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Pentagon: Iran boosts missiles' lethality, effectiveness
Iran's military has "boosted the lethality and effectiveness of existing" ballistic missile systems.
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Contradicting Abbas, Hamas says it still believes in 'armed resistance' against Israel
Hamas continues to believe in armed resistance against Israel, a movement spokesman said Sunday.
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NY Times Claims Israel 'Took' Yesha from Jordan in 1967
A New York Times editorial Tuesday rewrites history and claims Israel "took" Judea and Samaria from Jordan in 1967.
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PA Hosts 'Diaspora Arabs' in 'Ancient Jaffa'
The Palestinian Authority has launched a new campaign to bring Arabs from the "Diaspora" to visit their "homeland".
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Russia Sending Warships on Maneuvers Near Syria
Russia said on Tuesday that it had dispatched a flotilla of 11 warships to the eastern Mediterranean.
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Peres: Settlement building threatens Jewish state
President Shimon Peres spoke out Tuesday against West Bank settlements,
stating that they jeopardize the state's Jewish identity.
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Egypt court overturns President Mursi parliament order
The highest court in Egypt has overturned a decree by President Mohammed Mursi to recall parliament.
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Calls to Destroy Egypt's Great Pyramids Begin
According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim
clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt's Great Pyramids.
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US Episcopal Church approves same-sex blessing service
The Episcopal Church has become the largest US denomination to bless same-sex relationships.
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Syria's opposition appeals for Russian support
A delegation of Syrian opposition figures is visiting Moscow to discuss
international efforts to find a political solution to the violence.