USA: Homeland Security report sparks uproar

USA: Homeland Security report sparks uproar A Department of Homeland Security report warning of possible radicalization of right-wing extremists rubs US conservatives the wrong way. The report released last week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis suggested that concerns over illegal immigration, abortion, increasing federal power and restrictions on firearms could...

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Jewellery Robbery in Store in Karachi Pakistan

Jewellery Robbery in Store in Karachi Pakistan Bank Robbery in Habib Bank Karachi Pakistan Board of Karachi fails to curb cheating in Secondary School Muslim Commerical Bank ATM Roberry in Karachi (Latest Video)] See All Shocking Video's Only On ..  Don't Forget to SHARE with your Friends ...

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Taliban flogging girl in Swat

Taliban flogging girl in SwatMINGORA. A footage appears to show a 17-year-old girl being beaten in public by Taliban in Pakistan’s northwestern region of Swat.DCO Swat has claimed that the flogging incident was occurred before a peace deal between the government and the militants.Click here For The Vi...

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Zionists: We hate you because you are evil, not because you are Jewish

I have been under fire of late from two diametrically opposite quarters. First, the fanatical, self-worshiping Zionists who think that non-Jewish suffering should never ever be compared with Jewish suffering. Click here For Deta...

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Palestinians hopeful reconciliation talks will end national rift

Palestinians at home and in the Diaspora are hoping that the Egyptian-sponsored national reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo will succeed in ending the rift between the two largest Palestinian national movements. The Palestinian national cause has suffered immensely as a result of the enduring crisis as the apartheid...

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'I saw the lust to kill in his eyes'

A terrorist attack which left 13-year-old Shlomo Nativ dead and a 7-year-old boy wounded ended Thursday after a Bat Ayin resident who saw the younger boy running from the terrorist stepped in and disarmed the man."I saw a boy, aged 7 or 8, running past my house, and then I saw a 20-year-old man running after him," Avinoam Maimon told Channel 10. "I approached him, and he turned to me and tried to attack me with the axe.""I grabbed his hand, we struggled,...

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Girl, 7, becomes radio agony aunt

A "straight talking" schoolgirl has become a popular agony aunt at the age of seven after she called her local radio station and advised a listener who wanted to abandon her boyfriend.The radio station was so impressed which the advice that the caller should go bowling with friends and drink a mug of milk that Elaina Smith has been given a weekly slot to give tips to adult listeners.She has tackled problems ranging from how to abandon boyfriends, relationship breakdown, and smelly brothers.She said: "I used to want to be a vet when I was younger,...

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Liz Hurley: My husband is amazing and my marriage is fine

Liz Hurley has dismissed reports of an impending marriage split from Arun Nayar as "absolute nonsense".The model and actress praised her "amazing" husband as she launched her latest business venture, a beachwear boutique in a discount shopping centre. Liz Hurley and husband Arun Nayar Photo: GETTY The model and actress praised her "amazing" husShe served customers at the Elizabeth Hurley Beach Boutique in Bicester...

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G-20 pumps $1 trillion into beating recession

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Leaders attending the G-20 summit in London Thursday laid out a raft of measures they said would shorten recession and save jobs. ...

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Counterpoint: Five gradations of stupidity

Some policies enacted by our many governments defy logic. They can only be characterized as policies of stupidity, particularly since they all will reap harsh domestic and international repercussions. More than the policies making no sense, there seems to be no redeeming value to them. It is as if arbitrariness is the new ideological guide for decision-making.An Arab shows his Israeli ID...An Arab shows his Israeli ID card at a checkpoint.Photo: Ariel JerozolimskiOur leaders cannot see the forest through the trees. Simply, there is no correlation...

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Fundamentally Freund: The first rabbi of the Americas

Saturday, April 4, marks the 316th anniversary of the passing of a seminal figure in the history of American Jewry.And while Rabbi Isaac Aboab da Fonseca's name may not sound familiar to many contemporary North and South American Jews, the heroic example he set of fighting for religious liberty while simultaneously defending the integrity of Judaism remains compellingly relevant.Indeed, as much of Diaspora Jewry struggles to walk the fine line between fidelity to tradition and openness to modernity, it is worth recalling the tenacity and resolve...

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Rosner's Domain: Palestine can be just like the Solomon Islands!

One can't write an article titled Who Gets a State? without reffering to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. And indeed, Stephen Krasner of Stanford, in a post for the newly redesigned Foreign Affairs has something to say about our little problem:Palestine faces an even bigger challenge to achieving sovereignty. Once again, however, the problems preventing a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict relate not to population size or geography, but to the political interests of key actors. One crucial issue is security. Regardless of the...

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Rosner's Domain: Radical? extreme? can't see it

My short comment on Netanyahu's speech to the Knesset yesterday was posted here.One line: As I was listening to his speech, I was amazed that there are people still portraying his message as “extreme” or “radical.” It could be safely characterized as mainstream. Any supporters drawn to a bolder, more revolutionary, Netanyahu might have been disappoint...

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Turkey, Israel to hold joint exercises

Israel will take part in a joint naval exercise with Turkey this summer despite months of tense relations between Jerusalem and Ankara.Israel Navy gunships.Israel Navy gunships.Defense officials said the Israel Navy would allocate at least one missile ship to participate in a search-and-rescue exercise in the Mediterranean Sea in July. Other NATO member countries are expected to join the drill.The Israeli and Turkish navies have enjoyed years of...

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Ashdod girl nearly drowns in breath-holding contest

A 12-year-old Ashdod girl who has been a trained swimmer since the age of five was successfully revived last week after apparently being bumped underwater while competing against other girls in holding her breath during a supervised lesson.She has now been discharged in good health after two days in intensive care at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot.Esther Ori reportedly lay on the bottom of the pool for about 70 seconds before other girls noticed...

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The American Jewish Committee deserves better leadership

If ever an issue begged for the intervention of a Jewish organization of international stature, it was the Mohamed al Dura affair. This notorious blood libel accused Israeli soldiers of shooting to death an Arab boy in Gaza on September 30, 2000. Though the event was actually a staged hoax, it was broadcast the same day on French public television station, France 2. Mohamed al Dura became an icon for all Muslim children. The story triggered rioting,...

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Giving the Diaspora a say

Article's topics: Diaspora, Peace Process One of the most intractable issues facing Israel, its government and general public is the real nature of the relationship with the Diaspora. Is this a relationship of reciprocal, mutually benefitting and interdependent interests? Is it a vital relationship without which neither could realize their respective and most basic endeavors? Or alternatively, could each exist independently and follow its own narrow interests? These questions are challenging and touch upon the very nature of the linkage between...

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The Amish get a hamish welcome

The city's ultra-Orthodox Jews took the Pennsylvania Amish on a walking tour of their world Tuesday, saying their communities are naturally drawn to each other with a commitment to simpler lifestyles.Anna Stoltzfus, left, talks...Anna Stoltzfus, left, talks with her husband Matthew Stolzfus in front of a portrait of the late Lubavitcher Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, while taking a tour at a museum Tuesday in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn,...

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Analysis: Arab summit in Qatar - a demonstration of weakness

The yearly gathering of Arab leaders which took place this week in Doha was supposed to be a summit of reconciliation; instead it laid bare the depth of the chasm in the Arab world, which was revealed in all its helplessness.Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi...Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi speaks during the opening session of the Arab Summit in Doha, Qatar, Monday.Photo: APSLIDESHOW: Israel & Region | WorldScheduled to run for two days - March...

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Ten feared dead, six missing after helicopter crashes in North Sea

Ten people are feared dead and six missing after their helicopter ditched in the North Sea on its return from an oil platform.ixteen people - 14 oil workers and two crew - were on board the Bond Super Puma helicopter when it came down 35 miles from the mainland at Crimond, between Fraserburgh and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, just before 2pm.The workers were on their way back from the BP-operated Miller oil and gas field when the helicopter's pilot issued...

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Clinton backs talks with moderate Taliban

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday endorsed Afghan plans to hold reconciliation talks with moderate Taliban members."We must support efforts by the government of Afghanistan to separate the extremists of al Qaeda and the Taliban from those who joined their ranks, not out of conviction but out of desperation," Clinton said in an address laying out the new U.S. strategy for the region that President Obama...

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Oprah Winfrey school in South Africa faces second sex scandal

The South African school established by Oprah Winfrey has been hit by its second sex scandal in two years, with seven pupils suspended for displaying ‘inappropriate behaviour’ towards other children.Read More >&...

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The Claim: Heart Attack Symptoms Differ According to Sex

Most people can spot the classic symptoms of a heart attack: chest pain, shortness of breath, and radiating pain in the neck, back, jaw and arms.Read More >&...

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Jews Prime Minister designate Extreme Islam is our biggest security threat

Israel seeks peace with the entire Arab and Muslim world, but continues to be threatened by the forces of Islamic extremists, Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu said minutes before he was scheduled to be sworn in early Tuesday evening.Read More >&...

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Palestinians fire three Kassams at Negev

Palstinian in the Gaza Strip fired three Kassam rockets at southern Israel on Tuesday afternoon. Two of the rockets hit open areas in the Sdot Negev region, and another landed outside Sderot. There were no reports of casualties or damage.Read More >&...

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Binyamin Netanyahu-designate: Nuclear Iran is our biggest security threat

Israel seeks peace with the entire Arab and Muslim world, but continues to be threatened by the forces of Islamic extremists, Prime Minister-designate Binyamin Netanyahu said several hours before he was scheduled to be sworn in early Tuesday evening.Read More >&...

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Beautiful Womens in Isreali Army

Few Canadians realize that their country is one of the world's leading producers and exporters of advanced, war technology. Such is the power of the long-prevailing mythology that Canada is a great, global force for peace. However, many of Israel's most-deadly, US-made weapons systems--now being used in air strikes against Lebanon--would not be able to function without hundreds of crucial, high-tech, electronic components supplied by Canadian war...

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Israel, Jewish History,and the War on Terror

An Introduction     Ask any "terrorist" targeted in the "War on Terror" what he is opposing, and invariably the answer will be given: the Zionist occupation of the Middle East and Palestine in particular. This explanation was given by Osama bin Laden in a taped speech broadcast by Al-Jazeera, and has been given by other "terrorists" since 1948.     It is a revealing fact that the first official act of the...

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The Israel Green Movement and Gaza

The Israel Green Movement is currently working on a position paper with regard to the recent violence in Gaza and southern Israel.  It is well worth reminding in the meantime that the Green Movement, which mourns the loss of all human life,  supports the right of Israel and its government to protect the lives of its citizens.  At the same time, we believe that the way forward to peace between Israel and Palestine is based on mutual...

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KKL-JNF delegation from the UK Solidarity and Commitment

An honorary delegation of heads of JNF UK renewed the deep commitment of Friends of KKL-JNF in Great Britain to the welfare of residents of the Western Negev in general, and residents of the city of Sderot in particular. The delegation also included heads of the One Family Fund for aiding families of terror victims that operates in close cooperation with Friends of KKL-JNF in the United Kingdom.Still jetlagged from their overnight flight, the delegation,...

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