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10 influential authors who came to the US as immigrants
These 10 immigrant authors have all made significant contributions to US literature and culture.
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Hugo Chavez: Global reactions to the Venezuelan leader's death
While he was alive, Hugo Chávez – the longest ruling democratically elected leader in Latin America – inspired people who loved him as often as he inflamed those who didn’t. That polarization seemed to follow him in death.
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3 smart new historic novels
There's a glorious interplay between historical fact and fiction in this week's fiction roundup.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/17/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 1/10/13, according to IndieBound*
What's selling best at independent bookstores across America.
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Mitt Romney angers Palestinians with 'racist' speech in Israel (+video)
Mitt Romney praised the cultures of economic success in Israel, and criticized the Palestinian economy. Palestinian leaders called Romney's comments 'racist.'
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Romney's Israel speech: Iran will be 'highest national security priority'
The presumptive Republican candidate for president offered few hints of what he would do differently from Obama aside from avoiding public disputes with Israel.
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Romney pulls back from aggressive statement on Iran
'I don't want to be creating new foreign policy for my country,' Romney said, distancing himself from remarks made by an aide earlier today saying he would 'respect' an Israeli military strike on Iran.
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With Romney visit, Israelis worry about becoming a partisan issue
Presidential challenger Mitt Romney is promising to give Israel a freer hand with Iran while President Obama announced $70 million in additional military aid to the country.
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How Obama 'beat' Romney to Israel ... with a White House signing ceremony
The Romney and Obama campaigns both say their guy is the better friend of Israel, which may explain the White House signing of a security cooperation act just before Romney visits.
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Mitt Romney's overseas trip: where he's going and why
Mitt Romney, the man who rescued the Winter Olympics of 2002, is making London the first stop on his tour abroad. From Britain he'll travel to Israel and Poland, with an eye both on policy differences and domestic constituencies.
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Hezbollah 101: Who is the militant group, and what does it want?
The Shiite militant group and political party is a player not just in Lebanon, where it is based, but across the broader Middle East. It remains a staunch opponent of Israel, which it fought to a standstill in 2006, and a close ally of Iran and Syria – despite both regimes' crackdowns on citizens Hezbollah purports to champion.
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Laszlo Csatary: Hungary arrests 97-year-old alleged Nazi war criminal (+video)
Laszlo Csatary was charged with 'unlawful torture of human beings,' after a Jewish organization alerted Hungarian officials of his Nazi involvement.
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Bus full of Israeli youth explodes in Bulgaria, killing at least three
Witnesses told Israeli media that the huge blast occurred soon after someone boarded the vehicle.
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Focus Fearing boycott, Israeli academics warn against accrediting West Bank school
The Israeli higher education committee for the West Bank approved accreditation of Ariel University Center today. One university president warns the move endangers Israel's 'next Nobel prize.'
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Terrorism & Security Syria's top defector says Assad not afraid to use chemical weapons
Syria is believed to have the Arab world's largest stockpile of chemical weapons. An ex-official warned that Assad would use them if backed into a corner.
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Clinton: U.S. and Israel aim to 'build the pressure' on Iran
Both the U.S. and Israel are willing to do whatever is necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she'd prefer to use diplomacy. Economic sanctions are currently in place.
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Opinion: Ehud Olmert could be Israel's comeback kid – and make peace with Palestinians
After his acquittal from key corruption charges former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is well positioned as a comeback kid in Israeli politics. If Olmert does return, the political discussion in Israel is going to change, with renewed focus on the Palestinian question.
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Did the trial of Israel's ex-Prime Minister change the course of history?
Olmert's case is one of several similar inquiries that have caused Israelis to question the trustworthiness of their government leaders in recent years. Olmert suggested that this case may have impacted discussions his government was having with the Palestinians.
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Former Israeli prime minister Olmert cleared of key corruption charges (+video)
Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert was cleared today of the central corruption charges that prompted his resignation in 2009, although some lesser charges were upheld.
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Why is Mitt Romney going to Israel?
The Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney, aims to attract Jewish voters by traveling to Israel and meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in July.
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UNESCO designates Church of the Nativity as endangered site
Palestinian leaders consider the designation a political victory.
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In Israel, a push to learn Arabic
The current decline in the study of Arabic in Israeli schools could compromise coexistence efforts and the military's ability to gather intelligence. But one program is countering that trend.
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Israel and Russia: Trade and restive Arab world outweigh differences on Iran
As Russian President Vladimir Putin visits Israel, burgeoning technology cooperation and a shared concern about Islamic extremism seem to be overtaking a history of poor relations.
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Israeli air strikes kill 2 as violence escalates in Gaza
Israel and Hamas trade fire as a truce brokered earlier in the week falters. The Israeli air strike also wounded 30. It came following 150 rocket attacks on Israel this week.
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Did archaeologists really find bones belonging to John the Baptist?
Relics found in an old Bulgarian church is believed to be those of John the Baptist, the biblical figure said to have baptized Jesus.
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Editor's Blog College: more than a credential
Even as many people question the worth -- and cost -- of a bachelor's degree, college remains crucial to civilization. It is how knowledge is transferred from one generation to the next.
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Backchannels Thomas Friedman... for her!
A new bar has been set for internet parodies of the New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.
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Iran's nuclear program: 4 things you probably didn't know
Do the US and Israel believe that Iran has a nuclear weapons program? Did President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad really promise to "wipe Israel off the map"? The answers may surprise you.
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Backchannels Can we declare the war on terrorism over?
Or at least stop spending so much money on it?
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