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  • U.S. condemns Hezbollahs intervention in Syrian conflict

    Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the "direct intervention" by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing "a significant role" ...

  • Israel cancels UNESCO delegations visit

    Israel has cancelled a planned visit by a UNESCO delegation to Jerusalem due to the efforts of Palestinian factions to politicise it. The Israeli foreign ministry said Monday the Palestinians were trying to turn this visit into a "fact-finding mission of Israel's moves in Jerusalem ". "The delegation's visit has been postponed, " reported Xinhua citing a source. "This was supposed to be a ...

  • 95 killed in Syrian violence Report

    A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria's Al-Qussair city since Saturday, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday. The toll comprises four civilians, 56 rebel fighters, 12 government troops and 23 fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah militant group, Xinhua reported. The army pushed its way into al-Qussair ...

  • Syria says destroys Israeli vehicle on its territory

    By Dominic EvansBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria said its troops destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into its territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday and warned that any attempt to violate its sovereignty would meet "immediate and firm retaliation".Israel said the incident took place on its side of Golan ceasefire line and the vehicle was damaged but not destroyed, ...

  • Israel Syria clash on Golan Heights cease-fire line

    By Albert Aji, The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syria said Tuesday it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the cease-fire line in the Golan Heights overnight, while the Israeli military said gunfire from Syria had hit an Israeli patrol, damaging a vehicle and prompting its troops to fire back.The two sides appeared to be referring to the same incident.Sporadic fire from Syria's ...

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Alice in Wonderland (2010) [Blu-Ray]

Alice in Wonderland (2010) [Blu-Ray]

Alice in Wonderland, a trippy reimagining of Lewis Carrolls Victorian-era nonsensical classics Alices Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, continues director Tim Burtons curious quest to reinvent childrens movies via his own warped im ... ...

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  • Beersheba mayor Our whole city is wounded

    Thousands turned out Tuesday for the funeral of Anat Even-Haim, one of four people who were gunned down in a shooting attack a day earlier at a bank in the southern city of Beersheba. Bank Hapoalim branch manager Avner Cohen, 44, his assistant manager Meir Zeitoun, 40, and customers Anat Even-Haim, aged 34, and Idan Schnitzer Sabari, 22, were shot dead by 40-year-old local resident Itamar Alon ...

  • IDF Shin Bet thwart terror attack kidnapping in W. Bank

    Shin Bet reveals that in past two months it nabbed members of two separate Hamas, Islamic Jihad cells that were planning to kill an Israeli and demand the release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the ...

  • Families attend funerals of Beersheba victims

    opened fire in a small Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba the previous day, killing four people before taking his own life.Responding to the tragedy, Beersheba Mayor Ruvik Danilovich said four were killed in the shooting, but the entire city was wounded and in pain. Army Radio reported earlier that the mayor had visited Walid Omar, 22, from the Negev Bedouin community, who was seriously injured ...

  • Israels Facebook community numbers 4m real users

    Israel's Facebook community numbers four million real users, who enter the social networking site at least once a month, and are not fake profiles. 60% of the Israeli users, 2.4 million people, enter Facebook daily, according to the company's official figures. 52% of Israeli Facebook users are men and 48% are women. People aged 18-24 are the biggest segment by age, accounting for 30% ...

  • Syrian army destroys Israeli vehicle Israel responds with 2 rockets

    Syrian army destroyed an Israeli military vehicle that trespassed on Syrian territories and Israel responded by firing two rockets at a military site in Syria, the military general command said in a statement ...

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