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Breaking News Report: Mubarak To Step Down from Egypt Government Within Hours
NBC news reports that Egypt president will resign; CIA chief says ‘strong likelihood’ that Mubarak will resign Thursday night; Egypt PM tells BBC that Mubarak ‘may step down’. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will reportedly step down from Egypt’s government on Thursday evening, according to sources cited by NBC News. Mubarak is due to issue a…
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Breaking News One Killed, 500 Wounded in Violent Cairo Clashes
Hundreds were wounded and one person was killed on Wednesday as several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak attacked anti-government protesters in Cairo by throwing petrol bombs, wielding sticks and charging on horses and camels, as Egypt’s upheaval took a dangerous new turn. In scenes of chaos and pitched fighting, the two sides pelted each…
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Breaking News Egypt Army Fires Shots as Mubarak Protesters Clash
Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s president and anti-government demonstrators attack each other with stones, clubs; Al-Jazeera reports more than 100 hurt. Several thousand supporters of President Hosni Mubarak, including some riding horses and camels and wielding whips, attacked anti-government protesters Wednesday as Egypt’s upheaval took a dangerous new turn. In scenes of chaos and pitched…
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Breaking News Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Makes a Surprise Visit to ‘SNL’
Life, film, comedy — and Jews — came hilariously, if not awkwardly, together on Saturday night as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg came face to face with both the Hollywood actor who recently portrayed him on the big screen as well as a comedian who regularly lampoons him on the silver one. Making what could count…
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Breaking News Iran Refuses to Discuss Suspension of Nuclear Program
Iran would refuse to discuss any suspension of its uranium enrichment activities during talks with six world powers over its nuclear program that opened in Istanbul on Friday, a senior Iranian official said. “We will not allow any talks linked to freezing or suspending of Iran’s enrichment activities to be discussed at the meeting in…
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Breaking News Bibi: Barak’s Split from Labor Strengthens Israel’s Government
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s split from the Labour Party has strengthened Israel’s governing coalition. “The government has grown much stronger today, in its governance, in its stability – and this is important for Israel,” Netanyahu said after Barak and four Labor allies broke from the party. Prime…
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Breaking News Jurists Urge Israel’s Attorney General To Investigate Katsav’s Associates
A forum of jurists has turned to Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, urging him to open criminal investigations against close associates of Moshe Katsav who are said to have collaborated with the former president in an attempt to smear his accusers. The jurists based their demand on the verdict in the Katsav case that was handed…
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Breaking News Israeli Soccer Legend Avi Cohen Declared Brain Dead
Israeli soccer legend Avi Cohen was declared brain dead on Tuesday by the medical committee at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital. Cohen, 54, was critically hurt in a traffic accident in Ramat Gan on December 20. The former soccer player was riding his motorcycle when he was reportedly hit by a car near the Diamond Exchange….
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