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French oil major Total said Thursday it had signed three oil and gas agreements in Syria during a visit to the country by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined a four-way summit with regional leaders in Damascus on Thursday, seeking to boost the roles of Paris and the European Union in the Middle East.

OTTAWA - The RCMP has closed its long-running investigation into damaging leaks about Maher Arar - who was falsely accused of terrorist ties - without laying charges, The Canadian Press has learned.

OTTAWA - The RCMP has closed its long-running investigation into damaging leaks about Maher Arar - who was falsely accused of terrorist ties - without laying charges, The Canadian Press has learned.

Shimon Peres, speaking in English with simultaneous translation into Arabic, first congratulates Muslims on the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, adding that on this occasion “we have to pray for peace, …

The children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr’s bloodstained clothes.

The children crowd forward around the glass case, eager for a glimpse of the martyr’s bloodstained clothes.

Shimon Peres, speaking in English with simultaneous translation into Arabic, first congratulates Muslims on the start of the fasting month of Ramadan, adding that on this occasion “we have to pray for peace, …

Hamas supreme leader “moves to Sudan” [ Tom Gross ] The Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai reported this morning that Khaled Meshal, the supreme leader of the Palestinian Islamist terror group Hamas, has left Damascus to …

Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that indirect negotiations with Israel have brought “the possibility of peace,” though the two countries still have quite a way to go toward that goal.