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'Operation Nakam': true story behind Tarantino's film

AFP Global Edition 164 days ago

Quentin Tarantino's new film "Inglourious Basterds" about a Jewish militia that killed and scalped Nazis in World War II is not as far-fetched as it might sound. In fact, there was a real-life squadron of Jewish soldiers who hunted down SS officers ...

Gordon Brown Holds Talks With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Getty Images 168 days ago

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 25: Police officers restrain protesters during a demonstration over the occupation of Palestine outside Downing Street on August 25, 2009 in London, England. Mr Brown is holding talks with Benjamin Netanyahu during his four-day tour of Europe in ...

Ronaldo to star in film about tragic Palestinian fan: report

AFP Global Edition 202 days ago

Brazil's three-time world player of the year Ronaldo has agreed in principle to star in a film about a Palestinian child fan of his who dies in a refugee camp, it was reported on Wednesday. The 32-year-old two-time World Cup winner will ...

Iraq thumps Palestine in landmark Baghdad tie

AFP Global Edition 211 days ago

Iraq won its first international football match here since the US-led invasion of 2003 on Monday, beating the Palestinian national football team 4-0 in a friendly. Hawar Mullah Mohammed opened the scoring for the hosts in the 25th minute sending the more ...

Iraqi soccer team wins 1st home game in 7 years

AP News 214 days ago

Home at last after 7 years, Iraq beats Palestine 3-0 in soccer before sellout crowd of 25,000 Iraq played its first home soccer game since 2002, defeating Palestine 3-0 in a match that was as much about the nation's struggle for stability ...

Iraq hosts 1st home soccer match since 2002

AP News 217 days ago

Iraqi national soccer team to play first home match in 7 years, hosting Palestine Iraq's national soccer team will play on home soil Friday for the first time since 2002, hosting Palestine. Tareq Ahmed, a senior official in the Iraqi Football Federation, ...

Seeds of Peace

AP News 226 days ago

Seeds of Peace campers, left to right, Hashem, of Jordan, Amit, of Israel, Marian, of Palestine, Hannah, of the United States, Rishi, of India, Nur, of Pakistan, and Monica, of Egypt, walk along a road at the camp, Wednesday, June 24, 2009, ...

Former Israeli president Katzir dies at 93

AFP Global Edition 255 days ago

Former Israeli president Ephraim Katzir died on Saturday at the age of 93 after a brief illness, public radio reported. Katzir, a member of the centre-left Labour party, held the largely ceremonial post from 1973 to 1978. In 1977, he welcomed Egyptian ...

PORTRAIT OF THE WEEK

Spectator, The London 285 days ago

In the Lozells district of Birmingham, Isaiah Young Sam, a black man aged 23, was fatally stabbed as he returned from the cinema in an attack by ten or 11 men. The murder came amid fights and rioting by black Caribbeans and ...

There is no worldwide terrorist conspiracy

Spectator, The London 285 days ago

If the world is to succeed in combating terrorism, then politicians and statesmen must strip away old prejudices and think afresh. That will not always be a comfortable thing to do, for at times it will mean trying to see things from ...

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