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Women, children killed in violence-torn Syria city

Fresh violence erupted Friday in the besieged Syrian city of Homs, a day after armed forces loyal to President Bashar Assad barraged residential buildings with mortars and machine-gun fire, killing at least 30 people including a family of women and children, activists said Fr …

On Auschwitz liberation anniversary Germans confront latent anti-Semitism

As Germany commemorates the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz, The Local wrtier Miriam Widman explores just how widespread anti-Semitism continues to be in Germany nearly 70 years after the WW2 Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million killed, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation). 

Arab Spring: Egypt Bars Son of U.S. Official From Leaving

The Egyptian authorities have blocked the son of a United States cabinet member and at least five other American employees of two Washington-backed nongovernmental organizations from leaving Egypt in an apparent escalation of a politically charged criminal investigation into …

NOW Lebanon -Egyptian Sheikh: Driving a Chevy is Haram

A Salafi sheikh in Egypt has reportedly issued a fatwa that buying [or driving] a Chevrolet vehicle is haram because the American brand’s logo looks like the Christian cross.

Al Jazeera Video: "Witness-- Jerusalem SOS"

(Text link to video) Arabs and Jews...working together! :-)

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Zionist Jewish publisher resigns over column calling for 'hit' on Obama

Israel Hayom: "The owner and publisher of the Atlanta Jewish Times, who sparked outrage with a column he wrote earlier this month suggesting that Israel consider assassinating U.S. President Barack Obama, has resigned, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported Monday.

Senior "Age" editor: Why we can't trust [Oz PM Julia] Gillard any more

Michael Short (a senior Age editor): "We have a duty to lead and inspire our young people, in particular.

'Syria purchases 36 fighter planes from Russia'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in January that Russia has no intention to justify its arms sales to Syria.

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