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Timbuktu shrine destruction a ‘war crime’: ICC By Serge Daniel | AFP Islamist rebels in northern Mali smashed four more tombs of ancient Muslim saints in Timbuktu as the International Criminal Court warned their campaign of destruction was a war crime. The hardline Islamists who seized control of Timbuktu along with the rest of northern […]

New York Jewish population is growing, according to new study commissioned by UJA-Federation of New York Largest Jewish community study ever conducted outside of Israel finds increasing ethnic and religious diversity and rising rates of poverty PRNewswire NEW YORK — The population of the New York Jewish community has grown nearly 10 percent since the […]

Israel denies African migrants’ rights, says US Residents of south Tel Aviv hold placards as they protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood May 30, 2012. Last week a similar protest held by residents of the low-income neighbourhood where many of the border-jumpers from Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan live led to violence, including […]

Saudi Arabia bans using Gregorian dates The use of the English language to answer calls or communicate, mainly in companies and hotels, has also been banned Gulf News Dubai: Saudi Arabia has banned all government and private agencies from using the Gregorian calendar in official dealings. The use of the English language to answer calls […]

U.S. aims for better outcome with Brazil after tough summit The United States and Brazil are the two largest economies and democracies in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is due here next week for another jab at reaching convergence on key foreign policy and global finance issues, including Cuba, the Middle […]

Nigeria starts mediated talks with Boko Haram Reuters ABUJA- Nigeria’s government has in the last week held its first indirect peace talks with Islamist sect Boko Haram, meeting mediators to discuss a possible ceasefire, political and diplomatic sources told Reuters on Thursday. Two people close to Boko Haram have been carrying messages back and forth […]

Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail President Lyndon B. Johnson pressed Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act. The Act was sent to Congress by President Johnson on March 17, 1965. The bill passed the Senate on May 26, 1965. On August 6, 1965 President Johnson signed the Act into law with Martin Luther King, […]

Boko Haram leader challenges authority of Nigeria’s president in video   By JON GAMBRELL and SUNDAY ALAMBA Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria — The leader of a radical Islamist sect has challenged the authority of Nigeria’s president in an online video, promising more attacks in a nation increasingly overcome by unrest and divided by religion. The […]

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 _______________

  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 […]