AFP- Former German president Roman Herzog, best remembered for urging “a jolt” of political and social reform in his country, has died at the age of 82, the presidential office said Tuesday. He died in the early hours of Tuesday in a hospital near his hometown in the southwestern state of Baden-Wurttemberg, a spokeswoman said.
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International, Obituaries & memorialsThe State of Israel is preparing for a new diplomatic battle, this time in Paris. In less than a week the Paris International Conference will convene with participation of delegates from 70 countries but without Israel or the PA. Participants at the conference will call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to disassociate from Jewish Home
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International, Middle East, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –During an interview with David Martin of CBS on Friday January 6, 2017, outgoing U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry again vented his hatred towards Israel, and incited and legitimized anti-Jewish, anti-Israel violence throughout the Arab world. Kerry threatened that moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem would cause “an
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Middle East, USAVienna (dpa) – Potential changes in the US stance towards Iran dominated Tuesday as representatives from Iran and six major powers met in Vienna to review their agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear programme. The regular meeting by senior diplomats from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, China, the European Union and Iran took place
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USANew research could help forecast deadly toxin outbreaks NASA Earth Observatory Blooms of phytoplankton (in dark green) off the coast of California in 2016. A mysterious, potentially deadly neurotoxin that poisons humans by way of shellfish has now been linked to warming ocean waters. The new findings could help fisheries predict spikes of this substance
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe sun has not yet risen in Istanbul, but Aylin* is wide awake. She has tidied her flat, sent a few messages to friends, and packed a small bag. She makes coffee and, catching her reflection in the dark windows, sits down to wait: for a knock on the door, or the sound of boots
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Middle EastHundreds of thousands of mourners led by Iran’s supreme leader gathered at Tehran University early on Tuesday for the funeral of former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Iran is holding an hours-long ceremony for the veteran politician, who died on Sunday at the age of 82. Authorities have declared Tuesday a public holiday so that Iranians
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Middle EastThe chair of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday that Sen. Jeff Sessions should be considered too extreme to win confirmation in the Senate as Donald Trump’s attorney general. Shortly before Mr. Sessions confirmation hearings were set to kickoff, interim DNC Chair Donna Brazile provided a likely preview of what’s to come from Democrats, saying
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USAUganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has announced significant changes in the top army command on Tuesday that has seen his son, Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, head of the elite Special Forces Command, move to a presidential advisory role. Equally notable, the president has replaced the army chief Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, moving him to a civilian
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InternationalTokyo (dpa) – Japan’s biggest carmaker Toyota Motor Corporation will invest 10 billion dollars in the United States, company president Akio Toyoda said, days after US president-elect Donald Trump criticized its planned factory in Mexico, Japanese media reported Tuesday. Toyoda made the announcement during a news conference at the North American International Auto Show in
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USANEWARK — Phil Murphy, the Democratic front-runner in the 2017 race to replace Gov. Chris Christie, picked up the endorsements of New Jersey’s Democratic U.S. Senators on Monday and vowed to disobey orders from a President Donald Trump that would violate the constitution or are “un-American.” Murphy appeared at his campaign headquarters in downtown Newark
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SUSSITA, Israel (Press Release) — The University of Haifa’s excavations at the Hippos (Sussita) site have uncovered the location of a large Roman theater. However, the theater’s location outside the city walls supports the hypothesis that the facility was used mainly for religious ceremonies rather than shows for the masses. Dr. Michael Eisenberg of the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationPoll: majority of Israelis support settlement building, believe Obama ‘unfriendly’ to Israel (JNS.org) A new survey published in the aftermath of the United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, which passed after the Obama administration refused to veto the measure, says that 62 percent of Israeli Jews support continued settlement building and 57 percent
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Middle EastBEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have developed a new system to assess obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity while a patient is awake and analyze sleep-wake activity, using his or her smartphone. According to the American Sleep Apnea Association, it is estimated that 22 million Americans suffer from the
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