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Rabbi Dovid Feldman speaks about Jewish political movement against Zionism Zionism is the national movement for the return of the European Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel ______________ Rabbi Dovid Feldman of Jews United Against Zionism _______________

US pushes ahead with arms sale to Iraq Among the big-ticket items the U.S. is selling to Iraq are F-16 fighter jets,  M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, cannons and armored personnel carriers. The Iraqis​ also have body armor, ammunition, helmets, trailers and sport utility vehicles, which critics say can be used by security services to […]

Cuba well into process of freeing 2,900 pardoned prisoners   Associated Press HAVANA — Cuba appeared to be making quick progress in meeting a pledge to free 2,900 pardoned prisoners, most of them convicted of minor crimes, even as a top human rights official on the island criticized the year-end amnesty as a “media show.” […]

Argentina snakes on plane arrest sparks smuggling probe BBC News  Argentine authorities are tracing a suspected major animal trafficking ring after a Czech man was caught trying to smuggle hundreds of snakes and other exotic animals out of the country. Karel Abelovsky was arrested in early December as he tried to board a flight to Spain […]

Brazil Overtakes Britain To Become World’s Sixth Largest Economy São Paulo Anderson Antunes, Contributor Forbes According to a team of British economists from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), Brazil has already overtaken the UK as the world’s sixth-largest economy. The Guardian‘s Phillip Inman reports today: “The banking crash of 2008 and the […]

China, Japan to Back Direct Trade of Currencies     Yoshihiko Noda, prime minister of Japan, left, is greeted by Wen Jiabao, prime minister of China, during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. -Nelson Ching/Bloomberg By Toru Fujioka Bloomberg Japan and China will promote direct trading of the yen […]

Blackface ‘Black Peter’ popular among Dutch at Christmas   By Ashley Michelle Williams The Grio  In the Netherlands, everyone is quite aware of the Christmas character known as Black Pete. He’s a little African slave who helps out Santa Claus. According to the Dutch tradition, Black Peter is responsible for carrying a book full of […]

  Christmas bombs kill 35 in Nigeria By Ola Awoniyi AFP  ABUJA -Bomb attacks on churches during Christmas services and a suicide blast killed at least 35 people in Nigeria on Sunday amid spiralling violence claimed by Islamists. A purported spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for a bombing of the church outside […]

Chinese oil giant acquires Canadian energy company Chinese oil giant Sinopec acquires Canada’s Daylight Energy in $2.1 billion deal   Associated Press   BEIJING– A Chinese state-owned oil company has acquired Canada’s Daylight Energy in the second major Chinese purchase of a Canadian energy company this year.   A unit of Sinopec Corp. and Daylight […]

London 2012: Olympic Park timelapse sequences BBC Sport As 2011 draws to a close, the UK’s Olympic year is nearly upon us, and excitement is mounting about London 2012. With just over 200 days until the opening ceremony, the Olympic Park in east London is 90% complete, and due to be finished early next year. […]