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What is polonium-210 and how can it kill?

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

**FILE** Yasser Arafat (Associated Press)

Palestinians ready to exhume Arafat body for tests

By Dalia Nammari and Geir Moulson - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this April 29, 1987, file photo, Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, attends a press conference while on an official visit in Paris. The former Israeli prime minister, who clung throughout his life to the belief that Israel should hang on to territory and never trust an Arab regime, has died. He was 96 years old. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz, File)

Former Israeli PM Shamir dies at 96

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

**FILE** Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's economic adviser Mohammed Rashid (right) and then-Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres (left) shake hands May 11, 2002, as Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni looks on at a ceremony before the start of a concert in Rome's Colosseum. (Associated Press)

Arafat’s former aide faces embezzlement charges

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

** FILE ** Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Associated Press)

Clinton: Arafat changed mind on peace deal

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Illustration: Bomb by John Camejo for The Washington Times

SOBHANI: Roots of a statehood stalemate

By S. Rob Sobhani - The Washington Times

Associated Press
President Obama confers with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday at the White House. Mr. Obama reiterated his support for the creation of a Palestinian state, calling it the “only real way to solve” the conflict in the Middle East.

MOWBRAY: Time to talk sense into Palestinians

By Joel Mowbray - The Washington Times

Illustration by Pismestrovic, Kleine Zeitung, Graz, Austria

MOWBRAY: Fading hopes for peace

By Joel Mowbray - The Washington Times

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Endemic madness

Why Camp David II failed

By Amos Perlmutter