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	Mitchell Mideast travel in flux amid U.S.-Israel row WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. envoy's plans to visit the Middle East were up in the air on Monday, the State Department said, as it waited for Israel to respond to U.S. demands it show that it is serious about peace talks with the Palestinians. U.N. set for more discreet talks with Taliban: envoys UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon suggested in a new report on Afghanistan that the United Nations is ready to continue informal talks with the Taliban but the contact must be discreet, diplomats said. German Catholics urge pope to speak on sex scandals BERLIN (Reuters) - German Catholic politicians and lay activists urged Pope Benedict on Monday to speak out about sexual abuse cases by priests that have shocked the country and led to questions about his management of the crisis. Brown to "keep going" even if party loses poll LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday he would stay on as leader of the Labour Party even if it fails to win a majority at an election expected in May. Protesters push for polls as Thai tensions build BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters pressed ahead with a mass street rally in Bangkok on Monday after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva rebuffed their demand for elections at a time of heightened political tension. U.S. transfers prison, 2,900 ex-insurgents to Iraq BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military handed over a $107 million prison and nearly 3,000 inmates to the Iraqi government on Monday as it prepares to leave Iraq seven years after ousting Saddam Hussein. Uribe coalition pressured after Colombia vote BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian presidential frontrunner Juan Manuel Santos faces a struggle to secure an outright victory in May's election after legislative election results over the weekend put President Alvaro Uribe's alliance under pressure. Yemen says launches more air strikes on al Qaeda SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen carried out air strikes against what they said were al Qaeda targets in the south for a second day on Monday, and authorities in the north recovered the remains of five people whose identities were being checked. Israeli troops wound 7 Palestinians: medics ATARA, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli troops wounded at least seven Palestinians during a confrontation in the West Bank on Monday, Palestinian medical sources said, and a senior Palestinian politician said a new Intifada could break out. Syria agrees to receive Druze leader: Hezbollah BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's President Bashar al-Assad will meet Druze leader Walid Jumblatt in Damascus after he made conciliatory remarks about the Syrian leader, Hezbollah, which had been mediating between the two, said on Monday.

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