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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 ...

  • Mourners bid farewell to victim of bank shooting

    Several hundred people gathered at the Omer cemetery on Tuesday night to bid farewell to Avner Cohen, the 40-year-old manager of the Bank Hapoalim branch in Beersheba who ...

  • IDF soldier killed while clearing Israeli minefield

    An IDF soldier was killed while taking part in the clearing of a minefield in the southern Golan Heights.The soldier was of the Engineering Corps. His family has been notified.Ground Forces Commander Maj.-Gen. Guy Tzur appointed a committee of inquiry to investigate the incident.The mine exploded for unknown reasons during an advanced training phase of the Engineering Corps, a senior army ...

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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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  • Egyptian army secures Sinai in hunt for Islamists

    Rafah near the border with Gaza on Thursday in the latest setback for the Cairo government's efforts to reinstate law and order in the Sinai ...

  • US envoy Hussein to combat Holocaust denial

    United States Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is to travel to Poland on Wednesday to visit Jewish communities, the site of the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, and other Holocaust historical ...

  • The Synagogue that Nearly Became a Church

    This is the story of a Queens, New York synagogue, that found itself in arrears on a large debt to the local bank, which decided to repossess the synagogue building and sell it to the highest bidder. The synagogues congregants were part of the 50,000 strong Bukharian community in Brooklyn. Speaking from New York, Daniel Panhasov said that of all groups found to be interested in buying the ...

  • Poll 66 Say Lapid Shouldnt be Prime Minister

    Just a few weeks ago he was the most popular politician in Israel, but according to a new poll released Tuesday, two thirds of Israelis do not believe that Yair Lapid has what it takes to lead the country. The poll by the Ma'agar Mohot polling organization said that Lapid's popularity was badly damaged by his ascent to Finance Minister, and his sponsoring of a budget that will see ...

  • Video Final Preparations Underway for Belz Wedding in Jerusalem

    The Belz Hassidic dynasty and its adherents were decimated by the Holocaust. Their return to a prominent position in the hassidic world, with tens of thousands of hassidim, close-knit communities, a school system, synagogues and study halls, including a landmark synagogue in Jerusalem, is a miracle that the hassidim feel merits that each dynastic wedding be a large and unforgettable ...

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