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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 ...

  • Israel warns Assad over Golan Heights exchange of fire

    JERUSALEM //Israel's military chief yesterday issued a stern warning to Syrian leader Bashar Al Assad after an Israeli military vehicle came under fire from Syrian forces. Lt General Benny Gantz's comments followed reports that Syrian and Israeli forces exchanged fire in the Golan Heights early yesterday and added to fears that Syria's civil war could create further regional ...

  • Video Gunman storms Israeli bank killing four

    A gunman storms into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday, killing four people and taking a hostage before killing himself, police ...

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White Dog [DVD]

White Dog [DVD]

I recall that, when I first heard rumors more than a year ago that Samuel Fullers White Dog was finally going to be released on home video in the United States--as part of the prestigious Criterion Collection, no less--I was immediately caught up in a wave of contradictory emotions. On ... ...

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  • Eleven Palestinians have died under PA Hamas detention

    Eleven Palestinians have died in Palestinian Authority and Hamas detention centers during 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights [ICHR].Two of the Palestinians died in PA detention centers in the West Bank, while the nine others died in Hamas custody in the Gaza Strip. Seven of the Palestinians who died in detention had been ...

  • In my own write Right to die

    If I could in any way help to change this law [against assisted suicide], it would let me die a proud man, a very proud man - Briton Paul Lamb, left almost totally paralyzed after a car ...

  • Report Top politicians banned from Iranian election

    DUBAI - Iranian authorities have barred two prominent politicians from running for president, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, leaving the June 14 election to be contested between mostly hardline conservatives loyal to the country's supreme leader.Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, failed to make it ...

  • From the media’s ‘gotcha’ grip to Zionist fulfillment

    Jerusalem Post item this Sunday, sandwiched between sobering Syria updates, was "Israeli restaurateur goes viral with online meltdown."These sideshows reveal a political culture corrupted by media demagoguery and celebrity worship.Naturally, when word leaks out about prime ministerial predilections for designer ice cream, flying beds and fancy threads, cynics delight and moralists ...

  • Chabad Issues Oklahoma Relief Appeal to Jews Worldwide

    The Chabad Center of Oklahoma City has issued an appeal to the worldwide Jewish community to contribute "as generously as possible" to their preferred relief organizations. "The situation is heart wrenching, to be so close to such devastation yet so distant in circumstance. However, to witness the tremendous outpour of support is comforting and heartwarming," writes Rabbi ...

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