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Billboard truce: Beirut scraps irksome posters

In polarized Lebanon, flaunting a political leader's poster can be enough to spark a gunfight. So shopkeepers on Beirut's al-Maamoun Street are breathing a little easier now that "poster disarmament" has been declared.

Learning the Hard Way

by Naomi Ragen I tried to see the world through their glasses. Sitting here in Jerusalem reading the American poll numbers, I have a feeling of déjà vu. More than that, anyone who was against Oslo, who believed Arafat was a...

Heads Up: PA Accuses Israel of Stealing PA Keffiyeh 'Icon'

The PA has added the alleged theft and distortion of the keffiyeh to its growing list of accusations against the Jewish State, where the scarf is available in blue and white. Maha As-Saqa, director of a PA cultural center,...

15 Noteworthy Nobel Prize Nuggets

In honor of Nobel Prize season, here are 15 quick stories about the awards. Robert Lucas, winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on the theory of “rational expectations,” split his $1 million prize with his...

Lebanon’s laureates

The Nobel Prizes awarded this week have sidestepped Lebanon this time. But a look at the history of the awards shows that the Lebanese have reached beyond the borders of their little country and distinguished themselves worldwide.

Terrorism as a Career Option

By Douglas Stone Among the greatest underrated factors energizing the tides of history is boredom. It was partly boredom that urged young men onto ships to explore the New World and later prompted them to join wagon trains to...

Obsession - Muslims Demands Fairness Not Favors

By Mahmoud El-Yousseph As a Muslim veteran and proud father of a US army solider, the DVD “Obsession--Radical Islam's War Against the West” is very disturbing to me. On the surface, it appears to be an educational DVD. However,...

Obama Questionable Connections

People Who Most Influenced Obama's Political Life Obama has surrounded himself with people he now denies serious connections to but his history says otherwise. Obama and Frank Marshall Davis Frank Marshall Davis was identified...

A list of Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1980

2008: Martti Ahtisaari 2007: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore, 2006: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank 2005: International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, 2004: Wangari Maathai 2003: Shirin Ebadi 2002:...

Author: Peace Prizes miss Nobel's intent

A Norwegian peace activist and lawyer has criticized recent decisions by the Nobel Peace Prize committee, claiming the prestigious award is not being handed out in line with the terms of Alfred Nobel's 1895 will.

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