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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 ...

  • Netanyahu Firm on Syrian Threat to Tel Aviv

    that Syrian President Bashar Assad is preparing to use missiles against Tel Aviv if Israel strikes Damascus. Netanyahu countered that Israel will continue to thwart efforts by Syria to ship weapons to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon. "Our policies are to stop, as much as possible, any leaks of advanced weaponry to Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. We will ...

  • Lebanese President cautions Hezbollah over Syria role

    Hezbollah on Friday over its militants' intervention on the side of the regime in the conflict in neighbouring Syria. "The resistance is nobler and more important than anything, and should not get bogged down in the sands of dissension, whether in Syria or Lebanon," he said in a statement, referring to Hezbollah's traditional focus on fighting Israel. "The resistance has ...

  • Israel Warns Of Imminent War

    TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's military, struggling with a shooting war withSyria, has warned of an imminent multi-front conflict. Israel Air Force commander Maj. Gen. Amir Eshel issued one of thestarkest warnings of an imminent war that could include Hizbullah and ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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