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  • Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list

    Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Twenty seven suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...

  • Hezbollah Chief Confirms Syria Presence

    The chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his group will not stand by while the neighboring government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attacked. Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Saturday Hezbollah was fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon from the threat of radical Islamists. It was the first time Nasrallah has publicly confirmed Hezbollah's fighting presence in Syria. The ...

  • Better Place to be liquidated

    Better Place , notified the TASE today that it has decided not to invest the venture's upcoming financing round because no investors were found to share in the large investment needed. Better Place will shortly submit a motion for liquidation with the court. Market sources estimated recently that Better Place would need at least another four years, and investment of another $500 million, to ...

  • Rockets hit Hezbollah Beirut heartland

    Four people were wounded on Sunday when tworockets exploded in the Shiite-majority Hezbollah heartland of south Beirut, aLebanese security source ...

  • Two rockets hit Hezbollah stronghold in Southern Beirut

    Back to reality. After Hezbollah supporters commemorated the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon yesterday, reality rocked the city of Beirut today. Four people have been wounded in southern Lebanon on Sunday when two Grad rockets exploded in the ...

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Salesman [DVD]

Salesman [DVD]

What is it about salesmen that bring to mind failure? From Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman to David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, dramas on page, stage, and screen have consistently cast salesmen in the role of the tragic loser--the fundamental prototype of the failed American dream. Maybe it is because it is their job to peddle the wares of the American dream--those desirable ma ... ...

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  • Hezbollah chief vows to stand by Syrian regime in fight against rebels

    "The battle is ours, and I promise you victory," Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in televised remarks Saturday. Nasrallah is committing his followers to a battle in Syria to salvage the rule of President Bashar Assad. BEIRUT - The leader of the militant group Hezbollah on Saturday aligned his powerful movement squarely behind the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad and ...

  • Israel will have only nuclear weapons left

    Only two days after Obama announced the budget cuts, Israeli Finance Minister said at a government meeting that the economic difficulties in the U.S. concerned Israel and expressed hope that they would not suffer from the cuts. The U.S.-Israeli Public Affairs Committee, a powerful pro-Israel lobbying organization, at its annual conference in Washington intends to seek preservation of military ...

  • Rockets Land in Hezbollah Stronghold in Beirut

    Reports say the rockets landed in the southern part of the Lebanese capital Sunday, wounding at least three people. It was not clear who was responsible for firing them. The rocket attacks came a day after Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed his group will not stand by while the neighboring government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attacked. Nasrallah said in a speech Saturday that ...

  • Twin blasts at Beirut Hezbollah stronghold injure at least 5

    Two explosions in the southern part of the Lebanese capital have injured at least five people, state news reported. The attack on the Hezbollah-controlled district comes hours after the movement's chief pledged to support the Syrian government. The blasts came after two rockets were launched in Beirut early in the morning, witnesses said. The attack struck near a car dealership, the ...

  • Hezbollah throws its support to Syria

    Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, gives a televised speech from an unknown location on Saturday, May 25, 2013, to mark the anniversary of Israel's May 2000 withdrawal from southern Lebanon. The date is commemorated each year by Hezbollah as a major military victory, but this year's anniversary comes at a time when Hezbollah is facing growing criticism in Lebanon for its involvement in ...

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