Cabinet Minister Iain Duncan Smith tells the BBC that he trusts the PM to stop eurozone countries using EU-wide institutions without the UK.

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PM ‘not backing down’ on EU pact

First Minister Peter Robinson attended his first GAA match in Armagh on Saturday night.

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Robinson attends first GAA match

JERUSALEM – The chief of the U.S. military held closed talks with the Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Israeli army’s chief of staff Friday in an effort to coordinate responses to Iran’s nuclear program. Read full article > >

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BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is pushing to form a Shiite-controlled government that risks tearing the country apart unless he changes course or is removed from office, a Sunni-backed politician said at a news conference Wednesday. Read full article > >

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Sunni-backed Allawi says Maliki risks splitting Iraq

BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is pushing to form a Shiite-controlled government that risks tearing the country apart unless he changes course or is removed from office, a Sunni-backed politician said at a news conference Wednesday. Read full article > >

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JERUSALEM – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that Israel was “very far off” from making a decision on a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The remarks appeared to be part of an effort to allay American concerns that Israel is preparing for an attack despite Washington’s objections. Read full article > >

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Israel accuses UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of “gratuitous bashing” after he said it was doing “immense damage” to the peace process through settlement building.

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Israel accuses UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg of “gratuitous bashing” after he said it was doing “immense damage” to the peace process through settlement building.

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Former police minister and ex-First Minister Alun Michael announces his intention to stand for south Wales police and crime commissioner.

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MP wants police commissioner job

JERUSALEM — Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met for the first time in more than a year in Amman on Tuesday and agreed to keep talking at further meetings, Jordan’s foreign minister said, adding that Israel had received written Palestinian proposals on borders and security and would respond. Although the minister, Nasser Judeh, was careful not to characterize Tuesday’s talks and the coming meetings as negotiations, the discussions in Jordan marked a resumption of direct contacts between the Israelis and Palestinians after a protracted impasse in peace efforts. Read full article > >

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Israelis and Palestinians meet, agree to keep talking

MADRID — Spain will slide back into recession early next year with the current quarter and the first of 2012 both registering negative growth, new Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said Monday. De Guindos said he expects the economy — the eurozone’s fourth largest — to contract by between 0.2 percent and 0.3 percent on the previous quarter in the final three months of this year and again in the first quarter of next year. He said the outlook for next year was poor. Read full article > >

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The UK has been “pulled back from the brink” by a government which remains focused on its “economic rescue mission”, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg tells his party in a new year message.

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Prime Minister David Cameron tells Irish state television that the Queen’s visit to the Republic of Ireland earlier this year was a “game-changer” in Anglo-Irish relations.

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BEIJING — Chinese and Japanese leaders have unveiled initiatives to tighten financial links between East Asia’s economic giants and sometime rivals — measures that could expand use of China’s tightly controlled currency abroad. During a visit to Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, the two governments said in a surprise announcement Sunday they will encourage use of their own currencies in bilateral trade, which now is conducted mostly in U.S. dollars. Read full article > >

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Prime Minister David Cameron says Britain would “never negotiate” the sovereignty of the Falklands against the wishes of the islanders.

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