US President Barack Obama puts down a rose in front of the gate building at the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany, Friday, June 5, 2009. Obama, who is en route from Egypt to France, visited Dresden before visiting the former Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald and the US regional medical center in Landstuhl during his stopover in Germany. (AP Photo/Oliver Multhaup, POOL)Obama Visits Concentration Camp Site In Germany -- Yahoo News/AP
WEIMAR, Germany – President Barack Obama toured a World War II concentration camp Friday after prodding the international community to redouble efforts toward separate Israeli and Palestinian states in hopes of resolving a conflict fueled by the Jewish nation's post-Holocaust creation.
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MIDDLE EAST
Obama calls for new effort for 2-state solution. Analysts see growing US-Israeli rift over settlements issue.
Lebanon struggles for stability on eve of elections.
Three die in Palestinian clash in West Bank.
US military reports 2 US troop deaths in Iraq.
ASIA
Tiananmen anniversary muted in mainland China.
Suicide blast at mosque in Pakistan kills 30.
China, US diplomats discuss NKorea crisis.
Three children among 30 killed in Afghanistan. Number of roadside bombs surge in Afghanistan.
AFRICA
Presidential candidate shot dead in Guinea-Bissau. Bissau army kills 'coup-plotters'.
Why the world cares more about Somalia's Pirates than its people.
Aid for starving Zimbabwe inmates.
Ethiopia admits Somalia presence.
UN urges South Sudan to stop ethnic conflict.
EUROPE
Obama meets with Merkel in Germany. Rift with Germany is next on diplomatic agenda.
Obama visits Buchenwald concentration camp.
French minister warns about alleged Airbus debris.
UK Politics: John Hutton resigns, pushing Gordon Brown closer to the brink.
Berlusconi fury over naked photos.
AMERICAS
Venezuela indicts owner of TV station critical of Chavez.
U.S. pushed hard for OAS accord.
11 bodies found inside abandoned car in Mexico.
Army kills 7 guerrillas in Colombia.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Canada refuses US Guantanamo request.
Georgetown lawyers to urge new
UN urges South Sudan to stop ethnic conflict.
Obama meets with Merkel in Germany. Rift with Germany is next on diplomatic agenda.
Obama visits Buchenwald concentration camp.
French minister warns about alleged Airbus debris.
UK Politics: John Hutton resigns, pushing Gordon Brown closer to the brink.
Berlusconi fury over naked photos.
Venezuela indicts owner of TV station critical of Chavez.
U.S. pushed hard for OAS accord.
11 bodies found inside abandoned car in Mexico.
Army kills 7 guerrillas in Colombia.
Canada refuses US Guantanamo request.
Georgetown lawyers to urge new Geneva Convention for terrorism.
North Korea missile tests don’t qualify as terrorism, U.S. says.
Oil price tipped to soar on Chinese demand.
U.S. jobless rate hits 9.4 percent in May; layoffs slow.
German central bank: economy to stagnate in 2010.
EUROPE
Obama meets with Merkel in Germany. Rift with Germany is next on diplomatic agenda.
Obama visits Buchenwald concentration camp.
French minister warns about alleged Airbus debris.
UK Politics: John Hutton resigns, pushing Gordon Brown closer to the brink.
Berlusconi fury over naked photos.
AMERICAS
Venezuela indicts owner of TV station critical of Chavez.
U.S. pushed hard for OAS accord.
11 bodies found inside abandoned car in Mexico.
Army kills 7 guerrillas in Colombia.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Canada refuses US Guantanamo request.
Georgetown lawyers to urge new Geneva Convention for terrorism.
North Korea missile tests don’t qualify as terrorism, U.S. says.
ECONOMIC/FINANCIAL CRISIS
Oil price tipped to soar on Chinese demand.
U.S. jobless rate hits 9.4 percent in May; layoffs slow.
German central bank: economy to stagnate in 2010.