* FM Livni: Middle Eastern Nations Share a Common Threat Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni expressed the view on Thursday that all the nations of the Middle East share a common threat - that of extremist religious ideology.
* Israel and the Garden of Eden It is said of Israel that she is a mini-cosmos. A country of immigrants hailing from more than 120 countries.
* Fresh fighting hits Lebanon camp Heavy fighting has resumed between the Lebanese army and Islamic militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon.
* A new/old idea for Palestinian peace It was almost 40 years ago that this city, like the rest of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, fell out of Jordanian hands and into Israeli control.
* Iran continues nuclear defiance Iran's chief nuclear negotiator has reiterated his country's refusal to suspend its nuclear programme after talks with EU officials in Madrid.
* US mulls long-term stay in Iraq The US is considering a long-term military presence in Iraq, similar to the arrangement agreed with South Korea.
* Rice: Russian Attitudes Locked In Past Russian attitudes are locked in the past, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
* Putin issues sharp warning to US, vows to counter 'imperialism' President Vladimir Putin issued an acerbic warning Thursday to the United States.
* 'Israel a Jewish state first' Israel is first and foremost a Jewish state, said Justice Dalia Dorner, who retired from the bench in 2004.
* EU 'distancing itself' from latest Georgia peace plan EU neighbour Georgia is angling for European support for a new solution to one of its "frozen conflicts."