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  • Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S. Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

    In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

  • Hezbollah minister bows out of wine institute launch

    From left, acting caretaker Agriculture Minister Gebran Bassil, caretaker Economy Minister Nicolas Nahas and former MP Salim Warde attend a conference at the ministry in Beirut, Friday, May 24, 2013. (The Daily Star/Hasan ...

  • Hezbollah must prevent sectarian strife Sleiman says

    Lebanon to plunge into sectarian strife, whether within its borders or beyond, in a clear reference to Hezbollah’s activities in embattled Syria. "The meanings of resistance are loftier than sinking into strife, whether ...

  • Hezbollah says terrorist label would be big mistake

    Hezbollah's deputy chief said Friday that the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group as ...

  • IN PICTURES 25000 hasidim attend Belz wedding

    25,000 ultra Orthodox Jews attended one of the largest weddings Jerusalem has ever seen this week, when Belz Hasidic dynasty rebbe, Rabbi Tissachar ...

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Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2

It was inevitable that Paranormal Activity 2, the sequel to Oren Pelis near-brilliant low-budget horror phenomenon from last year, would be highly derivative since the materials appeal lies entirely in conveying old-school haunted house chills via the intimately f ... ...

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  • Google eyes Israeli mapping start-up Waze

    Waze, an Israeli mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Nir ...

  • Palestinian kids swept up in wave of Israeli arrests

    Ahmed Jawabreh, 14, was arrested in the middle of the night for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank refugee camp where he lives and wasn't released for another 18 days. His was only one of a recent wave of arrests of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities, human rights groups ...

  • Hezbollah EU making big mistake

    Sheikh Naim Kassem told Al-Mayadeen TV Friday that such threats "do not concern" or worry the group. He did not elaborate.France this week joined an EU push to declare the group a terrorist organization amid frustration with Hezbollah's support for Syria's military.France's move could prove pivotal after Germany joined a British effort to name Hezbollah terrorist. The ...

  • Israeli-Palestinian problem at base troubles in Middle East says Jerusalem Patriarch

    "There is no doubt that the Palestinian problem is the focus of all conflict in the Middle East for the last one hundred years. This is the truth that we cannot circumvent," said Latin-rite Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem. Speaking at a conference in Beirut on Christians in the Middle East, sponsored by the World Council of Churches, the Patriarch said that the Israeli-Palestinian ...

  • Hezbollah EU Making Big Mistake

    Hezbollah's deputy chief says the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group "terrorist." Sheikh Naim Kassem told Al-Mayadeen TV Friday that such threats "do not concern" or worry the group. He did not elaborate. France this week joined an EU push to declare the group a terrorist organization amid ...

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