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Israeli radio plays 1962 interview with famous spy Cohen
JERUSALEM -AP- Israel’s Army Radio on Sunday played parts of an interview given by Israel’s most famous spy, marking 45 years since his capture and execution. In the 1962 interview on Damascus Radio, Eli Cohen is in character as businessman Kamal Amin Thabit. He comments on Arabic music and society, but the sound quality of [...]
السفير اللبنانية:الى أين نهاجر؟
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Los Angeles wildfire gets first break from weather
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters battling a week-old wildfire raging in the mountains near Los Angeles got their first big break on Tuesday from higher humidity and cooler temperatures that helped them push towering flames away from threatened homes. More than 121,000 acres, or 190 square miles, have burned above the heavily populated foothills 15 [...]
Syria Mediation freed a French prisoner in Iran
PARIS —After a mediation by Syria , The French academic who is part of a mass trial in Iran has been freed from prison on bail and turned over to the French embassy in good health, French leaders said Sunday, urging that charges against her be dropped. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said “that nothing can justify” the [...]
Swiss FM defends Hamas meeting
ZURICH – AFP— Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Sunday defended Switzerland’s decision to meet with a Hamas delegation, saying the militant Palestinian group is “an important player” in the Middle East. “Hamas is an important player in the Middle East conflict that cannot be ignored,” said Calmy-Rey in an interview with NZZ am Sonntag, a [...]
Report: LaToya Jackson says Michael was murdered
Two British Sunday newspapers said LaToya Jackson believes her brother Michael Jackson was murdered by a group of conspirators trying to get hold of his fortune.