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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 ...

  • Lapid criticizes ally Bennett on Palestinian state

    Finance Minister Yair Lapid issued rare criticism of his ally, Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday when he said that Israel should make every effort to bring about two states for two peoples.Bennett made waves when he declared ...

  • Dagan Arab peace proposal a starting point

    Meir Dagan, the former head of the Mossad, said that Israel first needs to make peace with the rest of the Arab world before the Palestinians. He said that the Arab world was in open conflict between Sunnis and Shi'ites and that this is "creating unique opportunities for Israel to seek different alliances." He noted that Israel has common interests with much of the Sunni Arab ...

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Catfish

Catfish

All of the controversy swirling around the authenticity--or lack thereof--of the events as depicted in Henry Joost and Ariel Schulmans Catfish since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival has certainly drawn attention to the film, and even if it turns out that the whole thing was an e ... ...

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  • Interview with a vampire

    With Turkey embroiled in month-long anti-government protests, Istanbul resident Peter Murphy has only been able to watch the events in Taksim Square unfold from afar.The British-born Goth rock pioneer who founded '80s post-punk favorites Bauhaus has been on the road in the US throughout the uprising, and has been forced to rely on information from his family and friends back in ...

  • Peres confers Medal of Distinction on Clinton

    William Jefferson Clinton the 42nd President of the United States of America is known to be an emotional human being. He has been the recipient of numerous accolades both at home and abroad, but he does not take his arsenal of honors for granted. Thus when President Shimon Peres conferred the Presidential Medal of Distinction on him on Wednesday in recognition for he has done for humanity at ...

  • The Kosovo case Punishing friends rewarding enemies

    The monument is of the most perfect simplicity. A plain, upright marble slab.In Albanian, Serbian, Hebrew and English it records the site as the ground where the last synagogue in Pristina stood. In Kosovo, the Jewish presence is small, but has been constant since the fateful day in 1492 when the Catholic monarchs of Spain ordered the expulsion of Jews. Many settled in the Balkans, living ...

  • Kerry Makes Fifth Visit to Israel

    US Secretary of State John Kerry leaves Friday on a 12-day trip during which he will return to the Middle East, hold high-level talks in Southeast Asia and make his first visit to India. At the start of his seven-nation tour, Kerry will head first for Doha to meet with top Qatari leaders and take part in a meeting of the core ministers from the Friends of Syria group, State Department ...

  • PM Netanyahu meets Canadian FM Baird

    We cannot accept anything less than: 1. A total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels. 2. The removal from Iran of all enriched nuclear material. 3. The closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities. PM Netanyahu meets Canadian FM John Baird We cannot let Iran ride out the clock through endless talks. Iran must comply with UN Security Council resolutions. ...

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