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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 ...

  • Hezbollahs role in Syrian conflict ushers new reality for its supporters

    Hezbollah honours its dead. In one corner of the martyrs' cemetery in south Beirut, four women shrouded in black sat cross-legged near a new grave, reading from the Qu'ran. Metres away, the yellow flag of the militant group covered a freshly covered hole in a white marble floor. A soft scent of burning incense wafted across the room.Another grave, its concrete seal barely dry, had been ...

  • Syria says Israeli vehicle entered its territory and was targeted heading to a rebel village

    Syria says it targeted an Israeli vehicle that crossed a ceasefire line into its territory earlier this week because it was heading toward a village with a large rebel presence. In a letter to the U.N. Security Council circulated Friday, Syria's U.N. Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari said his country exercised its right to self-defence and would respond immediately to any other violation of ...

  • Israeli and Palestinian leaders are at crossroads to end the years-long conflict said US Secretary of State Kerry

    Israeli and Palestinian leaders are at crossroads to end the years-long conflict, said US Secretary of State Kerry JERUSALEM - US Secretary of State John F. Kerry said Friday that it was up to Palestinian and Israeli leaders to revive stalled peace talks.Speaking at a press conference prior to his departure for the US at the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Kerry described his Israel talks as ...

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Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2

It was inevitable that Paranormal Activity 2, the sequel to Oren Pelis near-brilliant low-budget horror phenomenon from last year, would be highly derivative since the materials appeal lies entirely in conveying old-school haunted house chills via the intimately f ... ...

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  • Iran hangs 2 alleged spies working for Israel US

    By Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters DUBAI - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, ...

  • Resistance of Syria rebels surprises Hezbollah

    An-Nahar Daily reported on Friday that 18-year-old Hassan, a Baalbeck native and a Hezbollah fighter, spent three days fighting with the party alongside the Syrian regime in the border town of al-Qusayr. Hassan who was notified of his father’s death in the battles upon his arrival to his hometown said that Hezbollah ...

  • Britain and US call for hard decisions on Middle East peace

    Britain and the US upped the ante in an effort to save the Middle East peace process on Friday by bluntly telling Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make "hard decisions" or face losing the chance of a two-state ...

  • Hague Bold leadership needed to restart peace talks

    British Foreign Minister says current US initiative to restart peace talks was nearly the last attempt at reaching a two-state solution, and that there is no realistic "plan B" should this initiative ...

  • Fitch Releases Special Report on Israels Banks

    Macao Banks' Rapid China Growth Alters Risk Profiles Macao banks could see their risk profiles weaken as their exposure to China continues to climb.Fitch Ratingsexpects credit growth to accelerate to 30% in 2013 from 26% in 2012, primarily led by China-related trade financing. Generally Chinese exposures are driven by parent referrals and associated risk is adequately mitigated with ...

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