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  • MK proposes 5-years in jail for posting sex tapes

    Disseminating nude photos or videos without the subject's permission could be punishable by a prison sentence of up to five years, according to a new bill proposed by MK Yifat Kariv.The bill is an amendment to the Law to Prevent Sexual Harassment and will be brought to a vote in the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on ...

  • Five palestinians killed 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

    Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ...

  • ‘Time needed for Syria to master the S-300’

    Syria would require a considerable period of time before it could master the S-300 air defense system, a defense analyst said Friday.The comments came soon after Russia said it remains committed to an arms deal with Syria to deliver the advanced ...

  • Syrias Assad Little Chance Peace Talks Would Succeed-Newspaper

    LIMA -- Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on ...

  • Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strike

    Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...

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Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition, director Sam Mendes' follow-up to his 1999 Oscar-winning hit American Beauty, is a stately, elegant gangster film, beautifully directed and somehow both moving and slightly distanced. Perhaps it is the film's formal beauty--its graceful camera movements, rich dark-amber hues, and precise compositions--that keeps it at a slight distance, almost too gorgeous an imag ... ...

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  • The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset theeffect of natural gas production on the exchange rate

    The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate 13/05/2013 Natural gas production in Israel is causing an improvement in the current account, which is leading to appreciation pressures on the shekel. This phenomenon, often referred to ...

  • Lapid Cuts will push haredim into workforce

    Finance Minister Yair Lapid said Thursday the harshest cuts in his controversial budget were aimed at haredim in hopes of pushing them into the labor force."I already cut for the haredim more than ever has been," he said in a Facebook chat Thursday night, alluding to cuts in child allowances that disproportionally affect the ultra-Orthodox community, whose birth rate is four times ...

  • Even with dementia life can still be worth living

    Many people regard Alzheimer's disease - the most common cause of dementia - as a hopeless death sentence. Yet, although it is a progressive, fatal disorder that affects two percent of those over age 65 and 20% of those over 80, there are numerous things that can be done to ease the suffering of those with the condition and that of their families. There are currently 100,000 families ...

  • Healthful foods should be price controlled

    It seems idiotic that whole wheat bread, rice and other products should be more expensive than bleached products that undergo additional procedures before reaching the supermarket shelves. In addition, low-fat dairy products, which are also healthier, should be cheaper than high-fat ones, as the fat can be siphoned off and used to make ice cream, for example.Thus, it would make sense for ...

  • Erdan appeals gov’t approval of gas plant

    Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan filed an appeal on Thursday against a decision the Ministerial Committee for Internal Affairs, Services and Local Government made to approve the establishment of a natural gas power plant in the Be'er Tuviya industrial complex."On days in which the threat of missiles increases, the government must make every effort to reduce the risk to the ...

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