Israeli tanks take part in a training exercise near Gadot in the Golan Heights.
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Archive for September, 2008
Brief History Of The Golan Heights
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Russia-Syria cooperation no threat to Mideast stability – Lavrov
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
NEW YORK, September 29 (RIA Novosti) – The military and technical ties between Russia and Syria do not pose a threat to the balance of power in the Middle East, Russia’s foreign minister said Monday.
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Olmert: Israel should quit most occupied land
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Livni and Olmert toast the new year Photo: Alex Kolomoisky
‘We should withdraw from almost all of the territories, including in east Jerusalem and in the Golan Heights,’ PM tells Yedioth Ahronoth in special Rosh Hashana interview. Palestinian FM: We wish we had heard this personal opinion before he resigned
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Bailout marks Karl Marx’s comeback
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Marx’s Proposal Number Five seems to be the leading motivation for those backing the Wall Street bailout
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Commentary: Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Economist Jeffrey Miron says the bailout plan presented to Congress was the wrong solution to the crisis
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (CNN) — Congress has balked at the Bush administration’s proposed $700 billion bailout of Wall Street. Under this plan, the Treasury would have bought the “troubled assets” of financial institutions in an attempt to avoid economic meltdown.
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Rosh Hashanah, the world’s birthday
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Orthodox Jews praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City, before the start of Rosh Hashanah on Monday evening. (AP)
The Jewish New Year is a time for spiritual stocktaking and reflection
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Grid of 100,000 computers heralds new internet dawn
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
A network of supercomputers called the Grid will allow information to be downloaded quicker than ever. Tasks that took hours will now take seconds
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Mobile phones to track carbon footprint
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Carbon Diem’s mobile phone carbon calculator
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Young Iranians Release Book Caricaturing The Holocaust
Monday, September 29th, 2008TEHRAN, Sept. 27 — Iranian students have released a book containing cartoons of the Holocaust, including some depicting hospitalized Jews on respiratory machines attached to canisters of Zyklon B, the gas used to exterminate Jews during World War II.
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A threat bigger than Wall St
Monday, September 29th, 2008IRAN is a problem from hell. The next US president, be it Barack Obama or John McCain, is going to have plenty to worry about: the Wall Street financial crisis, the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s internal crisis, the relentless military build-up of China and the temptation it will soon have of trying to retake Taiwan militarily. But you can be sure of this. At some stage during the next presidency, Iran will blow up into a full-scale crisis that will dominate global politics and that may indeed be more important even than the other problems listed above.
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