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A two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians is now needed more urgently than ever, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said.
Ms Rice also urged Arab states to accept a peaceful and permanent home for Israel.
Israel has said there can be no deal for a Palestinian state unless its own security is guaranteed.
Ms Rice [...]

Islamic militants took 120 police and paramilitary soldiers hostage overnight in northwest Pakistan but released them Saturday after disarming them, a rebel spokesman said.
The men were seized in the town of Matta in the scenic Swat valley in Northwest Frontier Province after militants besieged their post late Friday.
"Around 120 policemen and paramilitary soldiers surrendered after [...]

By CHARLES HUTZLER, Associated Press Writer
North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, a senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington decided to remove the designation.

“No, they haven’t been taken off the terrorism list,” Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told Japanese reporters as he arrived in [...]

US President George W Bush has met senior US and Iraqi officials at a US air base in Anbar province in Iraq.

The talks at al-Asad air base were attended by the US secretary of state, defence secretary, the US ambassador to Iraq and the head of US forces there.
They were joined by [...]