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Military chief: EU becoming 'marginal' in Asia-centric world
EU countries must share military resources or become "marginal" powers on the world stage, a Swedish general has said.
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Hezbollah's latest muscle-flexing shows it is under duress and looking for a fight
Hezbollah has been flexing its muscles of late, sending a drone into
Israel and establishing a surveillance and telecommunication system
along the border.
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Barak: Israel won't outsource its security to anyone
Israel will not outsource its vital security interests to anyone.
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Egypt's Brotherhood: Shariah must be charter base
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood said Wednesday it is committed to enshrining
Islamic Shariah law as the main source of a new constitution.
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US warns Israel off pre-emptive strike on Iran
US military commanders have warned their Israeli counterparts that any
action against Iran would severely limit the ability of American forces
in the region to mount their own operations against the Iranian nuclear
program.
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Israeli history photo of the week: German emperor
The Library of Congress has recently digitalized a collection of over
10,000 photographs, taken by the "American Colony" in Jerusalem.
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PLO leader calls for 'return' of W. Bank to Jordan
Farouk Kaddoumi, a veteran PLO official, dropped a political bombshell
Wednesday with a call for "returning" the West Bank to Jordan.
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U.S. Monitoring Iran's Activities in Sudan
The United States said on Wednesday it was monitoring a visit by two Iranian warships to a Sudanese port this week.
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Syrian jets pound rebel strongholds across country
Syrian warplanes pounded opposition strongholds around Damascus and in
the north Wednesday as President Bashar Assad's forces intensified
airstrikes following the failure of a U.N.-backed cease-fire.
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Morsi removed Arab peace plan from UN speech
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi omitted from his United Nations speech
an affirmation of the Arab League peace plan that was in the advance
text of his address.