The Guardian:
Fighters rearm and reinforce positions in valleys amid fears that Israel is about to launch attack on Islamic groupHezbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu's government will attack Lebanon again prior to any assault on Iran's nuclear facilities.Last week, I (Read More)
New York Times:
It was a convoluted contest in New York that turned into an Election Day disaster for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
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New York Times:
Appealing to the president of the Palestinian Authority, who announced that he would not seek re-election, the Israeli president said: “Don’t let go.”
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New York Times:
Recent election results show how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go.
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Reuters:
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Washington on Sunday with the U.S. Middle East peace drive in crisis over a threat by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to stand down.
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CNN:
Iraqi parliament members adjourned on Saturday without reaching an accord on a controversial new elections law, and the lawmakers could make another try to forge and pass legislation tomorrow. (Read More)
CNN:
Iraqi parliament members adjourned on Saturday without reaching an accord on a controversial new elections law, and the lawmakers could make another try to forge and pass legislation tomorrow.
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Huffington Post:
Back in 2001, conservative media figures were adamant. Democratic Party victories at the ballot boxes during the off-year elections had little national significance.Fox News contributor Dick Morris said at the time, "[I]f you have a Republican president, people are going to vote Democrat, and if you have a Democrat presiden (Read More)
Huffington Post:
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.Shimon Peres spoke to a crowd of thousands at the square where Rabin was gunned down by a Jew (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Al Gore was born to be the most powerful man on Earth, but fell just short of his political destiny. Can the former law-maker now win his place in history as the man who helped save the planet?Perhaps the best way to understand the extraordinary transformation of Al Gore is to study the changing rhetoric of his enemies. A m (Read More)
New York Times:
The mayor’s unexpectedly close re-election could jeopardize the quadrennial payouts — some as high as $400,000 — that he has routinely showered on his campaign workers.
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New York Times:
The mayor’s unexpectedly close re-election could jeopardize the quadrennial payouts — some as high as $400,000 — that he has routinely showered on his campaign workers.
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The Guardian:
Noam Chomsky is the west's most prominent critic of US imperialism, yet he is rarely interviewed in the mainstream media. Seumas Milne meets himNoam Chomsky is the closest thing in the English-speaking world to an intellectual superstar. A philosopher of language and political campaigner of towering academic reputation, who (Read More)