Arabs give US another month to resolve impasse over Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

US gets another month to revive Mideast talks

Arab ministers back Palestinian decision to stop talks with Israel over settlement issue

Arabs back Palestinian decision to stop talks

Diplomats: some Arabs want Abbas to return to indirect talks to avoid collapse of peace talks

Diplomats: Arabs want return to indirect talks

Israelis, Palestinians signal compromise is close in settlement dispute

Israelis, Palestinians signal deal on settlements

Palestinians open to US proposal on West Bank settlements, but want deal on borders

Palestinians open to US proposal on settlements

AP sources: US, Palestinian and Israeli officials say impasse over housing might be broken

AP sources: All hopeful Mideast talks can go on

Israeli prime minister sounding out Cabinet ministers on possibility of new settlement curbs

Israeli premier weighing new settlement curbs

US diplomat: Healthy US-Japan alliance vital amid Asia’s changing security dynamics

US diplomat: US-Japan pact vital in changing Asia

Defense chiefs from the US and China to meet next week amid a thaw in relations

US, China defense chiefs to meet amid thaw in ties

Bill Clinton says Mideast peace deal would deprive terrorists of recruiting tool

Bill Clinton: Mideast peace would undercut terror

Japan says argument over maritime clash with China over; dispute over islands remains

Japan says maritime spat with China over

BRUSSELS — Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month and the two countries agreed to resume exchanges and projects that had been stopped because of the incident.

Chinese, Japanese hold highest-level meeting since dispute broke out over islands

Chinese, Japanese leaders meet in Europe amid spat

Israeli Supreme Court upholds deportation order on pro-Palestinian Nobel laureate Maguire

Court upholds deportation of Nobel laureate

Israel Supreme Court justice rebukes Irish Nobel laureate for calling Israel ‘apartheid’ state

Israeli Supreme Court rebukes Irish Nobel laureate

Barred from entering Israel, detained Nobel laureate turns to country’s Supreme Court for help

Irish Nobel laureate challenges Israeli detention

Egypt, Jordan back Palestinian refusal to negotiate as long as Israel builds settlements

Egypt, Jordan back Palestinians on settlements

Syria says any indirect peace talks with Israel must be mediated by Turkey

Syria wants Turkey to mediate talks with Israel

Senior Palestinians close ranks behind Abbas: No peace talks without Israeli settlement freeze

Palestinians back Abbas on settlement slowdown

Israeli PM urges Abbas to keep negotiating, after Palestinians link talks to settlement freeze

Netanyahu urges Abbas not to quit peace talks

Between stumbling peace efforts, then and now, an Israeli settlement in West Bank expands

Peace talks come and go, but a settlement grows

Senior Palestinian politicians back Abbas in linking peace talks to Israeli settlement curbs

Palestinians say no talks without settlement curbs

Syrian president says Mideast peace talks only aimed to boost Obama

Syrian leader: Mideast talks only to help Obama

Abbas consults with senior Palestinians to decide whether to quit Mideast peace talks

Abbas consults aides on fate of Mideast talks

Abbas to consult with senior Palestinians to decide whether to quit Mideast peace talks

Abbas to consult aides on fate of Mideast talks

Japan PM concerned over China’s widening maritime activity as 3 Japanese freed return

Japan PM concerned over China’s maritime expansion

Trying to save peace talks, US envoy says he’ll hold more talks with Abbas, Netanyahu

US envoy plans more talks with Abbas, Netanyahu

Palestinians reiterate no peace talks without settlement freeze ahead of meeting with US envoy

Palestinians say no talks without settlement halt

US envoy undaunted by Mideast impasse, but Palestinians say no talks while settlements expand

Palestinians dig in ahead of talks with US envoy

US seeks to ease Chinese fears over US interest in S. China Sea disputes

US seeks to ease Chinese fears

WASHINGTON — The United States sought Tuesday to ease China’s worries over a strong U.S. presence in the South China Sea, where Beijing and its neighbors are bickering over territorial claims.

White House envoy launches last-ditch attempt to prevent collapse of Mideast peace talks

US in last-ditch attempt to save Mideast talks

Israeli foreign minister calls for intermediate peace agreement with Palestinians, land swaps

Israeli calls for intermediate peace agreement

China and Japan both say it is up to the other to fix troubled relations

China, Japan say up to the other to fix ties

US envoy to press Israel, Palestinians to rescue foundering peace talks

US envoy to try to salvage Mideast peace talks

Japan PM has no plans to meet with Chinese counterpart at Asia-Europe summit next week

No Japan-China meeting planned at Europe summit

Ozzy Osbourne says alcohol, not politics, prevented him from playing in Holy Land

Ozzy: Booze, not politics, prevented Israeli gigs

Weakened gov’t, US troop withdrawal make Iraq wary of neighbor and uneasy ally Iran

Fortified border: Iraq on guard against Iran

Arab League chief: No peace talks if Israel continues building settlements

Arabs: No peace talks if Israel continues building

Israelis, Palestinians search for way to resolve settlement crisis, salvage Mideast talks

Israel, Palestinians look to salvage Mideast talks

Obama looks to avert renewed conflict in Sudan, try to ease tensions in South China Sea

Obama, at UN, eyes Sudan, Southeast Asia tensions

Bill Clinton’s comments that Russian immigrants are obstacle to peace draw Israeli ire

Israeli leaders condemn Clinton immigrant comments

UN rights experts say Israeli forces broke international law in flotilla raid

UN experts: Israel flotilla raid broke int’l law

Violence erupts in east Jerusalem after deadly shooting of Palestinian, clouding peace efforts

Violence in east Jerusalem clouds peace efforts

AP Exclusive: Palestinian leader hints at compromise on settlement standoff with Israel

AP Exclusive: Palestinian hints at settlement deal

Palestinian leader hints at compromise on settlement standoff in peace talks with Israel

Palestinian leader hints at settlement compromise

China premier threatens Japan with ‘further actions’ over boat dispute

China premier threatens Japan over boat dispute

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