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For Mideast foes’ Oscar films, family trumps flag

As their nations warn of war, the Israeli and Iranian directors facing off at next week\’s Academy Awards share a reluctance to see politics read into their movies, both of which are portraits of troubled families. Joseph Cedar, director of Israel\’s \”Footnote,\” and Asghar Farhadi, maker of Iran\’s \”A Separation,\” stress that their works are about human issues and not conflicted governments that seem to be slipping into ever deeper diplomatic isolation.

Rice: ‘No shortcut’ to Mideast peace

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, told a Jewish group that there is “no shortcut” to peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

No breakthrough on Mideast peace, talks to go on

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators made no breakthrough during their first high-level discussions in more than a year on Tuesday, but agreed to hold further talks in Amman on a confidential basis, Jordan\’s foreign minister said.

Iran threatens to cut off Mideast oil

Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz if its oil exports are subjected to foreign sanctions, the Islamic Republic\’s official news agency reported.

Egypt votes in first post-Mubarak election

Egyptians voted on Monday in their first election since a popular revolt ousted Hosni Mubarak, amid fears the generals who replaced the deposed leader would try to cling on to power.

Egypt vote tests troubled political transition

Egyptians vote on Monday in the first big test of a transition born in popular revolutionary euphoria that soured into distrust of the generals who replaced their master, Hosni Mubarak.

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