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  • Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S. Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

    In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

  • Kerry urges Israel to promote peace talks not settlements

    US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct negotiations. Explaining part of the strategy of his now 2-month-old peace initiative, Kerry said ...

  • Al-Assad Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism

    Al-Assad: Syria will slash roots of Israeli adventurism Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has emphasized on Tuesday that Damascus is able to confront the Israeli regime's adventurism, alluding to the recent Israeli aggression against the Arab country. The Syrian president stressed that the Israeli offensive is evidence of interference by Tel Aviv and its Western and regional allies in the ...

  • Hezbollah minister bows out of wine institute launch

    From left, acting caretaker Agriculture Minister Gebran Bassil, caretaker Economy Minister Nicolas Nahas and former MP Salim Warde attend a conference at the ministry in Beirut, Friday, May 24, 2013. (The Daily Star/Hasan ...

  • Hezbollah must prevent sectarian strife Sleiman says

    Lebanon to plunge into sectarian strife, whether within its borders or beyond, in a clear reference to Hezbollah’s activities in embattled Syria. "The meanings of resistance are loftier than sinking into strife, whether ...

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Chicken Run

There is just something about chickens that makes them inherently humorous. Perhaps it is the way they walk, or the absurd manner in which they hold themselves. Perhaps their shape--that large, round, feathered body supported on tiny stick legs--just makes them look ridiculous. After all, why else would Gary Larson have used so many chicken jokes in his "Far Side" cartoons? ...

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  • Hezbollah says terrorist label would be big mistake

    Hezbollah's deputy chief said Friday that the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group as ...

  • IN PICTURES 25000 hasidim attend Belz wedding

    25,000 ultra Orthodox Jews attended one of the largest weddings Jerusalem has ever seen this week, when Belz Hasidic dynasty rebbe, Rabbi Tissachar ...

  • Google eyes Israeli mapping start-up Waze

    Waze, an Israeli mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May 9, 2013. REUTERS/Nir ...

  • Palestinian kids swept up in wave of Israeli arrests

    Ahmed Jawabreh, 14, was arrested in the middle of the night for allegedly throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the West Bank refugee camp where he lives and wasn't released for another 18 days. His was only one of a recent wave of arrests of Palestinian children by Israeli authorities, human rights groups ...

  • Hezbollah EU making big mistake

    Sheikh Naim Kassem told Al-Mayadeen TV Friday that such threats "do not concern" or worry the group. He did not elaborate.France this week joined an EU push to declare the group a terrorist organization amid frustration with Hezbollah's support for Syria's military.France's move could prove pivotal after Germany joined a British effort to name Hezbollah terrorist. The ...

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