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 Analysis: Obama pledges engagement in MideastIs there anything new a presidential candidate can say about the absence of peace in the fragile Middle East?  Analysis: Foreign tour is media bonanza for ObamaJordan, Israel and Germany aren't normally known as swing states in a White House campaign. But Barack Obama's off to a fast start in his attempt to change that with an election-season tour designed to show him as a potential commander in chief, equally comfortable sitting down - presidential style - with kings and other foreign leaders.  Palestinian in construction truck rams carsA Palestinian rammed a construction truck into three cars and a bus near the Jerusalem hotel where Barack Obama is supposed to stay Tuesday, injuring five people before an Israeli civilian shot and killed the attacker, police and witnesses said.  Israelis, Palestinians skeptical about ObamaWhen Barack Obama comes to Israel this week, he's going to find plenty of skeptics wondering whether such a foreign policy neophyte has what it takes to finally nail down a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict.  British premier vows to thwart Iranian atomic armsVisiting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday said his country would remain at the forefront of efforts to block Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, directly addressing one of Israel's greatest fears.  British leader in Israel for first official visitGordon Brown, in Israel on his first official visit as Britain's prime minister, said Sunday that economic development was key to bringing peace to the Middle East.
Spanish court accept Nazi guard lawsuit
Spain's National Court agreed Friday to review evidence in a lawsuit filed against a retired suburban Cleveland auto worker accused of being a Nazi concentration camp guards and three other alleged Nazi guards who live in the U.S.
Israel arrests 6 men over al-Qaida links
Israeli investigators have arrested six men suspected of trying to set up an al-Qaida-linked terror network, including one who wanted to shoot down President Bush's helicopter, the Shin Bet security service said Friday.
Cal Thomas: A school for scoundrels
Despite a report by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom that the Islamic Saudi Academy in Alexandria, Va., has continued to use textbooks that teach hatred of everyone not of their specific brand of faith, the U.S. State Department has yet to act to close down the school.  Obama's trip: 1st high-profile step on world stageSen. Barack Obama 's trip to the Middle East and Europe marks his first high-profile step onto the international stage, a campaign-season audition of sorts for a presidential hopeful pledging a new era in diplomacy and an end to the U.S. combat role in Iraq.
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