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Government watchdog demands PM appoint deputy
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must appoint a permanent deputy, the Movement for Quality Government demanded Tuesday.The government watchdog NGO wrote a letter to the Prime Minister's Office and Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein pointing out that Basic Law: Government says that if the prime minister is abroad or incapacitated, his deputy will temporarily take his place as acting prime ...
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Independent probe needed for Claims Conference
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky has called for an independent probe to investigate allegations against senior executives of the Claims Conference, a spokesman ...
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Jodi Arias begs for life
Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, ...
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Is Pope Francis an exorcist
In this image made from video provided by APTN, Pope Francis lays his hands on the head of a young man, who then heaved deeply a half-dozen times, convulsed, and slumped in his wheelchair as the pontiff prayed over ...
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Kenya unfazed by Obama’s ‘snub’
Nairobi - Kenya said on Tuesday it was ';fine'; with United States President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its ...
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Insight No more easy pickings in Russias banking market
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Foreign banks that once treated Russia as virgin land where easy money could be made are now finding it a cut-throat market tougher than some bargained ...
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Rescuers seek Oklahoma tornado survivors as area eyes recovery
1 of 5. Danielle Stephan holds boyfriend Thomas Layton as they pause between salvaging through the remains of a family member's home one day after a tornado devastated the town Moore, Oklahoma, in the outskirts of Oklahoma City May 21, ...
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Egypt TV 7 security personnel kidnapped in Sinai freed
Egyptian soldiers deployed at Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Cairo was intensifying efforts to secure release of seven security personnel captured in Sinai Peninsula week ...
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Anthony Weiner tosses hat into NYC mayoral race
NEW YORK Anthony Weiner has tossed his hat into the race for New York City mayor, joining a crowded field and formally beginning an attempt to come back from a scandal that forced him to resign from the House of Representatives. After weeks of speculation, the disgraced former congressman made it official ...
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Saakashvili Denounces Arrests Of Allies
Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has compared the recent arrests of members of his administration to the jailing in Ukraine of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Former Georgian Prime Minister Ivane Merabishvili was arrested on corruption charges on May 21. Ex-healthcare minister Zurab Chiaberashvili, now a governor of Kakheti region in eastern Georgia, was also arrested after ...
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New Documents Suggest Fresh Evidence Of TeliaSonera Ties To Karimova
TeliaSonera CEO Lars Nyberg (shown here in January) stepped down February 1 as the company, whose two largest stakeholders are the Swedish and Finnish governments, came under increasing scrutiny for its activities in ...
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Livni asks German counterpart to blacklist Hezbollah
initiative within the EU to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization at a meeting with her Germany counterpart Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger on Tuesday night.The meeting of the two high-powered female justice ministers was the first major one of the German justice minister's visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, said a statement by the German ...
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Wayne Federman coming back for laughs
The last time Los Angeles-based comedian Wayne Federman performed in Israel 10 years ago, it was the aftermath of the Second Intifada. Palestinians had blown up pizza parlors and Passover Seders, and Israelis needed a reason to laugh.Comedian Avi Liberman approached his fellow Jew Federman at LA's Improv comedy club and asked him to come with him to Israel to "brighten the mood." ...
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US slams Irans disqualification of candidates
The United States on Tuesday condemned Iran's disqualification of hundreds of would-be presidentialcandidates, accusing the "unaccountable" clerical leadership of seeking to tighten its grip on ...
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Float plane crash in Bute Inlet claims one life
A Beaver float plane, like the one pictured that crashed in 2009 near Saturna Island, was found flipped over in Bute Inlet near Campbell River on Tuesday. One person was found dead ...
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Death toll rises to 28 in Freeport Indonesia mine accident
Workers from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc gather during a protest over an accident where 39 workers attending an underground training were trapped when a tunnel collapsed, at Mile 72, near the mining area in Tembagapura of Papua province May 15, ...
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Clouds singer known for viral hit succombs to cancer
Zach Sobiech's battle with cancer may have ended, but the inspirational message he put out for millions will surely endure. The 17-year-old high school senior from Stillwater, Minnesota recorded the song "Clouds" and posted it on YouTube last December, where it has been watched more than 3 million times since. Sobiech died Monday, May 20, ...
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Egyptian army says Sinai hostages freed
Six Egyptian policemen and a border guard abducted on the Sinai peninsula last week have been released, the Egyptian army has said in a statement. "The seven kidnapped soldiers are now on their way to Cairo after they were released thanks to the work of military intelligence, and in cooperation with the noble tribal leaders of Sinai," said army spokesman Colonel Ahmed Ali in a ...
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Security Officers Kidnapped in Sinai Are Reported Freed
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Create unit to investigate illegal W. Bank building
Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein appeals to Defense Minister to create a unit to enforce law against those in involved in illegal West Bank construction in ...
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Oklahoma tornado was the most powerful categorised storm
The massive tornado that cut a wide and deadly swath through a suburban Oklahoma City town has been classified as a top category EF5 system that blew homes off their foundations and sent debris flying almost 160 km ...
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Pakistans Imran Khan leaves hospital after fall
Imran Khan hospitalised after falling at election rally Pakistani cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan left hospital on Wednesday after treatment for back injuries suffered in a fall in Lahore, television stations said. Khan, who has been fitted with a spinal brace to aid recovery, fell from a fork-lift taking him to a poll campaign podium on May 7. A general election four days later ...
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Float-plane crash off Vancouver Island claims one life
A Harbour Air float plane flies through low cloud after taking off from Burrard Inlet in Vancouver, B.C., on Thursday February 16, 2012. (DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and ...
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Moscow Says Top Islamist Militant Killed
Moscow has announced it has killed an alleged ally of one of Russia's most-wanted insurgents. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee says Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev was killed along with another militant in a gun battle with security forces May 21 in the town of Nazran in Ingushetia. Russia's Anti-Terrorism Committee said Mutaliyev was a close aide of Doku Umarov, leader of the banned ...
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Venezuelas Maduro warns of psychological war
President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday denounced as "psychological war" a leaked audio recording that purports to show a power struggle among key followers of the late Hugo ...
Mexico Feature
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Mexico has more to it than drugs and immigration
As Mexico’s image suffers damage abroad due to increasing levels of violence related to the drug crack-down by government, it may be helpful for Mexicans to remember that there is more to their country than drugs and immigration problems with the US. Some facts may be surprising and even shocking, especially to foreigners.
Mexico has been in the news frequently of late as the government carries out a crack-down on drug cartels and organized crime, the country’s murder rate is up, journalists have been killed for investigative reporting on drug gangs and our image internationally has generally been diminished by the tunnel vision of international news providers. Read more
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