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  • Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials Kerry holds talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials

    JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John Kerry Thursday separately began meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials but appeared doubtful about his success on getting the two warring sides back to peace negotiations. This is Kerry's fourth trip to the Middle East in as many months of his assuming the office of the top US diplomat. He was been trying to revive a peace process that has been ...

  • Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S. Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

    In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

  • Loyalty marketing solution co LoyalBlocks raises $9m

    LoyalBlocks , which develops loyalty marketing solutions for small businesses, has closed a $9 million series A round of financing led by General Catalyst Partners with participation from Founder Collective and existing ...

  • Google joins race to buy Waze - report

    Waze Ltd. . The entry of Google is likely to spark off a bidding war with sources at Facebook already suggesting that talks for the acquisition are for $1 billion. "Bloomberg" reports that, "Waze is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties and is seeking more than $1 billion, said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private." ...

  • Agricultural Charity Gives Aid to Israels Poor

    JERUSALEM, Israel -- Almost two million Israelis live below the poverty level, including more than a third of the country's children. However, one charity is using a biblical principle to fill in the ...

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Terms of Endearment [DVD]

Terms of Endearment [DVD]

In the introduction to the paperback edition of Terms of Endearment, author Larry McMurtry noted that he wrote the novel after having spent a couple of years rereading several 19th-century novelists, including Balzac, Leo Tolstoy, and George Eliot. As McMurtry put it, "All three, of course, had taken a very searching look at the fibers and textures of life; I doubt I aspired to such pr ... ...

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  • Two-state solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict slipping away says Hague

    William Hague visits E1, the site of a proposed Israeli settlement, during a brief trip to Jerusalem and Ramallah. Photograph: Mahmoud ...

  • Kerry says talks with Israel Palestinians very productive

    TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders are nearing crunch time, when they must decide whether to revive long-dormant peace negotiations to end their decades-old conflict, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on ...

  • Kerry says focus should be on peace talks not settlements but seeks Israeli restraint

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The US and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. (AP Photo/Jim Young, ...

  • Hague Israel Losing Support in UK Over Settlements

    Occupied Jerusalem, May 24 (BNA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who is currently visiting Israel, said in an interview with Sky News that Israel has lost some support in Britain and in other European countries due to its settlement construction policy. He warned that the window of opportunity for Israel and the Palestinians to agree to form a two-state solution was closing fast, ...

  • Insect invasion Israel battles plague of locusts

    By Dave Copeland, Cameraman, NBC News TEL AVIV - Israel’s Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel’s desert has been transformed into lush farmland that supplies supermarkets across the country with fresh ...

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