Israel chose - will the Palestinians?
Full Article Al Jazeera
18 Mar 2015

This will be Benjamin Netanyahu's fourth and Israel's 34th government since its establishment in 1948. The 11th coalition government since it entered the US-sponsored "peace process" 24 years ago. In all likelihood, the new government promises to be another extreme nationalist government led by the man who vowed to continue to do more of the same....

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prays at the tunnel section of the Western Wall in Jerusalem Wednesday, March 18, 2015.
photo: AP / Emeil Salman

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Netanyahu: No Palestinian state if I'm re-elected
updated 17 Mar 2015; published 17 Mar 2015
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Israel Election Netanyahu VOWS no Palestinian State
updated 16 Mar 2015; published 16 Mar 2015
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In last campaign push, Netanyahu reverses stand on Palestinian state
updated 16 Mar 2015; published 16 Mar 2015
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Israel's PM Netanyahu: No Palestinian state on my watch
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Election Victory Netanyahu Gets Reaction Palestinians in Gaza
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Netanyahu says no Palestinian state if he wins
Eight dead in Tunis museum shooting
Full Article Belfast Telegraph
18 Mar 2015

Gunmen have opened fire at a leading museum in Tunisia's capital, killing at least eight people, authorities said. The attack on the National Bardo Museum in Tunis prompted the evacuation of Tunisia's parliament building, which is adjacent to the museum. Three men dressed in military-style clothing may have taken hostages inside the museum, private...

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File - Tunisian soldiers celebrate at the end of a successful raid against gunmen in the Oued Ellil suburb of Tunis, Tunisia, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. Tunisian authorities stormed the home of suspected militants to end a 24-hour standoff.
photo: AP / Aimen Zine

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Tunisia Attack: AK-47 Armed Gunmen Kill At Least 19, Take Hostages Parliament, Museum |VIDEO REPORT
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Tunisia Parliament Attack: At least 8 Tourists Killed, Others Hostage in Museum - Official
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Gunmen storm museum in Tunisia, killing at least 8
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Tunisia Parliament attack: Live updates
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Secular Atheism and the Middle East
updated 14 Jun 2013; published 14 Jun 2013
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Topless FEMEN activists jailed in Tunisia: European feminists given four-month prison terms
Serbian Police Arrest 7 Men Suspected Of Involvement In 1995 Srebrenica Massacre
Full Article Huffington Post
18 Mar 2015

SREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Prosecutors on Wednesday made Serbia's first arrests of people suspected of carrying out killings in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, The Associated Press has learned — a significant milestone toward healing the wounds of Europe's worst civilian slaughter since World War II. Serbian police arrested seven men...

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File - Gravestones at the Potočari genocide memorial near Srebrenica.
photo: Creative Commons / Michael Büker

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Serbia Arrests 7 Suspects in 1995 Srebrenica Massacre
updated 26 May 2011; published 26 May 2011
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Interpol Wanted Serb Army Chief Arrested for 1995 Srebrenica Elimination of 8000 Muslims
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Serbia arrests seven over 1995 Srebrenica massacre
updated 26 May 2011; published 26 May 2011
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War crimes fugitive Mladic arrested in Serbia
updated 26 May 2011; published 26 May 2011
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Mladic Arrested 1: At last some Justice to ( Dutch) Trauma Srebrenica? 2011 May 26th
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Ten Bosnian Serb Wartime Security Officials Arrested for War Crimes
ECB besieged by protests as Draghi opens $1.4 billion tower
Full Article Kathimerini
18 Mar 2015

As the European Central Bank prepares to inaugurate its new headquarters four months after moving in, more than 10,000 protesters are seeking to spoil the party. Frankfurt, the euro area’s financial capital and home of the common currency, is bracing for demonstrations and sit-ins on Wednesday at locations throughout the city by...

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Demonstrators dressed as clowns pass by a burning police car Wednesday, March 18, 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany.
photo: AP / Michael Probst

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Protest Turns Violent in Germany Near New European Central Bank Headquarters In Frankfurt
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Protesters, police clash near new European bank HQ in Frankfurt
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Germany Riot In Frankfurt Targets New ECB Headquarters
updated 18 Mar 2015; published 18 Mar 2015
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Protest Turns Violent in Germany Near New European Central Bank Headquarters In Frankfurt
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Blockupy Protesters: Protesters, Police Clash Near new European Bank HQ in Frankfurt
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Protest Turns Violent in Germany At European Central Bank Opening
Relief groups rush aid to Vanuatu's cyclone-stricken islands
Full Article The Charlotte Observer
18 Mar 2015

Relief workers rushed to deliver desperately needed food and water Wednesday to survivors living on Vanuatu's outer islands, after a monstrous cyclone wiped out entire villages and flattened vast swathes of the South Pacific nation's landscape. Aid workers and government officials were planning to send a boat packed with supplies to hard-hit Tanna...

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Samuel, only his first name given, carries a ball through the ruins of their family home as his father, Phillip, at back, picks through the debris in Port Vila, Vanuatu in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam Monday, March 16, 2015.
photo: AP / Dave Hunt

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Relief Groups Rush Aid to Vanuatu’s Cyclone-Stricken Islands
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Rescue teams reach cyclone stricken Vanuatu islands, official toll lowered
updated 16 Mar 2015; published 16 Mar 2015
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'We will have to begin again' says Vanuatu president after 'monster' cyclone
updated 15 Mar 2015; published 15 Mar 2015
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Cleanup begins in Vanuatu after cyclone batters islands
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Cyclone flattened the landscape in Vanuatu's outer islands
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Aid Efforts in Vanuatu Intensify

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Which social media firm dropped the ball over the Charlie Hebdo attacks?
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The Guardian
Journalist and academic Emily Bell reveals one social network was ‘frozen’ with inaction on how to act on information ...
Putin resurfaces with jokes - but no explanation
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Philadelphia Daily News
MOSCOW - Russia's leader is back. More than 10 days after President Vladimir Putin dropped from public sight without an explanation, he reappeared Monday relaxed, smiling, and...
Israel votes in poll seen as referendum on Netanyahu
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Al Jazeera
Polls have opened in Israel in a crucial election seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who ruled out a Palestinian state as part of a last-ditch appeal to...

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Tunisia museum shooting: 8 dead including tourists, officials say
Tunisia museum shooting
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The Irish Times
Gunmen opened fire at a leading museum in Tunisia’s capital, leaving at least eight dead and six wounded, including foreign tourists, authorities said. Security forces filled the area around the National Bardo Museum in Tunis after the attack....
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Breastfeeding 'linked to higher IQ'
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BBC News
A long-term study has pointed to a link between breastfeeding and intelligence. The research in Brazil traced nearly 3,500 babies, from all walks of life, and found those who had been breastfed for longer went on to score higher on IQ tests as...
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Robert Durst: Burning Questions Answered
Robert Durst is escorted into Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 17, 2015.
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IMDb
HBO's documentary series The Jinx raised as many questions about the Robert Durst case as it answered....
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Netanyahu's fate hangs in the balance as Israel votes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets supporters at the party's election headquarters In Tel Aviv.Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Exit polls from Israel’s national elections showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party nearly deadlocked with Isaac Herzog’s center-left Zionist Union.
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Otago Daily Times
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced a fight for his political survival on Tuesday as Israelis voted in an election that opinion polls predict the centre-left opposition could win. After a bitterly contested campaign, the election has turned into...
photo: AP / Oded Balilty
Lufthansa cancels 750 flights due to pilots' strike
Lufthansa counters are closed at the airport in Duesseldorf
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DNA India
Representational Image Lufthansa has cancelled 750 flights or about half the total due to a strike planned by pilots for Wednesday, affecting thousands of passengers in a long-running dispute over early retirement benefits and plans to expand budget...
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Egypt to try police officer for killing female protester
An anti-government protester waves an Egyptian flag as stands on a pole in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011.
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Philadelphia Daily News
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's chief prosecutor on Tuesday referred a police officer to trial for the killing of a female protester during a peaceful demonstration nearly two months earlier in a widely documented shooting. The death of 32-year old Shaimaa...
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Iraqi offensive for Tikrit stalls as Islamic State inflicts casualties
An Iraqi Army soldier during Operation NANNO II in the southern section of Baghdad. U.S. Army Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 502 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division
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Stars and Stripes
NAJAF, Iraq — The Iraqi forces' operation to retake the city of Tikrit has stalled as troops suffer heavy casualties at the hands of Islamic State militants, raising concerns over whether the pro-government fighters are ready for major offensives....
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kim Smith


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