Israel refuses to reverse its decision to build new homes in largely Arab East Jerusalem, but it is offering measures to kick-start the peace process, Middle East envoy Tony Blair told CNN on Friday.

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Mideast Quartet: Peace deal in 2 years

American-born Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki is calling for jihad against America, claiming “America is evil” in a new audio message obtained exclusively by CNN.

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Purported al-Awlaki message calls for jihad against U.S.

Five Americans accused of plotting terror attacks in Pakistan were formally charged Wednesday with several terrorism-related counts, the prosecutor in the case told CNN.

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‘D.C. 5′ charged in Pakistan terror case

A Florida woman accused in the death of a lottery millionaire pleaded not guilty at a court hearing Monday in Hillsborough County, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported.

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Woman denies killing lottery millionaire

Electricity was restored Monday to all of Chile after an overheated transformer caused a blackout Sunday over 90 percent of the country, an official with Chile’s largest electric company told CNN’s partner network in the country.

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Lights on in Chile after huge blackout

Police across Europe arrested 69 suspected members of a Georgian-run mafia, including 24 in Spain, which was leading the investigation, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN Monday.

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Georgian mafia targeted in police swoop

Vatican analysts tell CNN that child abuse allegations in Germany, including in Pope Benedict XVI’s former archdiocese, could hurt the pontiff’s moral credibility.

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Sex abuse cases spell trouble for pope

Much of Chile was in the dark Sunday after a blackout knocked out power to 90 percent of the country, CNN’s sister network in the country reported.

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Widespread power blackout hits Chile

Twin suicide blasts kill at least 20 people in a high security area with a dense military presence in eastern Pakistan, CNN affiliate Geo TV reports.

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At least 39 killed in Pakistan bombing

Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has won his libel case against a Russian broadcaster in London, his spokeswoman told CNN on Wednesday.

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Russian tycoon wins poison libel case

Charisa Coulter, one of two American missionaries still detained in Haiti on suspicion of kidnapping 33 children after the January 12 earthquake there, will be released, her defense attorney told CNN on Monday.

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1 American in Haiti released, 1 still held

More than 100 people were dead after an attack on a predominantly Christian group in central Nigeria, officials told CNN on Sunday.

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Hundreds killed in Nigerian clashes

Adam Gadahn, an American spokesman for al Qaeda, has been arrested in Pakistan, a senior Pakistani government official source told CNN.

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Taliban leader Fateh Mohammad and more than two dozen militants were killed Friday in a Pakistani military airstrike, a Pakistani military official told CNN on Saturday.

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Strike kills Taliban leader in Swat Valley, Pakistan says

Reports that an Italian government official accused of financial corruption allegedly used a Vatican choir singer to arrange gay liaisons for him are “shameful,” the official’s lawyer told CNN Saturday.

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Lawyer: Sex claims leak ’shameful’