Israeli President Shimon Peres called on Tuesday for Palestinians to "show that they control their own people" before seeking UN recognition of an independent state.

A doctor says Poland's President Lech Kaczynski has been released from the hospital after spending a night there.

Increasing numbers of radical Islamic Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message in English. Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The United States has invited a Syrian official to Washington for the first time in five years as part of its efforts to improve relations with the Damascus government, a U.S. official and diplomats said Sunday.

Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a site revered by Muslims and Jews that has been a major faultline in the Middle East conflict.

Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a site revered by Muslims and Jews that has been a major faultline in the Middle East conflict.

Tensions ran high after clashes erupted in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday at Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a site revered by Muslims and Jews that has been a major faultline in the Middle East conflict.

Jerusalem's Old City remained calm on Monday after several people were wounded the day before in clashes at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint site sacred to both Muslims and Jews.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Authorities removed two men from a United Airlines flight at Los Angeles International Airport for suspicious behavior on Monday, but later called the incident a false alarm.

Israel will free 20 Palestinian women prisoners in exchange for a video of a soldier held in Gaza, officials said on Wednesday, in a major breakthrough in nearly three years of indirect talks with Hamas.

Israel will free 20 Palestinian women prisoners in return for a video of a soldier held in Gaza, in a breakthrough in nearly three years of indirect talks with Hamas, officials said on Wednesday.

Israel will free 20 Palestinian women prisoners in return for a video of a soldier held in Gaza, in a breakthrough in nearly three years of indirect talks with Hamas, officials said on Wednesday.

Rebecca Santana named Associated Press bureau chief in Iraq. Rebecca Santana, who has covered the Middle East and Russia as a reporter and editor, has been named bureau chief for The Associated Press in Baghdad.

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Nineteen Palestinian women prisoners were freed on Friday in a breakthrough swap for a video of soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held by Gaza militants since 2006.

Israel freed 19 Palestinian women prisoners on Friday in a swap for footage showing soldier Gilad Shalit looking healthy after more than three years in captivity at the hands of Gaza militants.

Israel freed 19 Palestinian women prisoners on Friday in a swap for footage showing soldier Gilad Shalit looking healthy after more than three years in captivity at the hands of Gaza militants.

Israel freed 19 Palestinian women prisoners on Friday in a swap for footage showing soldier Gilad Shalit looking healthy after more than three years in captivity at the hands of Gaza militants.

The Palestinian Authority faced a backlash at home and a split among Arab ranks on Sunday after it backed a UN decision to delay a vote on a report accusing Israel of war crimes in the Gaza Strip.