Biggest rally in Israel’s history presses PM 5:56pm EDT By Ari Rabinovitch TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands marched Saturday for lower living costs in the largest such rally in Israel’s history, bolstering a social change movement and mounting pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take on economic reform. Protest leaders called it […]
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AUGUST 20, 2011 By VANESSA FUHRMANS BERLIN—German authorities are scrambling to contain and make sense of a surge in car torchings in the nation’s capital that have raised fears that the vandalism spree could escalate into the broader, more dangerous forms of street crime that have recently hit other pockets of Europe. Cars go up
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Jeffrey T. Kuhner Archive Friday, July 21, 2011Woes of Hanoi Jane: Dissed by the capitalist system she once condemned Hanoi Jane has been humbled. Recently, the home shopping channel QVC canceled a scheduled appearance by Jane Fonda. The actress was supposed to discuss her latest book, “Prime Time.” She is shocked and angry that QVC
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AUGUST 1, 2011 His lack of faith in American exceptionalism has dashed any hope of a ‘transformational’ presidency. By FOUAD AJAMI In one of the illuminating, unscripted moments of the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama said—much to the dismay of his core constituency—that the Reagan presidency had been “transformational” in a way that Bill Clinton’s
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latimes.com Egyptian ‘unity’ rally highlights split within nation The protest in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, meant to show unity among secularist and Islamist parties in the call for reforms, instead displayed the power of the Muslim Brotherhood and like-minded groups. ‘The people want an Islamic state,’ tens of thousands Islamists chant while outnumbered secular demonstrators watch
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Fury is spreading. But the mobs ignore the real culprit behind broken economies. by Niall FergusonJuly 11, 2011 Yiorgos Karahalis / Reuters-LandovRiot police at a protest against austerity measures in Athens on June 28, 2011. This is the age of indignation. Politics in the Western world are becoming more emotional—because our problems are so intractable.
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– The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation – http://blog.heritage.org – Morning Bell: Beware Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty Dream Posted By Mike Brownfield On July 5, 2011 @ 9:22 am In Protect America,The Morning Bell | 71 Comments [1] Fireworks broke the darkness of the sky over Washington last night in a choreographed
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JULY 2, 2011 Twenty-Four Reported Dead in Broad Rallies as Lawlessness Is Said to Undercut Regime’s Legitimacy Associated Press An image captured by cellphone and transmitted by a group that tracks Syria news shows protesters in the northern Kfar Nebel village on Friday demanding the exit of Assad. DAMASCUS—Demonstrators across Syria pressed their demands for
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FORBES by Steve Forbes Fact and Comment For Whom The Greek Bell Tolls 07.18.11 Given its rich mercantile heritage in the Mediterranean, Greece should be the Hong Kong/Singapore/ Switzerland of the Balkans. Its emigrants and their descendants have been huge business successes in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada and elsewhere. Yet Greece is bankrupt,
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JUNE 30, 2011 Worst Violence Since Mubarak’s Ouster Leaves 1,000 Injured, Raises Doubts Over Pre-Election Security By MATT BRADLEY ReutersSmoke billows from a burning police booth as protesters clashed in front of interior ministry headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday. CAIRO—The Egyptian military intervened Wednesday afternoon to quell the biggest riots since the country’s former president
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