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(AP) Eurozone gets $670 billion in fresh bailout fundsBy GABRIELE STEINHAUSER and JAN M. OLSENAssociated PressCOPENHAGEN, Denmark The 17 countries that use the euro have boosted their emergency funding for debt-troubled countries to (EURO)800 billion ($1.1 trillion), an amount that

Today marks the 36th Land Day celebration for Palestinians. It is a day when they rally as a means of calling attention to Israel’s supposed overreach, their contention being that Israel has infringed upon their land rights. However, they also

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to work out a unified strategy on the crisis in Syria in talks with Saudi officials on Friday as further violence stymied U.N. efforts to convince Damascus

BEIRUT (AP) – Fresh clashes between Syrian soldiers and rebels erupted across many parts of Syria Friday as U.N. envoy Kofi Annan urged the government to lay down its weapons first to immediately end the nation’s yearlong crisis. Syrian President

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli forces went on high alert in anticipation of mass demonstrations Friday, sealing off swaths of territory and tightening restrictions on entering a flashpoint holy site as Palestinians and Arabs prepared for a day of marches throughout

For nearly two decades the tension between Israel and Iran has been palpable, and over the course of the past few months it has grown exponentially worse. Now approaching powder keg levels, it only remains for one side or the

On the heels of Russian President Medvedev’s denunciation of Republican Mitt Romney’s assertion that Russia is our “No. 1 geopolitical foe,” Pravda magazine has joined the fray: “[Romney is] a prize, good-for-nothing, ignoramus.”  And that’s the mild part. The first

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Security fence separating Israel from Egypt nears completion Israel cancels army’s Passover vacations, raising concerns of military plans U.S. Dept of Education turning to private debt collectors for student loans Syria’s al-Assad continues slaughter

Today, State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland took a question about whether Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. Her answer: “We are not going to prejudge the outcome of those negotiations, including the final status of Jerusalem.”  She was pushed on

On Tuesday, Allen West posted a statement on Facebook that shows he understands the Middle East better than President Obama — and leftist Jews — ever could: Today on Capitol Hill there are lots of J-Street (Pro-Palestinian Jewish Organization) representatives,

President Obama’s 2012 deputy campaign manager has refused to answer whether Obama or any of his administration has asked Palestinian or Arab leaders for “space” so Obama can be more “flexible” after the election.  This follows Obama’s infamous meeting in

By now, everyone is probably aware of the fact that Barack Obama had a “hot mic” moment on Monday during a conversation with outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. On behalf of incoming Russian President Vladimir Putin, Medvedev was seeking certain

This past Sunday, March 25, the police chief of Dubai, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan, stated that the Muslim Brotherhood plans to take over the country by 2016.  Interviewed by a Kuwaiti newspaper, he said: “My sources say the next step

The next arms-control giveaway to Russia’s authoritarian regime by the Obama Administration could very well be a big one. Towards the end of a 90-minute Monday meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President Barack Obama, apparently unaware, was recorded by

(AP) Pakistan army chief meets top US commandersBy SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistan’s army chief held talks Wednesday with top U.S. commanders for the first time since American airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year and triggered a near collapse in the

(AFP) Hundreds of Afghan women are languishing in prison having been accused or convicted of so-called “moral crimes”, including “running away” and having sex outside marriage, campaign group Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. The report released in Kabul, I Had

Worried about whether Islamic verses on Facebook are allowed? Or that suicide bombers kill innocent civilians? Afghanistan’s Taliban have set up a new question-and-answer section on their website to address such issues. The facility on Voice of Jihad, the official

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. West African nations threaten military intervention in Mali Syria’s Assad accepts Kofi Annan’s farcical six-point ‘peace plan’ Tribal violence grows in south of Libya Home prices fall in January to lowest level since 2003

(AP) Prominent Pakistani acid victim commits suicideBy SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPakistani acid attack victim Fakhra Younus had endured more than three dozen surgeries over more than a decade to repair her severely damaged face and body when she finally decided life

The United States has suspended plans to send food aid to North Korea because it has broken a promise to halt missile launches and cannot be trusted to give the help to those who need it, a Pentagon official said.

(AP) Syria accepts peace plan but clashes continueBy BASSEM MROUEAssociated PressQAA, LebanonSyria accepted a cease-fire drawn up by U.N. envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday, but the diplomatic breakthrough was swiftly overshadowed by intense clashes between government soldiers and rebels that