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Senior Hamas officials said Monday that the Islamic militant group is still wrangling with Israel over the names of 50 prisoners it wants released in exchange for a captive Israeli soldier, signaling significant gaps in the way of an anticipated deal.
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan may face probing questions about whether NATO member Turkey is tilting away from the West and toward Iran when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama next week.
UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (JTA) -- It's time for noon prayers in this Israeli Arab city, and a jumble of sneakers piles up outside the doors of a mosque on the top floor of a private high school for the sciences.
Every menorah tells a story. That's especially true of those in the collections of two Metro Detroit couples, Liz and Les Kannon in Ferndale and Rabbi David and Alicia Nelson in Southfield.
KIRYAT ARBA, WEST BANK -- Mayor Malachi Levinger does not consider himself a lawbreaker, but when Israeli building inspectors arrived in his West Bank town Tuesday to check for compliance with a newly imposed moratorium on construction in Jewish settlements, he and several dozen local residents b...
Richard Goldstone was honored with a human rights award.
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Tehran (UPI) Dec 3, 2009 - As tensions with Iran rise again, the Islamic Republic is reported to be expanding its naval power in the oil-rich Gulf and the Arabian Sea to be able to command the chokepoint Strait of Hormuz, the only way in or out of the Gulf.
Russia's Tatneft said it would invest $25 million to develop an oil field in eastern Syria. Tatneft identified its target as South Kishma in Dir Al Zour near the Iraqi border and with estimated reserves of 4.89 million tons of oil.
Major Nidal Malik Hasan's murder of 13 people at Fort Hood on November 5th was the act of an Islamic terrorist. The U.S. government is trying to explain it as just the act of a lone madman, but that's what terrorist attacks often are.
Would you go to Yemen? David Beasley and his wife did this November. This was Beasley’s second trip to the country. They returned Nov. 11 from their two-week visit to the Middle East. The trip was for the Center for Global Strategies (CGS), a group that Beasley serves as board chairman.
Arabs’, Jews’ raw emotions ground Israel’s low-budget Oscar contender. Like ads for the December holiday shopping season, which now start around the Fourth of July, the drumbeats for the Oscar and Golden Globe awards seem to resound earlier each year.
Tuesday, President Obama, speaking to the Corps of Cadets at West Point, laid out the reasons he’s decided to send 30,000 of their fellow soldiers to the moon-like terrain of Afghanistan . “I see firsthand the terrible ravages of war,” the president said. “If I did not think that the security of the United States and the safety of the American people were at stake in Afghanistan , I would gladly ...
ramallah, west bank | Senior Hamas officials said this week that the Islamic militant group is still sparring with Israel over the names of 50 prisoners it wants released in exchange for captured Israeli solder Gilad Shalit.
Faith Attaguile and Larry Hampshire are traveling to Gaza this month, bringing aid with a Viva Palestina convoy. For their Christmas vacation one Del Mar couple will be working to make a difference in a country far from home. Faith Attaguile, 63, and Larry Hampshire, 78, will join a Viva Palestina convoy of 250 vehicles to deliver medical, humanitarian and educational supplies to the residents ...
Washington - US President Barack Obama warned that tackling unemployment will be hampered by already ballooning debt levels as he hosted a jobs summit of more than 100 economists, business and labour leaders at the White House on Thursday. Speaking...
WASHINGTON -- His demeanor was not that of a young and inexperienced president, but that of an elder statesman. There was none of the boyish, fun-loving, "isn't-this-all-amazing?" charm that has exemplified so much of his public life. He smiled not once.
Washington - The gate crashers to a White House state dinner snubbed a real invitation on Thursday to a different centre of power in the nation's capital: Congress. Michaele and Tareq Salahi, would-be reality TV stars, declined to show up at a House ...
Washington - US emissions of greenhouse gases dropped 2.2 per cent in 2008 compared to the previous year, according to new government figures Thursday, as the country's deep recession and high oil prices drove down energy use. Emissions of carbon dio...
Tirana - Albanian health authorities on Thursday reported the country's first swine flu death, a 50-year-old man from the Adriatic port Durres. The man suffered from chronic disease, which was aggravated when he got infected with the new virus, the M...
In recent years, the university has strived to open doors while also opening minds by creating opportunities for international students and scholars to study, teach and do research on a North American campus.
