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Republican presidential candidates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas are pictured during the Iowa GOP/Fox News Debate at the CY Stephens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, Pool)

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Archives for February 2012

“Death to Christians”: Alleged Jewish Settlers vandalize Monastery schools in Jerusalem

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Vandals attacked a monastery in Jerusalem and a prominent school with a mixed Jewish-Arab student body on Tuesday, and police said they suspected Jewish extremists were behind the violence. “Death to Christians” and other Hebrew-language graffiti were scrawled on the Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, while “Death to Arabs” was sprayed […]

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By Associated Press

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Vandals attacked a monastery in Jerusalem and a prominent school with a mixed Jewish-Arab student body on Tuesday, and police said they suspected Jewish extremists were behind the violence. "Death to Christians" and other Hebrew-language graffiti were scrawled on the Greek Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem, while "Death

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Israel approves plan to build 600 new homes in West Bank Settlement

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a plan to build 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank, a move that drew a rebuke from the United Nations and Palestinians and threatened to raise new tensions with the U.S. as the prime minister prepares to head to the White House. […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a plan to build 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank, a move that drew a rebuke from the United Nations and Palestinians and threatened to raise new tensions with the U.S. as the prime minister prepares to head to the White House. Israeli officials tried to play

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US food imports, production linked to worldwide hunger epidemic

(MintPress) – While more than 925 million people worldwide are undernourished, Americans consume nearly 815 billion calories of food each day. That is equal to 200 billion more calories than needed – enough to feed the entire populations of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Taiwan and Sri Lanka combined. The United States produces more than 75 million […]

(MintPress) - While more than 925 million people worldwide are undernourished, Americans consume nearly 815 billion calories of food each day. That is equal to 200 billion more calories than needed - enough to feed the entire populations of Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Taiwan and Sri Lanka combined. The United States produces more than 75 million tons

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Greek lawmakers rush to further cut incomes and state spending

  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece scrambled Wednesday to push through a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and state spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy. The new austerity measures demanded by creditors in return for the rescue loans follow two years of deepening misery, […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

  ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece scrambled Wednesday to push through a batch of emergency laws that will further cut incomes and state spending, a day after securing a new bailout and debt relief deal designed to stave off bankruptcy. The new austerity measures demanded by creditors in return for the rescue loans follow two years of

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US continues to lose friends and support in new Egypt

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is losing old friends and can’t win new ones in the new Egypt. Trying to secure a way home for seven American democracy experts trapped in the country, the Obama administration is facing a wrathful campaign of retribution from Hosni Mubarak’s old allies of the dictatorship, which the U.S. […]

Associated Press
By Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is losing old friends and can't win new ones in the new Egypt. Trying to secure a way home for seven American democracy experts trapped in the country, the Obama administration is facing a wrathful campaign of retribution from Hosni Mubarak's old allies of the dictatorship, which the U.S. long supported but

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Poll: Santorum surges, Obama leads Republicans

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows. Obama tops 50 percent support when matched against each of the four GOP candidates and holds a […]

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By Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) — A surging Rick Santorum is running even with Mitt Romney atop the Republican presidential field, but neither candidate is faring well against President Barack Obama eight months before Americans vote, a new survey shows. Obama tops 50 percent support when matched against each of the four GOP candidates and holds a

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