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  • Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies Israel concerned Russian arms will reach enemies

    Israel has warned Russia about sending arms to Syria. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has spoken on Channel Two television's Meet the Press to condemn shipments of arms from Russia that she said may be used against Israel. She said: "These are not just any weapons, they are tie-breakers, and that's why there is a responsibility with all world powers, certainly Russia, not to supply such ...

  • Israel to keep preventing arms transfer to Hezbollah

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government remains committed to prevent transfer of the advanced weaponry to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. "We are acting in accordance with the policy we had set to prevent as much as possible the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah and terror elements," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu as saying Sunday. "The Israeli ...

  • Israel to return settlements land to Palestinian owners

    The state of Israel has said it would return the lands of a settlement evacuated in 2005 back to its original Palestinian owners, an Israeli daily said Sunday. The announcement came after a petition was filed by the Palestinian land owners in the Supreme Court, Xinhua reported citing the Ha'aretz daily. Homesh, a 0.7 square km settlement, was established in 1980 on lands belonging to residents ...

  • Iran executes two spies working for CIA Mossad

    Two Iranian spies, allegedly working for America's Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Israel's Mossad were Sunday hanged in Iran, state-run IRIB TV reported. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues and had given them to Mossad in several meetings outside the country, Xinhua cited the report as saying. Heidari received money in ...

  • Syrian army Hezbollah kill over 30 in border town

    AMMAN - Syrian troops supported by Hezbollah operatives launched an offensive to retake a major town near Lebanon from rebels on Sunday, the heaviest fighting yet involving Lebanese armed group, opposition activists said.At least 32 people were killed when rebel fighters clashed with mechanized Syrian army units and Hezbollah guerrillas in nine points in and around the town of Qusair, 10 km (six ...

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Year One

Year One

In theory, Jack Black and Michael Cera, the stars of Harold Ramiss prehistoric comedy Year One, should make the perfect odd couple. Everything about them--both physically and behaviorally--is contradictory. Black is stout and compact, which heightens his energy, whereas Cera is long and ... ...

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  • UNESCO delegation arrives on rare inspection trip to Jlem

    Israel lets delegation inspect preservation work in Old City in exchange for Palestinians postponing anti-Israel resolutions pending before the body; agreement viewed as diplomatic achievement, brokered by US and ...

  • 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 ...

  • Benjamin Netanyahu threatens more Israeli strikes on Syria

    Benjamin Netanyahu raised the prospect of further Israeli strikes on Syria today, amid claims that Bashar al-Assad's regime has installed high-tech weapons aimed at hitting Tel ...

  • Report Palestinian lost speech ability after PA torture

    A Palestinian man who was detained by the Palestinian Authority security forces in Hebron has lost the ability to speak as a result of severe torture, according to a report released by the Independent Commission for Human Rights.Mohamed Abdel Karim Dar of Hebron was hospitalized after being tortured while in detention, the report, which documented 28 cases of torture in PA prisons in the ...

  • Damascus Gate clashes inflame tensions in east Jlem

    Palestinians expressed their anger outside Damascus Gate on Sunday afternoon, claiming it was "impossible" for any man under the age of 50 to go through it to enter the mosque.Violent clashes broke out Saturday afternoon in east Jerusalem between over 100 Palestinians and police following what authorities described as an "illegal march" from Damascus Gate to al-Aksa ...

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