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  • 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 ...

  • Iran executes two alleged spies

    Iranian authorities have executed two men after they were charged and convicted for spying Israel and the United States. Iran has repeatedly accused Israel and the U.S. of carrying out covert intelligence operations following ongoing pressure on the country over its nuclear programme, which the Western nations suspect as being used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran's insistence that the ...

  • US discussing religious freedom concerns with Israel

    NEW YORK - The US State Department said on Monday that the Israeli government's respect for freedom of religion has remained consistent through 2012, but that it has engaged in "detailed discussions" with Israeli officials over rights concerns that have persisted for multiple years."Governmental and legal discrimination against non-Jews and non-Orthodox streams of Judaism ...

  • Tornado devastates Oklahoma town at least 51 dead

    MOORE, Okla. - A massive tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour (320 kph) devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people as it tore up entire tracts of homes, two schools and a hospital, leaving a wake of tangled wreckage.The death toll of 51 was expected to rise, said Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma chief medical ...

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The Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm

The Brothers Grimm is Terry Gilliam's attempt to sell out to the Hollywood establishment by making a fully commercial movie. The fact that it doesn't quite reach sell-out status is a relief, although it isn't vintage Gilliam, either. Instead, it stands awkwardly in the mi ... ...

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  • Ministries deny IDF port takeover if workers strike

    For the second day in a row, rumors flew around the political scene on Monday that the government was formulating a plan to deploy IDF troops in the event of a port strike."No such program exists in the Transportation Ministry," a ministry spokesman said."There's no plan I know of for the IDF to enter the ports," added a spokesman for Economy and Trade Minister ...

  • Papua New Guinea seeks Israeli medical know-how

    The government of Papua New Guinea is looking to learn about the Israeli health system, Health Minister Yael German said on Monday.She met in Jerusalem on Monday with the governor of the western province of Papua New Guinea, a small country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea.The two discussed cooperation between the countries and the possibility of sending ...

  • Iran Approves Agreement with Argentina on Bombing Probe

    Iran has approved a memorandum of understanding with Argentina on forming a truth commission to investigate a deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish charities building, an Iranian diplomat said Monday, according to ...

  • Meretz MK Hints Beer Sheva Shooting Related to Budget

    a disgruntled customer killed four people , was a direct result of the state budget which includes tax increases and other cuts. Zandberg was speaking at the Knesset as it voted to approve a motion determining that the state budget for the years 2013-2014 will be a bi-annual budget, as has been the practice over the past several years. "An incident of economic terrorism took place in ...

  • Appointment of Hershkowitz as Bar Ilan President Approved

    the appointment of former Science and Technology Minister Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz as president of the university. The appointment will take effect next year. Hershkowitz will replace Prof. Moshe Kaveh, who has served as president of the university for the past 18 years. A senior lecturer at Bar Ilan welcomed the appointment, ...

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