>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Never mind the ceremonial handshakes and diplomatic fanfare. Through decades of halting U.S.-led peace efforts, rarely has an Israeli-Palestinian peace process started with lower expectations than the relaunch of face-to-face talks hosted in Washington Thursday.While both sides voiced their commitment to President Barack Obama's ambitious goal of forging a deal on Palestinian statehood within a year, that's easier said than done.Talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas -- the first direct negotiations in 20 months -- brought soaring words in public about the need for difficult compromises.Behind closed doors, apparently the...

>CORRECTION TO BROADCAST TIME: AIRS AT 2 PM ETNEW YORK, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first 13-week series of Carnegie Council's Global Ethics Forum airs nationally on MHz Worldview in September.Custom-designed for television, Global Ethics Forum is a half-hour international affairs program debuting on the MHz Worldview Lecture block on...

>The website Saham News said members of the Basij, a militia loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been surrounding the house for days, "savagely assailed" Karoubi's home Wednesday night and broke down his door Thursday."These individuals, who seemed to enjoy police support and protection ... broke Karoubi's...

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