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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 ...

  • Cyprus Aims for LNG Facility Deal with US-Israeli Interests

    NICOSIA - The Cypriot cabinet approved on Wednesday plans to sign for a deal with a U.S.-Israeli partnership to build a liquefied natural gas plant on the island to exploit untapped energy riches. "The cabinet has approved the decision to sign the memorandum of understanding between Cyprus and companies Noble Energy Inc., Delek Drilling L.P. and Avner Oil Exploration Ltd. Partnership for ...

  • Palestinians fire rocket at South shattering calm

    Shattering a lengthy period of calm, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired an unknown number of rockets at southern Israel, triggering air raid sirens in Ashkelon and surrounding areas early on Wednesday morning and awakening residents.As of Wednesday evening, the IDF, which launched a search of the area, found no projectiles in Israeli territory, and an army source indicated the rockets may ...

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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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  • Netanyahu recommends keeping 60 of natural gas

    Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will propose to the cabinet on Sunday that Israel maintain 540 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its reservoirs - a 20-percent jump from previous government recommendations.Netanyahu presented the proposed export policy, which has been a contentious subject since the discovery of Israel's copious gas supplies, at a press conference in his Jerusalem ...

  • IDF major gets 13-year sentence for selling drugs

    A former IDF major was sentenced on Wednesday to 13 years in prison, for selling hundreds of kilos of heroin and hashish that his unit seized from smugglers on the Sinai border.Eran Kabalo, a 33-year-old father of two, was convicted by the Southern District Military Court of conspiracy to commit a crime, dealing dangerous controlled substances, fraud and breach of ...

  • Michigan Governor hopes Waze will reroute to his state

    recently purchased Israeli firm Waze to the US, why not to the search company's R&D facility in the state instead of its headquarters in Silicon Valley? That is a question Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked this week on a visit to GPS-based navigational app company Waze's headquarters in Ra'anana that he described as one of the highlights of his nine-day trade mission to ...

  • The world’s preferred refugees

    For millions of refugees, World Refugee Day is a day like any other. From Mali to South Sudan and from Myanmar to Haiti, countless men, women and children will once again awaken today to an uncertain future.They are aided in their perilous journey by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which works with governments to advocate and seek asylum for all refugees. That is, ...

  • Media Comment The media and their icons

    Media outlets report the news. They also serve as a platform for public debate and the exchange of views. Many critics see the media as also managing the news and setting agendas."The news" then morphs from being a collection of facts into an opinion-driven manipulation of events. A reporter and his/her editor, if biased, can alter reality.The academic literature has long ...

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