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Mohamed ElBaradei is retiring Monday as chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency with the Iran nuclear issue unresolved and IAEA inspectors banned from North Korea.

Eqyptologist Peter Lacovara appears at the ancient Egyptian exhibit featuring to mummies from 900 B.C. at the Albany Institute of History & Art in Albany, more... Voorheesville Middle School students take a tour of the ancient Egyptian exhibit featuring to mummies from 900 B.C. at the Albany Institute of History & Art in Albany, more...

Defiant to the end as she embraced emotional supporters outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Lynne F. Stewart , the radical lawyer known for defending unpopular clients, surrendered on Thursday evening to begin serving her 28-month sentence for assisting terrorism.

US President Obama told our Major Garrett a oeI think additional settlement building does not contribute to Israela s security.

To foster discussion of President Barack Obama's trip to Asia, the Times is inviting readers living in the countries he is visiting to share their views with us via video.

David W. Brenner will present a talk on the life and times of Christopher F. Kompare at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Greater Oneonta Historical Society's History Center at 183 Main St.

It is easy to see why Mahmoud Abbas keeps throwing in the towel. It hasna t gone so well for him since he took over the Palestinian Authority with the promise of leading Palestinians down the moderate path to statehood and dignity.

State Police in Greene County are not offering any details but it's reported a State Trooper in his patrol car has struck a tree or a utlity police on Route 32 in Cairo.

CAIRO - New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will return to Egypt a fragment of an ancient pharoanic shrine it purchased from a collector, Egypt's antiquities department said Monday.

In this Aug. 20, 2009 file photo, an Egyptian antiquities worker performs restoration work on the Ben Maimon Synagogue in Cairo, Egypt.

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An Iraqi police official says a bomb has killed one journalist and wounded another in northern Iraq.

A Hudson County Sheriff's Office detective has been suspended following his arrest in New York on charges that include drunk driving, officials said.

President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced in Oslo that it has awarded the annual prize to the president "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." The award cited in particular Mr.

Washington's special Mideast envoy wrapped up his latest round of shuttle diplomacy in the region on Sunday, again having failed to persuade the Israelis and Palestinians to resume peace talks.

The Palestinian leadership has quickly backtracked in its approach to a U.N. report accusing Israel of possible war crimes in Gaza, in what its top diplomat acknowledged Thursday is erupting into a "clear crisis" for its people.

Todd Thaler launched his career as a casting director 25 years ago by overseeing background casting for Woody Allen, a position he held on 14 of Allen's films, starting with "The Purple Rose of Cairo." As head of his own company, Todd Thaler Casting in New York, he has cast principals on films including Todd Field's "Little Children," Sidney ...

EXCLUSIVE : The release of a tape showing that captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is alive is the first stage of a broader deal being negotiated with Israel on the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, the senior Hamas leader in Gaza said Wednesday.

NEW YORK - When President Barack Obama said the United Nations had reached 'a pivotal moment,' he could just as well have been referring to his own presidency.

Federal officials announced charges against a Brooklyn man on Thursday, saying he traveled overseas intent on joining a terrorist group and fighting United States forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans.