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Settlements in West Bank Are Clouding Peace Talks Middle East negotiators agreed to keep talking, but the issue of West Bank settlements threatens to derail the negotiations. Wiesenthal Worked for Israeli Spy Agency, Book Alleges Simon Wiesenthal, who ran a one-man Nazi-hunting operation, worked for Israel’s spy agency, a new biography claims. Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan Afghanistan’s top bank official tried to calm fears of a meltdown at Kabul Bank, while scores of Afghans were unable to withdraw money from the bank. North Korea Takes Steps to Extend Dynastic Rule North Korea’s leader is to convene a ruling party meeting where it is expected that his son will be given an official post, a step on the road to leadership. Srinagar Journal: A Kashmir Hospital Is Witness to Conflict Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room.