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Netanyahu has no time for IAEA chief
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:47:30 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spends the time he was supposed to meet with the visiting head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, on vacation.

Netanyahu's office cancelled the meeting, saying "he would speak on the telephone to the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] Yukiya Amano later this week," Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported on Tuesday.
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The IAEA director general is on his first visit to Israel, having asked to hold talks with the premier months ago.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Security Adviser Uzi Arad would likewise not be meeting with Amano.
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The meeting is expected to focus on the issue of Israel's nuclear weapons amid mounting international pressure on the regime to place its controversial nuclear facilities under the agency's supervision.
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Israel orders destruction of 2 mosques
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:23:49 GMT

Israel has ordered the destruction of two newly built Palestinian mosques in the West Bank amid plans for the resumption of long-stalled peace talks next month.

The Israeli civil administration issued the demolition order under the pretext that the mosques lacked construction permits, Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Monday.
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The order comes at a time when the Muslim people of the Palestinian territory are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
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