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Obama coming even if PM fails to form gov't
US President Barack Obama's visit to Israel is not contingent on the formation of a new Israeli government.
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Freed UN hostages entering Jordan after Syria release
Rebels moved the hostages themselves after a UN team hoping to collect
them inside Syria was delayed by clashes between rebels and government
forces.
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Chimney fitted on Sistine Chapel roof for pope election
Firefighters have fitted a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel in the
Vatican ahead of the conclave which will elect a new pope.
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Palestinians clash with police on Temple Mount
Muslim worshipers throw stones, Molotov cocktails at police, that entered the Al-Aqsa compound to disperse the rioters.
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Lions and tigers and genocide? Oh yes
Ten years before a tornado whirled Dorothy to a land of multicultural
harmony, "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" creator L. Frank Baum penned an
editorial for the South Dakota newspaper he owned.
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Schiff: U.S. Will Win Currency War, Then "Implode"
Investors should take immediate steps to protect themselves as a global
currency war is about to create a massive economic "implosion" far worse
than 2008.
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Locusts invade Israel, are stopped in their tracks
A 1-million strong swarm of locusts that broke away from the
plague-sized multitude that continues to attack northern Egypt invaded
Israel on Tuesday, only to be stopped in its tracks a day later.
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Mob in Pakistani city torches Christian homes
Hundreds of people in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore ransacked a Christian neighborhood Saturday.
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Egypt raises alert level in Sinai over jihadist fears
Egypt's Interior Ministry told police in the Sinai peninsula to raise a
state of emergency after obtaining intelligence that jihadists might
attack their forces there.
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70-strong Israeli coalition nearing completion
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made considerable progress toward building what is set to be a 70-strong coalition.