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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 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 ...

  • Peres Abbas Kerry to discuss peace in Jordan

    World Economic Forum expected to present a new peace initiative at conference; Jordanian King Abdullah II: We need to help the parties get on the path of Arab Peace Initiative, time to stop feeding ...

  • Tensions rise as Israeli jets bomb Syria again

    ISRAELI jets bombed Syria yesterday, rocking Damascus for hours and sending pillars of flame into the night sky in what a Western source called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah. Local people reported massive explosions and internet video showed the capital's skyline lit by flashes. Syrian opponents of President Bashar Assad rejoiced at Israel's third ...

  • Syrian opposition slams Hezbollah involvement in conflict

    A Syrian opposition group on Saturday condemned the involvement of the Lebanese Hezbollah group in the country's civil conflict, saying that Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's recent comments overtly defended his group's backing to the Syrian army.In a phone interview with Xinhua, Munther Khdam, spokesman of the oppositional National Coordination Body, dismissed ...

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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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  • Hezbollah Syrian troops advance in border town of Qusair

    Syrian Arab Republic The strategic Syrian border town of Qusair is coming under heavy bombardment from the regime's army and Hezbollah militants from Lebanon. Rebels fighting to topple president Bashar al-Assad are largely surrounded in the town, which is near both the Lebanese border and Syria's capital Damascus. They say additional tanks and artillery have been deployed around ...

  • Video Nasrallah says Hezbollah will bring victory in Syrian conflict

    Hezbollah leader Nasrallah says that the group's fighters are in Syria alongside President Assad's forces and says they will fight until they ...

  • Kerry urges Abbas to resume peace talks with Israel source

    The United States Secretary of State John Kerry is urging Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume direct peace talks with Israel, a well-informed Palestinian source said Saturday.The source, which spoke on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that during their meeting held on Thursday in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Kerry presented to Abbas his plan on resuming direct talks with ...

  • Hezbollah Commits Full Fight to Keep Assad in Power

    BEIRUT, Lebanon ...

  • Hezbollah promises ‘victory’ in Syria conflict

    Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday vowed "victory" in Syria, where militants of his powerful Lebanese Shiite movement are fighting alongside regular troops against rebels trying to topple the ...

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