BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Israel prisoner deal 'is agreed': "A prisoner exchange has been scheduled for Tuesday between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.
The deal is expected to involve the release of several hundred Lebanese, Palestinian and other Arab prisoners in exchange for Israeli businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum"
Welcome to RockyMountTelegram!: "-A prisoner exchange between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas will take place Tuesday, with two Lebanese in Israeli custody to be swapped for an Israeli businessman and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers, a lawyer for the Lebanese said Saturday. "
EUobserver: "EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - The EU is poised to review its 14-year ban on arms to China, according to diplomatic sources in Brussels.
A Commission diplomat confirmed today that Foreign Ministers, meeting in Brussels on Monday, will discuss lifting the embargo, put in place since the Chinese government violently suppressed demonstrations at Tiananmen Square in 1989. "
UFO frenzy after Melbourne photo - (United Press International): "MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- A mysterious photo has sparked a UFO frenzy in north Melbourne, Australia.
Roland Rozario, a council officer, was doing a routine survey of a railway level crossing with a colleague last week, taking 10 or 12 photos, reports the Melbourne Herald Sun."
ESA - Mars Express: "Mars Express sees its first water � scientific results. 23 January 2004 ESA PR 06-2004. Mars Express, ESA�s first mission to Mars, will reach its final orbit on 28 January. It has already been producing stunning results since its first instrument was switched on, on 5 January. The significance of the first data was emphasised by the scientists at a European press conference today at ESA�s Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany."
Middle East Newsline -: "Syria has completed chemical warheads for its arsenal of Scud-based missiles.U.S. officials said Syria, with help from North Korea, has succeeded in designing and installing CW warheads for the Scud B, Scud C and Scud D missiles. This provides Syria with warheads that can reach distances from 250 to nearly 700 kilometers."
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | UN decision on Iraq 'due shortly': "United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan says he will announce 'shortly' if the UN is ready to return to Iraq.
Mr Annan spoke after a senior UN adviser, Lakhdar Brahimi, had talks with top officials in Washington on the planned US handover of power in Iraq. "
New Zealand News - World - Israel's Sharon faces mounting pressure in scandal: "JERUSALEM - Pressure mounted within Ariel Sharon's ruling coalition yesterday for the Israeli leader to quit if prosecutors indict him in a bribery scandal that threatens to overshadow Middle East peace efforts. "
Welcome to TimesDaily.com: "Eighteen percent of Britons do not want a Jewish prime minister, while 15 percent believe the scale of the Holocaust has been exaggerated, according to a poll published Friday. The ICM survey for the Jewish Chronicle, a weekly newspaper, comes as Jewish groups warn of rising anti-Semitism in Europe. The European Union is convening a conference on the issue."
BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | UN 'poised' for return to Iraq: "A United Nations team is set to return to Iraq to examine ways to transfer power to an Iraqi government. Iraq's Shia Muslims are holding nearly daily protests against US plans for the regional selection of representatives. "
BBC NEWS | Technology | Snooping industry set to grow: "Snooping powers given to more than 600 public bodies look set to create a small industry of private firms that will help process requests for information about who people call, the websites they visit and who they swap e-mail with. "
Israel News : Jerusalem Post Internet Edition: "The IDF reports that one soldier was killed and another seriously wounded in an attack on a bulldozer, which was deactivating a minefield along the Lebanese border Monday afternoon. "
Reuters | Latest Financial News / Full News Coverage: "A U.S.-based fertility expert who claims he has transferred a cloned human embryo into a woman's womb brushed aside skepticism Monday and said more couples were waiting to have the controversial treatment. "
Christian Solidarity Worldwide - Latest News: "The Sri Lankan President has warned that anyone who incites the Buddhist public to attack Christians and their places of worship would be dealt with firmly."
EUobserver: "Brazil may be about to buy into the controversial European satellite navigation system, Galileo, despite misgivings from their neighbour to the North, the United States."
Pope reaches out to Israeli rabbis: "Pursuing his goal of reconciliation among religions, Pope John Paul II received Israel's chief rabbis Friday and assured them of his commitment to Catholic-Jewish cooperation"
Aljazeera.Net - French priest fined for anti-Muslim comments: "A French priest has been fined 800 euros ($990) for describing the Quran as a handbook for the devil. "
Ohio.com - Northeast Ohio's Home Page: "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan has expanded its investigation of the country's premier nuclear weapons laboratory, detaining as many as seven scientists and administrators for questioning, amid allegations that sensitive technology may have spread to countries such as Iran, North Korea and Libya, officials said Sunday."
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