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  • Syria asserts right to respond to Israeli violations

    They Syrian government has said that it holds the right to respond to any Israeli violation against its sovereignty. The Syrian foreign ministry, in a letter to the UN, Tuesday complained against the latest Israeli violation which took place earlier, Xinhua reported. The complaint was made in the wake of an Israeli military vehicle violating the cease-fire being observed between Israel and ...

  • 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 ...

  • War drill set to test responses to chemical attack

    Authorities will hold a war drill next week based on the scenario of missiles pouring in from multiple fronts, with some carrying chemical warheads. The "targets" in the drill include population centers and strategic facilities.Named "Steadfast Home Front 1," the exercise will simulate the firing of missiles from Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza, and will include two air-raid ...

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The Grey [Blu-Ray]

The Grey [Blu-Ray]

After the deliberately cartoonish hyperbole of Smokin Aces (2006) and The A-Team (2010), director Joe Carnahan finally appears to be making good on the early promise he showed a decade ago with his sophomore film, the gritty police thriller Narc (2002). The Grey, which ... ...

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  • Yacimovich Morally corrupt to link murder to economy

    Connecting the shooting in Beersheba to the economic situation is immoral, opposition leader Shelly Yacimovich (Labor) said Tuesday."Murder is murder is murder," Yacimovich stated. "Itamar Alon committed a cruel, violent, inhuman massacre of innocent people and left deep suffering and pain behind him."The Labor leader said she argued with her closest advisers who asked ...

  • State vows to curb private gun ownership

    The government will work with all relevant public and private bodies in order to reduce the number of privately owned firearms in the country, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch said Tuesday, the day after Itamar Alon, a former security guard, used his firearm ...

  • Livni Scale tilts for freedom of information

    Justice Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday addressed a Knesset Freedom of Information conference, saying "the prominent public interest moves the scale overwhelmingly in favor of freedom of information," in the balance between the need for state secrecy and for public transparency regarding government dealings.On the 15th anniversary of the passage of the Law on Freedom of ...

  • Slomiansky Vote Buying Case to be Closed

    The Israel Police is expected to recommend that the prosecution close the case against MK Nissan Slomiansky (Bayit Yehudi) and suggest that he not be prosecuted on charges of "vote buying", Channel 2 News reported on ...

  • Keynote Address at YU Commencement to Focus on Aliyah

    Rabbi Joshua Fass, a Yeshiva University alumnus and executive director of Nefesh B’Nefesh, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate at YU’s 82nd Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 30, at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, NJ. YU President Richard M. Joel will also confer honorary doctorates upon entrepreneur Tony B. Gelbart, businessman and ...

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