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  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

  • Cisco set to open new centre in Israel

    The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid. The new centre is expected to offer 100 jobs, to be added to about 2,000 employees already work at Cisco center in Israel, reported Xinhua. Chambers Tuesday said the new project, whose main focus is ...

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during ...

  • Israeli intel Hamas using Qatar as base to plot terror strikes

    Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV -- Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Qatar was serving as an operational base for Hamas. Officials said the intelligence community has tracked an increasing number of Hamas operations to Qatar. They said the Hamas presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate, which included much of the political bureau, has led to initiatives ...

  • Hizbollahs opponents raise the stakes in Sidon

    BEIRUT // A shooting by gunmen loyal to a controversial Salafist sheikh in the southern Lebanese town of Sidon on Tuesday left one man dead and several wounded, officials said. The shooting by armed men loyal to Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir, who is fiercely opposed to the Shiite Hizbollah movement, took place in Abra, a suburb of Sidon, the security source said. "The shooting by armed men led to ...

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Firehouse Dog [DVD]

Firehouse Dog [DVD]

You wouldn't guess it at first, but Firehouse Dog is a great example of how CGI can work terribly against an otherwise good film. Ever since computer-generated imagery began replacing conventional special effects by bringing new, previously impossible images to the big screen, ... ...

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  • Ex-South African Israel ambassador likens Bedouin treatment to apartheid

    A former South African ambassador to Israel has invited the fury of the Israeli government by describing its treatment of the country's Palestinian Bedouin community as akin to ...

  • Chinese Fund to offer scholarships to Chinese students at Technion

    The Chinese Hanqing International Education Foundation signed an agreement with the Technion this week stating that it will offer scholarships in the amount of $8 million to Chinese students who study at the Technion.The agreement, which is valid for 20 years, was signed in the presence of Mayor of Haifa Yona Yahav, Technion President Professor Peretz Lavie, Chinese businessman Zhao Hanqing, and ...

  • Yaalon Iran should be forced to choose between nuclear weapons or survival

    Defense minister calls on international community to increase pressure on Iran; says Israel examining new developments in Tehran in light of presidential election results; adds that Syria's war is "nearing our ...

  • Entrepreneurs launch initiate for Palestinian future

    RAMALLAH - Young Palestinians who are fed up with the existing leaders' attempts to establish an independent Palestinian state launched their own initiative designed to give the young people a voice in determining the Palestinian future.Several Palestinian entrepreneurs launched NEWpal, a youth group based in this city, which got started this week by hosting a full day "Future ...

  • Dementia will be bigger world plague than AIDS

    AIDS, which affects millions of patients around the world, is a relatively minor plague compared to the epidemic of dementia -- especially Alzheimer's disease -- that will occur around the world in the coming decades, Prof. Richard Frackowiak, the director of the department of clinical neuroscience and head of the neurology service at CHUV University Hospital in Lausanne and co-director of ...

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