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		<title>101 Perished: UN Mourns Greatest Loss in History</title>
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It was an unseasonably warm morning in New York but a dark cloud hung over the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday as friends and family gathered to pay tribute to the 101 UN staffers who perished in Haiti&#8217;s Jan. 12 earthquake.
&#8220;Today we commemorate the single greatest loss of the United Nations,&#8221; UN [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Chief to Visit Middle East Countries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon will visit Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza strip later this month, UN spokesperson Martin Nesirky said on Tuesday.
Nesirky did not give an exact date but Ban told reporters on Monday that the trip would likely come before his meeting with the League of Arab States in Libya [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Holds Memorial for Staff Killed in Haiti Quake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[United Nations staff and family members of the 101 personnel who perished in the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday for a ceremony to honor the victims and to commemorate the single greatest loss the world body has suffered in its 60-year history.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UN Chief Slams Israeli Approval of Plans for New Settlements</title>
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday lashed out at the Israeli approval of plans for the building of 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem, reiterating that &#8220;settlements are illegal under international Law.&#8221;
A statement, issued here by Ban&#8217;s spokesman on Tuesday night, said, &#8220;The secretary-general condemns the approval of plans for the building of 1,600 new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ex-president Barred from Leaving the Country: Report</title>
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Iran&#8217;s former reformist president Mohammad Khatami has been barred from leaving the country, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday.
&#8220;Executive Secretary of Tehran&#8217;s Vo&#8217;az (preachers) Community Hojjatoleslam Abbas Amirifar announced Tuesday that an Iranian intelligence official had told the community members in their session on Monday that Khatami has been barred from leaving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Erekat Key Candidate to Lead Palestinians in Proximity Talks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat is the most prominent candidate to lead the Palestinian team in indirect negotiations with Israel, an official said Tuesday.
Erekat, the head of the negotiations department at Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), &#8220;is the luckiest one to lead the Palestinian side in the negotiations,&#8221; said Jamal Muhissen, a senior official from President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dubai Issues 16 More Warrants for Hamas Murder Suspects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dubai&#8217;s public prosecutor has issued international arrest warrants for 16 more suspects involved in the killing of a top Hamas official in January, raising the total number of people on its wanted list to 27, the state news agency WAM reported Tuesday.
The issuance of the new warrants was based on international conventions, investigations conducted by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israel Greenlights 1,600 New Houses in Jerusalem</title>
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The Israeli Interior Ministry on Tuesday said that it has approved the construction of 1,600 new housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in a disputed section of Jerusalem.
A spokeswoman of the ministry&#8217;s Jerusalem district planning committee told Xinhua that the new project is to expand Ramat Shlomo, an ultra-Orthodox community located in the northern part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/israel-greenlights-1600-new-houses-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>U.S. Condemns Israel for Settlements Construction</title>
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The United States on Tuesday condemned Israel&#8217;s approval of 1,600 housing units in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, urging both Israel and the Palestinians to build an atmosphere to support peace talks.
&#8220;I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to advance planning for new housing units in East Jerusalem,&#8221; said U.S. Vice President [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/u-s-condemns-israel-for-settlements-construction/</link>
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		<title>Abbas Asks AL to Respond to New Settlement Project</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday urged the Arab League (AL) to respond to Israel&#8217;s decision to construct more houses in an East Jerusalem settlement.
Abbas made his request during an urgent phone call with the AL Secretary General Amr Moussa following Israel&#8217;s approval to construct 1,600 new houses in a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem, [...]]]></description>
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