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Why is Obama going to Israel?
President Obama is visiting Israel this week, the first foreign trip of his second term. Some commentators have criticized the tour as a diversion from the president's intention to pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region. Why go to Israel now, they ask,...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Judaism, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau leaving for a university in Saudi Arabia
Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau this week announced that he will leave his position at the end of the school year to head up a science and tech-focused university in Saudi Arabia. Chameau, who will be leading the newly formed King Abdullah University...
Tags: Biology, NASA, Students, Saudi Arabia, Harry Gray
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Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau leaving for Saudi Arabia post
L.A. NOWThe president of Caltech, Jean-Lou Chameau, announced Tuesday that he would step down as head of that prestigious Pasadena institution at the end of the school year and become head of a university in Saudi Arabia. Chameau, a French-born civil...... -
Donors pledge about $1.5 billion in Syrian aid
BEIRUT -- Amid dire warnings that funds are running low to care for victims of the Syrian conflict, the United Nations said Wednesday that donors had pledged about $1.5 billion to help war-battered Syrians, exceeding the U.N.’s target appeal....
Tags: White House, Turkey, Ban Ki-moon, Michel Suleiman, Saudi Arabia
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Nancy Pelosi on ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’; Paul Ryan on ‘Meet the Press’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelSen. Dianne Feinstein speaks Thursday on Capitol Hill about her bill to ban assault weapons. Photo credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED: The weekend political discussion starts on HBO's “Real Time With Bill Maher.” Maher... -
Weekend Talk Shows: Scott Walker; Edward Albee; King Abdullah, II
Click here to download TV listings for the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SATURDAY Good Morning America (N) 7 a.m. KABC The Chris Matthews Show Clinton and Biden 2016 prospects; Inaugural...
Tags: NPR, Bob Costas, Personal Weapon Control, John McCain, Politics
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Avera doctor receives certification
Mohammad Alsumrain is now certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in pulmonary disease. Alsumrain, a doctor at Avera Medical Group Pulmonology Aberdeen, is also board-certified in internal medicine. Alsumrain earned his medical degree...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Medical Specialization, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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Jordanians go to polls to choose lawmakers
AMMAN, Jordan -- Polls closed in Jordan on Wednesday night in elections that King Abdullah II called part of a major governmental reform initiative but that opposition parties boycotted as offering insufficient change. The state news agency said that at...
Tags: Government, Voting, Politics, Elections, Parliament
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Saudi king chooses women for spots on advisory council
The king of Saudi Arabia has named dozens of women to serve on his advisory council, a new step in the ultra-religious country where women remain strictly confined in daily life. Thirty women were among 150 people chosen Friday to serve on the council,...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Politics, Elections, Religion and Belief, Al Arabiya (tv network)
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Egyptian lawyer gets 5 years, 300 lashes for Saudi drug conviction
CAIRO — An Egyptian human rights lawyer was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison and 300 lashes by a court in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of smuggling drugs into the kingdom. Ahmed Gizawy was arrested with his wife on their way to a...
Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Prisons, Cairo (Egypt), Civil Rights, Saudi Arabia
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Jordan Web 'blackout' protest targets alleged censorship
World NowBlack Iris, 360East, and 7iber are names that may not be familiar to U.S audiences, but for the Jordanian online community they represent websites and blogs with the online presence of Daily Kos or the Huffington Post. Although the websites' purposes... -
For Israel, it's different this time
Until this year, the world would have been looking at the intensifying armed confrontation between Israel and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip with a sense of deja vu all over again. But this is 2012, and the political map of the Middle East has changed...Tags: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Judaism, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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