization to use live fire against Jewish protesters. http://www.worthynews.com/news/menewsline-...y-01_17_4-html/

Iran has entered an advanced stage of negotiations for the Russian-origin S-300 anti-aircraft and missile system. http://www.worthynews.com/news/menewsline-...y-01_17_2-html/

Iran has entered an advanced stage of negotiations for the Russian-origin S-300 anti-aircraft and missile system. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/menewsline-...y-01_17_2-html/

Powerful members of the U.N. Security Council agreed Monday that Iran must fully suspend its nuclear program, Britain's Foreign Office said following a meeting aimed at forging a common response to Tehran's decision to resume uranium enrichment activities. http://www.worthynews.com/news/abcnews-go-...int-id-1510797/

Powerful members of the U.N. Security Council agreed Monday that Iran must fully suspend its nuclear program, Britain's Foreign Office said following a meeting aimed at forging a common response to Tehran's decision to resume uranium enrichment activities. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/abcnews-go-...int-id-1510797/

Kadima members have approved in a show of hands vote the appointment of Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as temporary party chairman, barring an improvement in the condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. http://www.worthynews.com/news/ynetnews-co...201092,00-html/

Kadima members have approved in a show of hands vote the appointment of Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as temporary party chairman, barring an improvement in the condition of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/ynetnews-co...201092,00-html/

There was concern Sunday, January 15, over the health situation of an evangelist in Ethiopia, who was nearly killed by an angry mob in the latest of a series of Muslim militant attacks against the African nation's evangelical Christians, a religious rights group said. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/worthynews-...t-injured-html/

Defense minister instructs army, police to 'act with determination' against rioters in Hebron; police to deploy another 250 officers Monday; 7 settlers arrested throughout day, senior officer says most protesters are teens. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/ynetnews-co...200700,00-html/