MK Oren Hazan (Likud) demanded Jordanian authorities re-arrest freed terrorist Ahmed Daqamseh for incitement against Jews. Daqamseh killed seven Israeli schoolgirls in a terror attack in 1997, and was freed on Sunday – five years early. Upon his release, he said, “The Israelis are the human waste which the nations of the world vomited up […]
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Middle EastSen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said a House GOP leadership’s proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act will require “a lot of carpentry on that framework” before conservative Republicans in Congress can support it during an interview Sunday on ABC News’ “This Week.” When House leadership unveiled the American Health Care Act last week,
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe Population and Immigration Authority and the Ministry of Strategic Affairs on Sunday evening denied entry to Israel to Hugh Lanning, chairman of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), an anti-Israel group which openly supports Hamas, Hezbollah and other extremist organizations. PSC is the leading anti-Israel organization in the UK and one of the largest in
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International, Middle EastOhio Gov. John Kasich said Sunday that both political parties are falling apart at the seams as Republicans and Democrats focus more on scoring political points than on helping Americans in need. The former GOP presidential candidate said the debate over health care reform has become so politicized that both sides have forgotten that their
Trump administration officials guaranteed Sunday that the president will hit the road soon to rally support for the health care bill put forth by House Republicans, saying the White House is “fully committed” to the legislation. “The president, the vice president, all of us at the White House are fully committed to this bill, and
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAHillary Clinton, who addressed the 16th annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards on Wednesday, debuted a new hairstyle the same day. The awards ceremony, which honors people who support women in leadership roles, was held on International Women’s Day. “Stand up, resist, run for office” – Hillary Clinton on Snapchat #InternationalWomensDay pic.twitter.com/7xqTLv2ude — Joshua Hoyos
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USATokyo/Washington (dpa) – Israel continued their magical run at the 2017 World Baseball Classic with a 4-1 victory in Tokyo over traditional powers Cuba in their opening game of second round action on Sunday. Blake Galien drove in two runs as the World Baseball Classic (WBC) debutants have still not lost in the quadrennial baseball
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsFifty-year-old Mark Rutte leads the Dutch People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy. He has been prime minister of Netherlands since October 2010. During the 2010 legislative elections Mark Rutte campaigned at a time when the economy of the country was dominated by the effects of fiscal austerity. Back then, he was open to forming a
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InternationalAUSTIN – Practically shouting for emphasis, former Vice President Joe Biden delivered an impassioned plea Sunday to an audience at the South by Southwest festival to find a cure for cancer. “You are the future,” Biden said in his first major speech on cancer since leaving the White House. “Many of you are developing technologies
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I’ve recently received notes from two of my Internet friends suggesting that the usual tension among Jews has reached a point of high fever. Involved in the uptick is the continuing issue of Israel not doing enough to accommodate Palestinians, and the election of Donald Trump. Both notes come from Jews
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIt is being described as the largest humanitarian crisis facing the world since the creation of the United Nations. The warning comes from the UN humanitarian chief amid mounting concern about famine in Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen and Nigeria. We are facing largest human. crisis since creation of UN. 20M+ face starvation, famine. W/out global
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InternationalAddis Ababa (dpa) – A landslide at a landfill in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa has killed 35 people, a spokeswoman in the mayor’s office said Sunday. The accident at the large garbage disposal area occurred on Saturday, burying makeshift houses and concrete buildings. The initial death toll was reported at 15 with 37 people
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InternationalHANOI CITY,VIETNAM, March 12, 2017 – Getting to Hanoi takes time. The cross-Pacific flight to Tokyo or Seoul is followed by another four-hour flight to Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport, and then by a 45-minute taxi ride to Hanoi’s Old Quarter. But then the enchantment begins, as the excellent service, delicious food, and the mahogany smoothness
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International, Travel and FoodPresident Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan have tried to present a unified front on the GOP’s health care bill, but a top Republican critic of that legislation on Sunday tried to stoke divisions between the two. Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, said flatly that he doesn’t believe the president is fully committed to the