World NewsIsrael upset over Hamas-Fatah peace accord
Jamaica News.Net
JERUSALEM - Israel has slammed the peace accord between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to form a new unity government in the West Bank and Gaza, saying that peace and Hamas "do not go ...
Maldives president steps down
Jamaica News.Net
Maldives - President Mohamed Nasheed, Maldives' first democratically elected head of state, resigned Tuesday after weeks of public protests over his order to arrest a senior judge Abdulla Mohamed, ...
US announces lifting of limited embargo on Myanmar
Jamaica News.Net
WASHINGTON - The US has partially waived off sanctions against Myanmar following a series of political reforms in the formerly military ruled South East Asian nation.
The waiver was signed by US ...
Syrian army resumes bombardment of Homs
Jamaica News.Net
BEIRUT - At least 21 civilians and four soldiers were reported killed Tuesday in an escalated violence across Syria with government forces renewing their assault on Homs, while visiting Russian ...
900 more jobs to be cut by Lloyds Banking Group
Jamaica News.Net
London - Part-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group Tuesday announced plans to cut 900 jobs as part of wider plans unveiled last year to cull 15,000 posts across the company.
The banking group, ...
Technical glitch may delay Dreamliner delivery to JAL
Jamaica News.Net
TOKYO - Japan Airlines (JAL) said Tuesday that delivery of first Dreamliner aircraft originally expected by February end would be delayed as Boeing was removing a technical glitch in some of the ...
Our Super Bowl Didn’t End Sunday
Weekly Standard
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German Bank Offers ‘Islam-Compliant’ Investment
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Dirty Harry Does Detroit
Weekly Standard
Everyone is familiar with the Chrysler spot that has Clint Eastwood walking ominously dark streets, talking about how America is down and hurting, but we've been here before and this is just ...
Tajik Ode To Putin Goes Viral
RadioFreeEurope
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appears to have an unlikely supporter in his camp ahead of Russia's March 4 presidential election -- or does he? A video lauding Putin's leadership has ...
Germany Arrests Alleged Syrian Spies
RadioFreeEurope
Major European states and members of the Gulf Cooperation Council have announced they are withdrawing their ambassadors from Syria as the death toll continues to rise in violence between Syrian ...
Putin Pledges To Cut Officials' Traffic Privileges
RadioFreeEurope
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised that, if elected to a third term as president in March, he will cut traffic privileges for officials. The privileges are a strong irritant for ...
'The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend' In Syria
RadioFreeEurope
Chechens live in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Israel, and other middle east countries. 80% of vainakh people were deported to middle east by Russian government in ...
PM: Strike won't solve contract workers issue
Jerusalem Post
The general strike will not solve the issue of the contract workers, said Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday night."The conditions of contract workers can be improved without improved ...
IDF faces near-shutdown come April 1
Jerusalem Post
IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz has ordered unit commanders to begin preparing for a near shutdown of the military in two months due to a continued standoff with the Treasury over the ...
Israeli hackers take down Hamas website
Jerusalem Post
Israeli hackers took down a website run by Hamas on Tuesday, and warned that the web company which hosted the site will be their next target.The ...
Amnesty: Charge or free Palestinian hunger striker
Jerusalem Post
Palestinian hunger striker or release him from administrative detention, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.Amnesty International said that in light of fears that Khader Adnan, 33, could die ...
Vilna'i expected to be approved as China envoy
Jerusalem Post
The Civil Service Commision on Tuesday chose Homeland Defense Minister Matan Vilna'i (Independence) as its pick to become Israel's next ambassador to China.If approved by the cabinet as ...
PA: Write only nice things about your leaders
Jerusalem Post
The Palestinian Authority wants Palestinians to write only nice things about their leaders. Criticism should be directed only against Israel. Those who fail to toe the line will find themselves ...
American CEOs get an Israeli medical education
Jerusalem Post
Descending the Tower, the imposing new state-of-the-art inpatient hospital at Hadassah's Ein Kerem Medical Center, Joseph Mapa was impressed. The chief executive officer of Toronto's Mt. ...
Rock band Izabo to represent Israel at Eurovision
Jerusalem Post
Rock band Izabo will represent Israel in the 2012 Eurovision song competition set to be held in Baku, Azerbaijan in May, with their single 'Time', the Israel Broadcasting Authority ...
Queen of Pop busy as she readies for world tour
Jerusalem Post
It's been a busy few days for the Queen of Pop with a knockout performance at the Super Bowl Half Time Show and the release of a new single. But now she will be focusing her attention on ...
Boteach declares intent to run for Congress
Jerusalem Post
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach has sent a letter declaring his intent to run for Congress in New Jersey's newly formed 9th District.Boteach sent the letter of intent to the offices of the Bergen County ...
Europe’s cold snap claims 450 lives
IOL
Warsaw - Dozens more people were killed on Tuesday across Europe, with the three-week death toll crossing 450 and the frosty spell expected to ...
Court extends captain’s house arrest
IOL
Florence, Italy - An Italian court ruled on Tuesday, February 07, 2012, that Francesco Schettino, the captain of the cruise liner that ran aground and capsized off the island of Giglio, killing at ...
Roseanne Barr runs for president
IOL
FILE - In this July 13, 2011, file photo, actress Roseanne Barr attends a special screening of 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan' hosted by the Cinema Society at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in ...
Gulf states recalling ambassadors in Syria
IOL
DUBAI - Gulf Arab countries announced on Tuesday they were recalling their ambassadors from Damascus and expelling Syrian envoys in response to worsening violence in ...
Kremlin orders crack down before poll
IOL
MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ordered the top security agency on Tuesday to crack down on Islamist insurgents to prevent any attacks ahead of a March presidential election, which Prime ...
Israel opens archive on legendary Nazi capture
New Zealand Herald
Lifting a half-century veil of secrecy, Israel's Mossad spy agency is opening its archive this week to reveal the story behind the legendary 1960 capture of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann. The ...
Happy (200th) birthday Mr Dickens.
New Zealand Herald
He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny ...
Windows 8: Microsoft removes 'Start' button
Daily Mail
The latest test version of Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 software is missing one crucial button - the Start button and menu, an iconic part of Microsoft's operating system since it was ...
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