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Skydiver Falls to Death Victim Found in California Backyard
Skydivers in this file photo. A skydiver has fallen to his death in Southern California on Saturday, shocking locals as he fell into someone's backyard in what appears to be a tragic accident.The 62 year old victim has been identified as Ken Oka of Mira Loma.Officials have already conducted a preliminary investigation report which states that Loma was part of a group of skydivers who were ...
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President Obama comforts Oklahomas tornado victims
Shaking his head in shock and at times close to tears, Barack Obama wandered through the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb of Moore and said the devastation in its trail was "hard to ...
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U.K. soldiers family pays painful visit to murder scene
Lyn Rigby, mother of Drummer Lee Rigby, holding a teddy bear joins other family members as they look at floral tributes outside Woolwich Barracks left by well wishers as they visited the scene of the 25-year-old soldier's murder in Woolwich, south-east London, Sunday May 26, 2013. (PA,AP Photo/John ...
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Calif. gov. bristles at releasing more prisoners
California Governor Jerry Brown is asking the Supreme Court to intervene in a battle over the state's prison population. A federal court has ruled the state's prison system is over-crowded, and it's ordered thousands of prisoners to be released by the end of the year. Over the years, California has sent far more criminals to state prisons than it has room for. California's ...
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Reports Rocket fired from Lebanon into Israel
BEIRUT Lebanon's state-run National News Agency says a rocket has been fired from southern Lebanon towards Israel. The news agency said the rocket was fired late Sunday night from a location near the southern town of Marjayoun, about six miles north of the Israeli border. It was not immediately clear who fired the rocket or whether it caused any damage or ...
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Southern Lights dazzle Scott Base
Staff wintering in at Antarctica's Scott Base were left dazzled when the Southern Lights danced upon the darkened skies over the white continent. The 15-strong team, made up of ten Antarctica New Zealand employees and five Antarctic Heritage Trust Conservators, are likely to see more spectacular Aurora Australis as the winter season progresses. The lights, captured here by Antarctica New ...
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Afghanistan Begins Registration For 2014 Elections
KABUL -- Afghanistan has started registering new voters for its presidential and provincial council elections due on April 5, 2014. Fazel Ahmad Manawi, head of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), told reporters at a registration center in Kabul that "today we are happy to have launched the voter registration process." He also said the registrars would only go to areas ...
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Kerry unveils $4 billion Palestinian economic plan
Plan headed by Quartet special envoy Tony Blair will focus on developing Palestinian private sector, allow for an independent Palestinian economy; Kerry cautions success of plan depends on reaching a diplomatic ...
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Iran claims it has new long-range missile launchers
Iranian Defense Minister Brig.-Gen. Ahmad Vahidi said during a ceremony on Sunday that Iran's Defense Ministry and the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guard jointly developed a long-range surface-to-surface missile launcher.According to the report on Iran's Press TV website, Vahidi said that the missiles were for defensive ...
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Steinitz Peres doesnt speak for government
Ministers' reactions to President Shimon Peres's calls for the resumption of peace talks Sunday showed differences of opinion within the government on how to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and border ...
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Peri ctee holds marathon discussions on proposals
Several members of the Peri Committee - which has been tasked with drawing up legislation for drafting haredi men into national service - expressed opposition to a number of provisions of the draft legislation drawn up over the past two months, ahead of a committee meeting which began on Sunday evening.The committee convened to discuss the reservations expressed by party representatives ...
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IDF’s only ultra-Orthodox battalion sworn in
Hundreds gathered at Ammunition Hill in the capital on Sunday evening to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Netzah Yehuda Battalion, the only haredi combat unit in the IDF.The battalion, also known as Nahal Haredi and currently numbering close to 1,000, is responsible for military operations in and around ...
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Cukierman elected head of main French Jewish group
Roger Cukierman, 76, was elected president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions (CRIF) in France on Sunday, beating out Toulouse community head Arie Bensemhoun in the second round of voting with 61 percent of the vote.Cukierman previously served as CRIF president for back-to-back three-year terms between 2001 and ...
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Thousands March in France Against Gay Marriage
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Water flows from Lake Kinneret to Jordan River
Water from Lake Kinneret began to flow on Sunday afternoon into the Jordan River, signaling the onset of a comprehensive government plan to rehabilitate the polluted and diminished river.The project will enable the discharge of approximately 1,000 cubic meters of water per hour, with the ultimate goal of replenishing the Jordan with 30 million cubic meters per year. At the same time, sewage ...
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Think About It The Jewish identity administration
Last week we were informed that the IDF's former chief rabbi Avichai Ronsky has been appointed to head a new unit called "The Jewish Identity Administration" within the framework of the Ministry for Religious Services - a ministry created on the ruins of the erstwhile Ministry for Religious Affairs, which was created in 1949, and disbanded in 2003 as part of the coalition ...
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The Region Iran’s election
The names of the men who will be allowed to run for president of Iran by the regime in the June 14 elections have now been announced. Six of eight are supporters of the current ruling faction; the others are two weaker candidates of the other two factions. Outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's tumultuous time in office has left many dissatisfied, especially since he has mismanaged ...
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The Kurdish momentum in the Middle East
Writing in the aftermath of the 1990 Gulf war about the Kurds of Iraq, Turkey and Iran, David McDowall was quite pessimistic about the prospects of Kurdish nationalism, saying: "One must doubt whether Kurdish nationalism can ever prevail against three hostile governments willing to apply ruthless methods to contain the challenge."Paradoxically enough, McDowall's assumptions ...
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The myth of the ‘Zionist Crusader’
In September 1947, Jewish officials pleaded with the leaders of the Arab League to make peace with the emerging State of Israel.The League rebuffed the offer, claiming the Arabs would eject the Jews of Palestine as the Muslims had thrown the Crusaders out of the Middle East centuries before.Twenty years later, Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser claimed the medieval Crusades ...
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Norway and other European obstacles to peace
For two months, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide has been questioned by his parliament's Scrutiny Committee because the Foreign Ministry has been giving false information to parliament since 2011. The Foreign Ministry had denied that the Palestinian Authority pays high monthly salaries to security prisoners, among them convicted terrorists. Palestinian Media Watch, where I ...
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Colombia rebels reach deal on land reform
Colombia and leftist FARC rebels said Sunday they have reached a deal on land reform, one of the most contentious items in negotiations aimed at ending five decades of ...
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Kentucky policeman shot and killed in apparent highway ambush
(Reuters) - A Kentucky policeman was shot and killed in an apparent ambush when he stopped to pick up debris on a highway exit ramp, the Courier-Journal newspaper said on ...
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Blue Is the Warmest Color Wins Palme dOr at Cannes
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Police Oregon teen school bomb suspect had detailed checklist
Authorities in northwestern Oregon said on Sunday that a teenager arrested for producing what authorities called explosives for a Columbine-style attack on his high school had meticulously planned his foiled bombing. "He was definitely following a detailed checklist," said Captain Eric Carter of the Albany police department about the 17-year-old, Grant Acord. "It appears he had a ...
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Kerry backs private West Bank economic plan but little detail
* Hopes to draw up to $4 billion in private investment * Likens peace process to "diplomatic quicksand" * No specifics on where investment will come from By Arshad Mohammed DEAD SEA, Jordan, May 26 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sketched out a plan on Sunday to spur Palestinian growth with up to $4 billion in private investment, but did not say where the ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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