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A senior Israeli minister admitted yesterday for the first time that the West Bank separation barrier is likely to approximate Israel's border with a future Palestinian state. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...id02.xml&site=5

The White House was scrambling yesterday to minimise the impact of disclosures that the American military has paid Iraqi newspapers and journalists to plant favourable articles about the progress of the war. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...us02.xml&site=5

In his first overt comment on Iran’s controversial nuclear activities, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday that Israel would not tolerate a nuclear Iran, alluding to IDF preparations to deal with such a scenario. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3177833,00.html

The leader of Hamas said Wednesday that his Palestinian militant group will not renew a truce with Israel when it expires at the end of the year and accused the Jewish state of violating the agreement that has greatly reduced violence. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,177261,00.html

A 1985 memo in which Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito suggested that the Justice Department try to chip away at abortion rights has reignited a battle over what documents should be available to senators as they evaluate judicial candidates. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1361709

Insurgents attacked several U.S. bases and government offices with mortars and rockets Thursday before dispersing in the capital of western Iraq's Anbar province, residents said. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1361792

Signaling a change in style, Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Wednesday to put aside past differences between Germany and the United States even as she pressed for the Bush administration to take seriously European concerns about alleged CIA prisons in Europe. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,177217,00.html

Riot police cordoned off polling stations in this Nile Delta village Thursday to prevent people from voting as Egypt entered the final round of legislative elections that have been marred by violence and allegations of fraud. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,177267,00.html

Jordanian prosecutors say four alleged Islamists will stand trial for plotting to kill Americans who train Iraqi police recruits in the kingdom. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ast/4488350.stm

Lloyd's of London, the world's bigggest insurance market, said the chance of making a profit this year was "small" after hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma took their toll. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...=/money/2005/11

A federal judge on Wednesday barred the Indiana House from opening its sessions with specifically Christian prayers, ruling that such prayers amount to "an official endorsement of the Christian religion." http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,177244,00.html

Former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres quit the Labor Party on Wednesday, leaving his political home of nearly six decades to campaign for Ariel Sharon's new centrist party, Kadima. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3177473,00.html

Dozens of Israelis with a background in elite military combat training have been working for private Israeli companies in northern Iraq where they helped the Kurds establish elite anti-terror units, Israel’s leading newspaper Yedioth Ahronot revealed Thursday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3177712,00.html

The US economy grew by a faster-than-expected 4.3 per cent in the third quarter, shrugging aside both higher interest rates and the most damaging hurricane season in recent history. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...om/id/10270963/

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to instruct the IDF to take practical measures to prevent the infiltration of suicide bombers to Israel from Gaza, via Egypt, this following repeated intelligence warnings regarding Palestinian terror groupsThe US economy grew by a faster-than-expected 4.3 per cent in the third quarter, shrugging aside both higher interest rates and the most damaging hurricane season in recent history. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...om/id/10270963/

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak announced Thursday he plans to remain in the Labor party, following a meeting with party chairman Amir Peretz. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3177781,00.html

Limbo -- the place where the Catholic Church teaches that babies go if they die before being baptized -- may have its days numbered. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...-LIMBO-DC-html/

He works at a Wendy's, and his name is Ronald MacDonald -- but now he may be known as the Hamburglar. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/vo...Type-Printable/

he blue team has a breakaway. An attacker with the puck races up the left side, closing in for an uncontested shot on goal. Katie Rademacher can't let this happen. With long brown hair flowing from her white headgear, the high school junior pumps her legs and regains strategic position, forcing the attacker into the corner. Then she swipes the puck with her chipped, white stick and passes it out. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/ho...-ENTERTAINMENT/

President George W. Bush promised the use of unmanned flying drones on Tuesday to help patrol the porous U.S.-Mexican border as Democrats charged he had not done enough to provide border security. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...er_dc&printer=1

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to instruct the IDF to take practical measures to prevent the infiltration of suicide bombers to Israel from Gaza, via Egypt, this following repeated intelligence warnings regarding Palestinian terror groupsPresident George W. Bush promised the use of unmanned flying drones on Tuesday to help patrol the porous U.S.-Mexican border as Democrats charged he had not done enough to provide border security. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...er_dc&printer=1

President Bush on Wednesday will address the nation from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., in the first of several speeches officials say is designed to reassure the public that the United States has a "plan for victory" in Iraq. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,177120,00.html

The Supreme Court Wednesday will hear its first abortion case in five years, a New Hampshire dispute that could be an early test of whether a reshaped court will change its views on how much states can restrict the procedure. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...se_x.htm?csp=34

The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed Monday with the former Iraqi president trying to take command of the courtroom and angrily complaining about being shackled and mistreated by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to instruct the IDF to take practical measures to prevent the infiltration of suicide bombers to Israel from Gaza, via Egypt, this following repeated intelligence warnings regarding Palestinian terror groupsFor some, the chunk of marble that fell from the facade of the Supreme Court yesterday was a frightening safety hazard. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...2801862_pf.html

Fatter rear ends are causing many drug injections to miss their mark, requiring longer needles to reach buttock muscle, researchers said on Monday. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/to...CKS-xml-rpc-22/