Donald H. Harrison

Hezbollah official: Israel’s demise ‘closer than ever’

Hezbollah officials are continuing to threaten Israel, the latest threat coming by Lebanese cleric Hashem Safieddine, head of the terrorist’s group executive council. In a television interview with the Al-Mayadeen television network, dated August 8 and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), Safieddine said that “Israel is closer than ever before to […]

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Middle East

In time of future disaster, there still will be humor

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, TAIWAN –Aaron Thier is a 30-something writer born and bred in western Massachusetts, and his latest novel Mr. Eternity has just been published by Bloomsbury in New York. The time-travelling novel is both a comic novel and very serious novel at the same time, and it has been characterized already by readers as literary

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories

NY Times misses key factors in Mideast analysis

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New York Times has published an exceptionally long article about the collapse of the Middle East, the chaos of what used to be functioning governments, the misery and streams of refugees that it has produced. It’s good journalism, telling its story through the eyes of individuals interviewed over the course

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

SYRIA – Haunting image of Syrian boy rescued from rubble sums up Aleppo horror

Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating air strike in Aleppo. The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulates the horrors inflicted

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Middle East

California Genocide

Close The tally is relentlessly grim: a whole settlement wiped out in Trinity County “excepting a few children”; an Indian girl raped and left to die somewhere near Mendocino; as many as 50 killed at Goose Lake; and, two months later, as many as 257 murdered at Grouse Creek, scores of them women and children.

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USA

US women’s hurdlers sweep, long jumpers take top two spots

RIO DE JANEIRO — Moments after she had left the track after leading the first-ever 1-2-3 sweep by athletes from one country in the 100-meter hurdles, Brianna Rollins clutched a precious golden object in her right hand. Her prize? Not a medal — an apple. “I’m so hungry,” she said, the only downside of waiting

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

Simone Biles finds herself in the stratosphere of Olympic stars with fourth gold medal

RIO DE JANEIRO — Simone Biles didn’t quite feel like she truly belonged to the Famous U.S. Olympian Club. She admitted to feeling a “little nervous” around the likes of swimmers Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky during a recent photo shoot. She was underestimating herself. Another gold-medal performance by the transcendent talent suggested the club

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

Ryan Lochte thought he would be ‘in trouble’ after getting robbed in Rio so he kept quiet

Ryan Lochte has come clean about the confusion surrounding the robbery he and three other American swimmers endured at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Lochte told USA Today that they didn’t tell the U.S. Olympic Committee about the incident that happened early Sunday “because we were afraid we’d get in trouble.” When reports

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

Brazilian judge bars US swimmers Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen from leaving country after they’ve already left

RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian judge ordered local police to seize the passports of U.S. swimmers Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen on Wednesday to bar them from leaving the country after the athletes said they were part of a group robbed at gunpoint earlier this week. In a statement, Judge Keyla Blanc de Cnop

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International, Sports & Competitions, USA

Clinton leads Trump in Colo, Va., candidates close in Iowa: polls

Hillary Clinton has a double-digit lead over Donald Trump in both Colorado and Virginia, while Mr. Trump remains within striking distance in Iowa, according to polling of the three battleground states released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University. In head-to-head match-ups, Mrs. Clinton led Mr. Trump by 10 points in Colorado, 49 percent to 39 percent, and

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USA

Did physicists discover a previously unknown fifth force of nature?

A tiny, unseen force could potentially alter our basic understanding of the universe — if it really exists. Theoretical physicists at UC Irvine say they’ve found evidence for a fifth fundamental force of nature, carried by a particle that until now has gone totally unnoticed. If supported by the independent work of other teams, the

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Marijuana Is Not A ‘Gateway’ Drug, New Charts Show

Does more social damage result from drinking alcohol or using illegal drugs? Could trying marijuana actually lead to stronger drug use? Utilizing data from four decades of U.S. government drug use surveys, an extensive and easy-to-use collection of charts has just been created to answer these questions, and more. The Brian C. Bennett Drug Charts

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA