The Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne has ordered the Israel-controlled Trans-Asiatic Oil Company to pay a debt of $1.2 billion to Iran’s national Oil Company. According to Global Arbitration Review, which published the Swiss court”s ruling, Iran”s oil company has been removed from the sanctions regime, so there is no legal obstacle to paying it […]
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Six teen ambassadors from the Jerusalem Zoo – four Israeli Jews and two Arabs – are completing an intensive learning and fun visit to San Diego, where they have observed animals at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, SeaWorld, Birch Aquarium, the San Diego Harbor and at
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Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, August 8, 2016 – Much is said about Donald Trump turning off voting blocks, but Hillary Clinton might take the cake as the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton chose the endorsement of the militant Black Lives Matter group, and chose to not pursue the endorsement of the the Fraternal Order of Police. The Fraternal
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USASEATTLE — At least three business executives listed as co-hosts of an upcoming Seattle fundraiser for Donald Trump are now disavowing involvement with the event. Gordon Sondland and Bashar Wali, Portland, Ore.-based executives of Provenance Hotels, were named as co-hosts of Trump’s scheduled Aug. 30 fundraiser, according to an invitation circulated last week. But in
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USARACINE, Wis. — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s primary challenge is drawing national attention. But that wasn’t obvious Monday, less than 24 hours before voters head to the polls here, as Ryan met with manufacturing workers on the eastern edge of his district. Ryan never mentioned the election, rival Paul Nehlen or last week’s kerfuffle
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USAMONTREAL – The federal government has distanced itself from a major international gathering opening Tuesday in Montreal following complaints that its programming included anti-Semitic content. The World Social Forum, expected to draw more than 10,000 participants, was told last week to remove the Canadian government logo from its list of partners after two Liberal MPs
Just to explain where I’m from: I’m a registered Republican who served on the White House staffs of two Republican presidents, Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon; was the editor-in-chief of the platform for a third Republican president, Gerald Ford; and was tasked by the Republican National Committee to write a transition plan for a fourth
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USABy Chris Jennewein Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — The San Diego parent of an American killed during the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, is suing Hillary Clinton over the incident. The conservative advocacy group Freedom Watch filed the suit Monday in Washington on behalf of Patricia Smith of San Diego, whose son Sean Smith was a State Department
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Chris Jennewein, Middle East, USABefore the Democratic convention in Philadelphia two weeks ago, some Democrats were concerned that whatever magic Hillary Clinton had managed to hang on to up until that point had vanished with the nomination of Donald Trump. Little under a week and a half since Clinton formally accepted her party’s nomination, however, projections show the party
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USATwo former Environmental Protection Agency administrators under Presidents Nixon and George H.W. Bush have endorsed Hillary Clinton for president, saying Donald Trump has shown a “profound ignorance of science” and of public health issues in environmental law. “Republicans have a long history of support for the environment dating back to Theodore Roosevelt. Donald Trump threatens
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The World We Share, USALast week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei accused the United States of failing to honor pledges in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Citing “the futility of negotiations with the Americans,” he distanced himself from the nuclear deal he once supported. Coming just weeks after the one-year anniversary of the agreement, his charge is just
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Middle East, USAWhat do Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Natalie Portman, Ellen DeGeneres, Gandhi, Paul McCartney, Charles Darwin and Betty White all have in common? This inspirational crowd has all embraced a plant-based diet, but why? In addition to weight loss, improved heart health and some extra pocket change, embracing a vegetarian lifestyle has major environmental benefits and
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Science, Medicine, & EducationNew Delhi (dpa) – Indian rights activist Chanu Irom Sharmila said Tuesday she was ending her hunger strike of 16 years in order to run in 2017 state elections. “I’ve been fasting for past 16 years, I am ending my fast today,” Sharmila was quoted as saying by Amnesty International India spokesman Abhirr VP. “I
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InternationalA political action committee has been convened by a group of prominent Republicans staffers to organize GOP support for the Libertarian presidential ticket of Gary Johnson. Hillary Clinton’s campaign, according to multiple reports, is actively looking to recruit establishment Republicans primed to defect and support her nomination. Meg Whitman, a major GOP donor and former
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