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Abbas needs an heir apparent
President Obama's visit to the Middle East next month is widely billed as an earnest attempt to double down on diplomacy and revive the moribund peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians. Unfortunately, the odds are stacked against the...
Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Al Jazeera (tv network), Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine
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Said Musa Maragha dies at 86; Arafat ally became an enemy
Said Musa Maragha, a Palestinian military commander who rose through the ranks of the Palestine Liberation Organization to become a trusted lieutenant of PLO leader Yasser Arafat, then broke away to lead Syrian-backed Palestinian rebels who besieged...
Tags: Fatah, Lebanon, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Israel, West Bank
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Israel admits responsibility for 1988 assassination
World NowMore than 24 years after Palestinian military leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir was assassinated in Tunisia, Israel acknowledged for the first time that its spy agency Mossad carried out the killing.... -
Arafat poisoned? Death inquiry opened in France
World NowNearly eight years after the death of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, French prosecutors opened an inquiry Tuesday into his possible murder by poisoning.... -
Madeleine Albright's brooches tell a story at Bowers Museum
Los Angeles TimesIt's hard to fathom that Saddam Hussein inspired a fashion trend. But he did for Madeleine Albright, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of State under President Clinton. It was after the first Gulf War, after she criticized Hussein...Tags: United Nations, Arts, Madeleine Albright, Arts and Culture, Vladimir Putin
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Arafat's widow files lawsuit to press for probe into his death
World NowThe widow of Yasser Arafat filed a lawsuit in France on Tuesday charging that the Palestinian leader was poisoned to death by an unknown person or persons labeled X, a move designed to press French officials to investigate.... -
WEST BANK: 18 years after Oslo, Palestinians try a new tack
Babylon & BeyondOn Sept. 13, 1993, current Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and current Israeli President Shimon Peres signed at the While House the so-called Oslo Accords, ushering in a new era and hopes of peace in the decades-old Palestinian-Israeli... -
Palestinian Authority premier Salam Fayyad gives up finance post
World NowPalestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad kept the top job in a cabinet shakeup Wednesday but relinquished his duties as finance minister, a position that earned him praise abroad and criticism at home.... -
Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers in Nakba Day protests
World NowDozens of Palestinians were injured Tuesday in clashes with Israeli soldiers during the annual Nakba Day demonstrations in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip to mark the 1948 displacement of 800,000 Arabs during Israel’s founding.... -
Mike Wallace dies at 93; '60 Minutes' pioneer
As the self-described "black hat" of television's premier newsmagazine "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace crafted a persona of a probing reporter known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant guests on the program.
Beginning in 1968, as one of...Tags: 60 Minutes (tv program), College Sports, World War II (1939-1945), Barbara Walters, Bob Schieffer
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Israel's Shimon Peres reflects on Hollywood's global influence
24 FramesIsraeli President Shimon Peres told a movie and television industry audience at the Dreamworks Animation studio lot in Glendale Friday that Hollywood often wields more influence across the globe than world leaders do.... -
The danger of politicizing textbooks
Opinion L.A.Last week we wrote on the editorial page about California’s decision to require teachers and textbooks to include some sort of positive message about gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in their lessons. We opposed that decision -- not...
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