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JERICHO, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen dressed in police uniforms on Friday broke into a prison in the West Bank city of Jericho and shot dead six Palestinian inmates, security sources said.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The United States called for calm and restraint by both the Palestinians and the Israelis on Tuesday after Israeli forces stormed a West Bank prison following the withdrawal of British monitors. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, who is traveling with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Indonesia, said the United States had been in touch with both sides to appeal for calm. "We want to see this resolved as quickly and peacefully as possible," he...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The United States called for calm and restraint by both the Palestinians and the Israelis on Tuesday after Israeli forces stormed a West Bank prison following the withdrawal of British monitors. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, who is traveling with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Indonesia, said the United States had been in touch with both sides to appeal for calm. "We want to see this resolved as quickly and peacefully as possible," he...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Archaeologists in northern Greece have uncovered traces of two prehistoric farming settlements dating back as early as 6,000 B.C., the Culture Ministry said Monday.The first site, located on a plot earmarked for coal mining by Greece's Public Power Corporation, yielded five human burials, as well as artifacts including clay figurines of humans and animals, sealstones, pottery and stone tools.The ministry said the one-acre site near Ptolemaida, some 330 miles northwest of...