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Syria, Israel exchange fire across cease-fire line
BEIRUT -- Syria said Tuesday that its forces had destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed into Syrian territory from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, an account disputed by Israel, which said that shots were fired at a patrol inside Israeli-controlled...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Beirut (Lebanon), Israel Defense Forces, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations
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Going gluten-free more common, but not necessarily easier
For more than 20 years, Kristine Kidd tasted what came her way as the food editor at Bon Appetit magazine. But she never felt great. "I had digestive issues my whole life," she says, but 21/2 years ago, the aching joints, bloating, fatigue and digestive...
Tags: Recipes, Consumers, New Products, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Gluten-free Diet
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Review: 'State 194' takes smart look at Israeli-Palestinian dispute
Two years, two states. In 2009, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad laid out a plan to end the decades-long territorial stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians. But by 2011, despite Fayyad's efforts, including a successful campaign...
Tags: Government, Politics, George Mitchell, Mahmoud Abbas, United Nations
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Supporters of abducted soldiers keep Sinai-Gaza border shut
CAIRO — The families and colleagues of seven Egyptian soldiers who were kidnapped last week in North Sinai kept Egypt’s borders with the Gaza Strip closed Sunday for the third day in a row. Nearly 170 demonstrators have gathered inside the...
Tags: Kidnapping, Hamas, Cairo (Egypt), Fatah, Egypt
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Cannes: With 'The Congress,' Ari Folman votes for new audacity
CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world’s attention with his combat piece “Waltz...
Tags: Harvey Keitel, Politics, Film Festivals, Robin Wright, Tom Cruise
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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...
Tags: Government, Politics, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Defense Equipment, Israel Defense Forces
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Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo
MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their...
Tags: Government, Judaism, Politics, European Union, Oslo (Norway)
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Three U.N. observers released unharmed between Syria and Israel
BEIRUT -- Three United Nations observers posted in the buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights were seized by armed anti-government forces and held for five hours this week before being released unharmed, the U.N. said. It...
Tags: Government, United Nations, Kidnapping, Politics, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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4 U.N. peacekeepers released by Syrian rebels
BEIRUT--Syrian rebels released four U.N. peacekeepers Sunday, five days after the Filipino troops were seized in the increasingly volatile buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. A rebel group reportedly said the four...
Tags: Government, United Nations, Politics, Philippines, National Government
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Israelis worried that U.N. may quit patrolling Syrian border
JERUSALEM — Israeli officials said Sunday they were watching the Syrian border in the Golan Heights area with growing concern following the reported release of four U.N. peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels for five days. The Israeli fear is that...
Tags: Government, Politics, National Government, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target
In the 65 years since the creation of Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...
Tags: Fatah, Peace Negotiations, Palestine, Nobel Prize Awards, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Cannes Film Festival projects cross-cultural cinema
— Invariably, the Cannes Film Festival chooses a striking image for its official annual poster. But the 2013 version can be seen as a particularly apt metaphor for the dual nature of the world's most essential cinema event. Paris-based graphic...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sundance Film Festival, Greenwich Village, Margin Call (movie), Matt Damon
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