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  • Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list

    Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Twenty seven suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...

  • Hezbollah leader vows victory in Syria

    The leader of the Lebanese Shia militant Hezbollah movement, Hassan Nasrallah, has promised his supporters of victory in Syria, where they are backing President Bashar al-Assad. Syrian rebels in the besieged town of Qusair say they are under heavy bombardment from Hezbollah combatants. Qusair is important for the Syrian government because it links the capital, Damascus, with the Alawite ...

  • Hezbollah Chief Confirms Syria Presence

    The chief of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his group will not stand by while the neighboring government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is attacked. Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech Saturday Hezbollah was fighting in Syria to protect Lebanon from the threat of radical Islamists. It was the first time Nasrallah has publicly confirmed Hezbollah's fighting presence in Syria. The ...

  • Osem sales fall but profit up

    OSEM ) today published its financial report for the first quarter of 2013. The food company reported a small drop in revenue to NIS 1.01 billion, made up of NIS 839.3 million in domestic sales and NIS 171.2 million in overseas sales. The company said that the 1.4% drop in revenue was due to the timing of the Passover holiday this year, which fell in the third week of March, adversely affecting ...

  • Israel Gas Bonanza New Field Discovered

    Vilified, ostracised, threatened in the Middle East, Israel is about to join the Gulf Arab states as a fossil fuel giant that could tie it closer to its neighbours and Western Europe. A natural gas bonanza is about to begin. By the end of this year Israel will be looking to shift the production of electricity to gas-powered generators producing half the Jewish state's wattage. The ...

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Salesman [DVD]

Salesman [DVD]

What is it about salesmen that bring to mind failure? From Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman to David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, dramas on page, stage, and screen have consistently cast salesmen in the role of the tragic loser--the fundamental prototype of the failed American dream. Maybe it is because it is their job to peddle the wares of the American dream--those desirable ma ... ...

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  • Dankner Ill make the bondholders a better offer

    "The agreement between the bondholders' representatives, which was signed in the dead of night, is a bad agreement, which includes a huge and haircut for IDB Holding, and a totally unnecessary haircut for IDB ...

  • IDB reports offer to buy Clal Insurance stake

    Against the background of the IDB bondholders attempt to take over the group, IDB Development announced on Friday that it had received an offer to buy 27.5% ...

  • Hezbollah leader Nasrallah pledges ‘victory’ for Assad in Syria

    Lebanese militia has been backing the Syrian government in the country's two-year civil war, including bombardment the rebel-held town of Qusayr in heavy offensive. "This battle is oursand I promise you victory," Nasrallah said in a televised address on ...

  • Bondholders join forces in bid to oust Dankner

    IDBH ) bondholders has turned its back on Nochi Dankner, and has withdrawn from the outline arrangement formulated with Argentinian businessman Eduardo Elsztain, in favor of joining forces with the representatives of the IDB Development bondholders. The implication is that Dankner will lose control of IDB. After long discussions, on Friday morning the IDB Development bondholder representatives, ...

  • Isolated West Bank Settlements Should be Evacuated-Israeli Minister

    Occupied Jerusalem,May 26 (BNA) - The Israeli Social Welfare Minister Meir Cohen said Saturday that isolated Jewish settlements in the West Bank should be evacuated. "There is no doubt that the settlements should be dismantled right now without waiting for negotiations," the minister said at a cultural gathering in Holon, a city near Tel Aviv. "These settlements cost us a lot ...

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