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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden arrive at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv, March 8, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Biden assures Israel of U.S. security commitment

Reuters - Tue Mar 9, 1:50 PM

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assured Israel Tuesday of Washington's commitment to its security and preventing Iran from producing nuclear weapons.

  • Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivers a speech in the coastal city of Benghazi in February 2010. US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley on Tuesday voiced 'regret' over his jibe against Kadhafi and announced a US top diplomat would visit Tripoli next week. Photo:Mahmud Turkia/AFP
    US 'regrets' Kadhafi jibe, sends envoy to Libya AFP - 46 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States said Tuesday it is sending a top envoy to Libya as it voiced "regret" that a US jibe taken by Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi as an insult had harmed ties with the oil-rich country.

  • US Vice President Joe Biden (R) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) prior to their meeting at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem. Israel approved on Tuesday building 1,600 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, announcing the move as Biden met top Israeli officials to boost renewed peace efforts. Photo:David Furst/AFP
    Biden slams Israel settlement plan AFP - 48 minutes ago

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel approved on Tuesday building 1,600 new settler homes in east Jerusalem, announcing the move as US Vice President Joe Biden met top Israeli officials to boost renewed peace efforts.

  • Former CBS television producer Robert Joel Halderman appears in New York State Supreme Court in New York March 9, 2010. Halderman, accused of a $2 million extortion attempt against U.S. talk show host David Letterman pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny in exchange for agreeing to a six-month sentence. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
    Accused Letterman extortionist pleads guilty Reuters - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A television producer pleaded guilty on Tuesday to trying to extort $2 million from U.S. talk show host David Letterman by threatening to reveal his affairs with women who worked on his late-night program on CBS.

  • U.S. herpes rates remain high: CDC Reuters - 1 hour, 31 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.

  • Toyota, U.S. officials investigate runaway Prius Reuters - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago

    LOS ANGELES/DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp dispatched investigators to San Diego on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier.


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