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Obama heads home after 'spectacular' tourist stop in Jordan
PETRA, Jordan--After four days of difficult Middle East diplomacy, President Obama headed home Saturday after playing tourist at the elaborate ruins of Petra, an ancient city carved from sheer rock faces of surrounding mountains. The remains of...Tags: Israel, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Tourism and Leisure, Barack Obama
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Palestinian politics do matter
With President Obama's visit to Israel and the occupied territories now behind us, attention is likely to turn to how we might restart the peace process. But if the past is any indication, one crucial element will be largely ignored in the discussion:...
Tags: West Bank, Lobbying, Brookings Institution, Israel, Fatah
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Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, 82, dies
JOHNANNESBURG, South Africa -- Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who wrote “Things Fall Apart,” died Friday after a brief illness. He was 82. Achebe, often called the father of African literature, was best known for “Things Fall...
Tags: Nigeria, Chinua Achebe, Nelson Mandela, Goodluck Jonathan
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Egypt allows showing of 'Jews of Egypt' documentary
CAIRO – The battle between censors and filmmakers over "Jews of Egypt" ended this week when authorities granted permission for the documentary to be shown despite fears it may agitate Egypt’s anti-Israeli hatred amid months of political unrest...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Movies, Film Festivals, Israel, Festive Events
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Italian marines return to India to face murder charges
NEW DELHI – Two Italian marines who had been refusing to return to India to stand trial for murder were flown back to New Delhi on Friday evening, ending a diplomatic standoff that threatened to derail relations between the two nations and test...
Tags: Elections, Chinua Achebe, Government, India, Italy
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Syrians on both sides of conflict condemn killing of cleric
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT — Both sides in the Syrian conflict on Friday denounced the killing of an esteemed Sunni Muslim cleric and prominent supporter of President Bashar Assad in what authorities called a suicide bombing that left scores dead at a Damascus mosque....Tags: Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Suicide, Wars and Interventions, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Obama defends U.S. approach to Syrian conflict
AMMAN, Jordan — Standing less than 100 miles from the Syrian border, President Obama on Friday defended his administration’s reluctance to use U.S. military force to quell the civil war in that country, saying experience has shown that slow...
Tags: Israel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Military, Bashar Assad, Abdullah II of Jordan
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This weekend: 'The Walking Dead,' 'The Good Wife,' 'Phil Spector'
Staff writerThe NCAA men's basketball tournament will generate marathon viewing this weekend, but there are entertainment programs to savor and avoid. A few highlights: 1. AMC is not making the last two "Walking Dead" episodes available to critics as the zombie...Tags: Glee (tv program), The Walking Dead (tv program), Roma Downey, PBS (tv network), Audra McDonald
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Obama's symbolic mission to Israel: Accomplished
Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel as president seems to have thawed his frosty relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at least for public consumption. But it appears to have done little to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, curb...Tags: Religion and Belief, Elections, Human Rights, Israel, John Kerry
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Alleged chemical attack in Syria remains a mystery
BEIRUT — The strange case of an alleged chemical attack in Syria has taken some odd turns. Like so many other mass-casualty attacks in Syria, the alleged poison-gas strike Tuesday in northern Syria has become a case of each side in the conflict...
Tags: Bashar Assad, France, Government, Weaponry, Wars and Interventions
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“The Bible” maintains divine ratings after Episode 3
Channel Guide MagazineDespite some controversy that brewed on Twitter from folks who thought that, as portrayed on the program, Satan looked a little too much like President Obama, History's The Bible once again was the No. 1 show in all of television after its third episode... -
Obama speechwriter shapes policy with his pen
WASHINGTON -- One of Ben Rhodes’ first tasks when he followed Barack Obama to the White House in 2009 was to help craft the presidential speech, delivered in Cairo, that urged a restart of Mideast peace talks, called America’s alliance with...
Tags: West Bank, Elections, Israel, George W. Bush, U.S. Embassy
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