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Rona Ramon still looks for "meaning in life" despite suffering two losses; her husband Ilan Ramon and her oldest son, Asaf, who followed in his father's footsteps as an Israeli air force fighter pilot.

Chosen in December to head the Syrian National Coalition, Moaz al-Khatib's offer to talk to regime officials mark a new approach, after the opposition has categorically refused to talk to the Assad government.

Syrian opposition claims bombed site was used to develop chemical weapons; Syrian army denies report that convoy carrying weapons to Hezbollah was bombed; U.S. official confirms Israel behind attack.

Liberal opposition to Morsi gets unexpected support from hard-line Salafi party as protests in Egypt intensify.

Obama's nominee for defense secretary says Iran needs to show that it is prepared to negotiate seriously, and should face 'severe and growing consequences' if it continues to flout world demands.

Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at opening of new exhibit documenting Adolf Hitler's 1932 election, urges Germans not to fall into complacency that enabled the Nazis to seize control.

More than 2,000 people gather on outskirts of Tehran to mark Sadeh.

Matthew Levitt of Washington Institute for Near East Studies says militants learning from 'amateurish' botched attempts.

Of the 21 research groups competing for the prize, the only two winners were the Human Brain Project, which seeks to understand the complex organ and its functions, and another project examining the properties of carbon-based material graphene.

Palestinians living in Arab countries, including the half-million refugees in Syria, are descendants of the hundreds of thousands who fled or were driven from their homes in the war that followed Israel's creation in 1948.

Crackdown is authorities' latest effort at shutting down dissenting voices.

Project focuses on everyday objects like a teddy bear, a diary and religious artifacts that survived the Holocaust along with their owners.

Prominent Jewish leaders condemn former Italian premier, as does candidate for local elections, who pledges he will seek to have Berlusconi prosecuted over comments made on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Obama and Pope Benedict XVI among world leaders to share 'Never Again' message; exhibition depicting Soviet suffering and liberation opens.

Protesters chanted slogans and carried banners and placards in protest against Israel's hosting of the European Under-21 Championship.

After falling behind by nine points, the Heat outscored Detroit 26-4 during a seven-minute stretch in the second quarter to take a 60-47 lead. Wade scored 15 points during the spurt.

Earlier Friday, Britain's Telegraph reported Syrian dictator's mother and sister have fled to the United Arab Emirates.

Protesters – mostly led by liberals and secularists – using anniversary to stage a show of strength in bid to force Morsi to amend a disputed constitution.

Yemen's official news agency says Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national dies of wounds sustained from October 2012 U.S. missile attack; exact time of death unclear.

The Futuwwa, or Youth, program, is a weekly elective offered in all of Gaza's high schools; Hamas' Haniyeh orders education minister to establish a full-time military college for next academic year.

Loyalists of King Abdullah II will remain in control of the new legislature, however, claiming a majority of the 150 seats up for grabs in Wednesday's parliamentary election.

Rebels say fighter jets carried out eight airstrikes on Daraya, a strategic suburb close to a key military air base southwest of Damascus.

Susan Rice said that the United States does not recognize the General Assembly vote in November 'as bestowing Palestinian 'statehood' or recognition.'

Last three rounds of negotiations failed to achieve a breakthrough; Egypt will consult proposal with world powers, Iran’s FM tells state media.

First Patriot missile batteries, sent by NATO members to Turkey, will be ready for use this weekend, senior officer says.