Responding to developer demands that it clarify its approval process, Apple on Thursday published a for the first time a document that details what it is looking for in new apps.

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Apple clarifies App Store approval process, fart apps not welcome

More than 18 months after the peace process which started in 1993 stumbled and stalled, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for United States-brokered peace negotiations in Washington on Thursday and agreed to meet again for two days beginning on Sept 14. But their plans to hold talks every two weeks could quickly become unstuck unless the …

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An oil platform that burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday was the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months.

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Oil platform catches fire in Gulf; workers OK

Some veteran peace process practitioners say Israel and the Palestinians should first aim for a partial solution because the gaps between the positions are too wide.

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Mideast Experts Fear Peace Talks Are Too Ambitious

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton officially inaugurated a new Middle East peace process Thursday urging patience and leadership from the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, who soon after agreed to meet in less than two weeks for a second round of talks. Barack Obama – Middle East – Israel – Peace – President

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An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday, the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months.

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By making a spectacle of negotiations, leaders have made Israelis and Palestinians less likely to agree. They should have conducted back-channel, off-the-record talks

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Newsweek: Why Mideast peace talks should be secret

By making a public spectacle of negotiations, leaders have made Israelis and Palestinians less likely to reach any agreement. President Obama should have pushed them to conduct back-channel, off-the-record talks instead.

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Mideast Peace Talks Should Have Been Secret

There may be less than meets the eye in the latest threat from WikiLeaks to reveal a new cache of secret Pentagon documents.

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Less Than Meets The Eye to Latest WikiLeaks Threat

Fannie Mae is asking for less money from the government, a sign that the cost to taxpayers for bailing out the mortgage giant could be billions lower than once thought. The government-controlled mortgage buyer said Thursday it has now set aside enough money to cover the majority of losses stemming from bad loans made from 2005 through 2008.

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