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 A delegations from the Arab League will make a historical visit to Israel to continue the talks initiated Thursday in Cairo, a spokesman of the Israeli Foreign ministry said.The statement comes after ministers from the Arab League countries and Israel’s Foreign Minster Tzipi Livni held a first round of talks in Cairo on Thursday. Even...
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 Controversy surrounds a US military raid in Sadr City, as the Iraqi Interior Ministry sustains eight civilians were killed and nine other were wounded during the raid. The US military said only three terrorist were killed and that civilian casualties are excluded. Thursday, US forces stormed the mainly Shiite neighborhood where...
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 A Mickey Mouse look-alike is featured in a new Hamas campaign broadcast on Palestinian television. Reportedly, the "Tomorrow's Pioneers" show featuring the black and white rodent was aired briefly on the al-Aqsa TV station, which is affiliated with Hamas, but the propaganda animation was pulled off upon the request of the...
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 A truck bomb exploded in front of the Interior Ministry building in Arbil, killing at least 19 people and injuring 70, local media reported.The powerful blast seriously affected the nearby buildings and triggered quick reactions from the government. According to a spokesman, the regional Kurdish government is prepared to protect the...
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 Tuesday, an airstrike launched by the US troops in southern Afghanistan killed at least 21 civilians and injured dozens more, officials reported.According to Governor Assadullah Wafa, US military planes bombed a part of the Helmand province in which they believed were hiding some Taliban militants. During the attack at least 21 civilians...
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 Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak called on Ehud Olmert on Tuesday to step down over his mishandling of last summer's war with Hezbollah. Barak essentially invited Olmert to follow the example of Israeli Defence Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz, who resigned in January over the disastrous outcome of the Lebanon war."The...
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 Archeologists have found the tomb of King Herod the Great, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced Monday night. Herod the Great ruled Judea for the Roman Empire from circa 37 BCE and died in the year 4 BCE in Jericho after a long illness. He is the biblical Herod, during whose rule Jesus Christ was born."It's a sarcophagus we...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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