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Rowhani victory in Iran raises cautious hopes in region
BEIRUT -- The election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran’s new president has raised hopes of increased engagement with other nations and a new era of moderation in the Islamic Republic, according to commentaries across the region on Sunday. Rowhani, a...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Bashar Assad, Mohamed Morsi, England, Hasan Rowhani
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Letters: Israel and the next UC student regent
Re "Next UC student regent nominated," June 10 Sadia Saifuddin, likely the next student regent for the University of California system, says she loves Islam because it teaches tolerance and love. Yet that tolerance and love does not extend to Israel....Tags: Feminism
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Women of the Wall should pray as they wish
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.Sometimes the debate over gender equality around the globe is easy to decide. Women in Saudi Arabia should be able to drive cars and compete in sports. Yes, of course, girls in Pakistan should get equal education. Other times, it’s not a matter of...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Separation of Church and State, Saudi Arabia, Justice and Rights, Pakistan
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Israel advancing large settlement construction plan
JERUSALEM -- As U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry is poised to return to the region, Israel is advancing a plan for a large-scale expansion of a West Bank settlement, according to Israeli media reports. Plans for more than 600 housing units in the...
Tags: John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Government
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Google acquisition keeps Waze out of rivals' hands
SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. snatched a popular mobile mapping service from the outstretched hands of its Internet superpower rivals, securing its dominance in real-time navigation information. Tuesday's $1-billion deal for Waze and the weeks of...
Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, Computer Hardware, Media Industry, Forrester Research Incorporated, Apple Inc.
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Google wants to show drivers the Waze, buys Israeli maps startup
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google, which has already outpaced all other competitors in online maps, has sealed a $1-billion-plus deal for Waze, an Israeli social mapping company that is popular with drivers who use it on mobile devices to avoid traffic congestion....
Tags: Traffic, Media Industry, Travel, Companies and Corporations, Antitrust Issues
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Deep in thought over 'Hannah Arendt'
How does one make a movie about thought? That was the dilemma noted German director Margarethe von Trotta faced when she began work on her latest film, "Hannah Arendt," which opened June 7. The biopic reunites Von Trotta with actress Barbara Sukowa,...
Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Entertainment, Barbara Sukowa, Hannah Arendt (movie), Criminals
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Survivors of Syrian fighting describe harrowing flight from Qusair
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon -- He fled and buried the injured along the way, crossing the border and arriving at a hospital here after weeks of fierce fighting in his Syrian town of Qusair. Ibrahim, a dark-haired man with bandages across his abdomen, said he...
Tags: Lebanon, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Security Agency, Government, Hospitals and Clinics
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McManus: Obama's foreign policy reset
The appointment of Susan Rice as national security advisor sends an important signal about the kind of foreign policy President Obama wants to pursue for the remainder of his second term: activist, assertive, occasionally even pugnacious. With three years...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel, Arab Spring, Russia, Iran's Nuclear Program
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Israel ranks low in international giving
JERUSALEM — Israeli doctors were among the first to set up emergency hospitals in Haiti after its devastating 2010 earthquake. Israel also swiftly dispatched water-purification experts to Japan following the 2011 tsunami and trauma experts to Boston...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Government, Pakistan, Politics, Turkey
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Syria's war hurts ties with Golan Heights Druze
JERUSALEM -- Before fighting erupted in Syria, the Quneitra crossing served as a vital link between the Druze Arab communities in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and the country to which they belonged before the 1967 Middle East war. Now, civilian...
Tags: Armed Forces, Teaching and Learning, Politics, Government, Education
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Syria has received advanced missiles from Russia, Assad says
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT -- Syria has received its first batch of advanced air-defense missiles from Russia, Syrian President Bashar Assad told a Lebanese television station, according to reports surfacing Thursday. If true, Assad’s assertion would seem to edge...Tags: France, Wars and Interventions, Weaponry, Saudi Arabia, Television Industry
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