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Month: November 2016

Clinton's charity confirms Qatar's $1 million gift while she was at State Dept

6 years ago
By Jonathan Allen  for Reuters| NEW YORK -- The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised to let the agency review new or significantly increased support from foreign governments. Qatari officials pledged the […]
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Clinton, Trump clash over economy in final campaign stretch

6 years ago
By Amanda Becker and Emily Stephenson for REUTERS | Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump battled over the strength of the economy in the final stretch of their race for the White House on Friday, with Clinton praising the latest U.S. jobs report and Trump dismissing it as a fraudulent disaster. With four days left […]
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Palestine and America.. An Ongoing Tragedy

6 years ago
  The Levant News - By Geoffrey Cook -- As an American citizen, I have to admit that the relations between Washington and Ramallah are wretched, yet there are some indications for change. When the British left Palestine after World War II, the United States stepped in to fill the vacuum of the super power […]
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At least two U.S. trainers killed in Jordan shooting

6 years ago
The Levant News -- At least two U.S. military trainers were shot dead in Jordan on Friday when the car they were in failed to stop at the gate of a military base and was fired on by Jordanian security forces, a Jordanian military source said. "There was an exchange of fire at the entrance […]
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U.S. warns about possible al Qaeda attacks in Virginia, Texas, NY: CBS

6 years ago
The Levant News -- U.S. intelligence officials have warned local authorities in New York, Texas and Virginia about possible attacks by al Qaeda on Monday, a day before the U.S. presidential election, CBS News reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources. No specific locations were mentioned, but U.S. intelligence officials alerted joint terrorism task forces about […]
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Trump gains ground on Clinton: Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation

6 years ago
By Maurice Tamman  FOR REUTERS| NEW YORK - The race for the Oval Office tightened significantly in the past week, as several swing states that Republican Donald Trump must win shifted from favoring Democrat Hillary Clinton to toss-ups, according to the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project. The two presidential candidates are now tied in Florida […]
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Bethlehem Tourism On The Rise; Further Boost Expected By Christmas

6 years ago
  By Jasmine Rasheed -- Tourism in Bethlehem, mostly religious tourism, has been the main economic engine for the city and its surrounding area with 4000 hotel and hostel rooms. Past experience shows that the condition of the tourism industry in the city is tightly linked to the security situation and events in the West […]
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Lebanon's PM-designate Hariri seeks 'national accord' government

6 years ago
BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri said Thursday that he will be seeking to form a “national accord” government quickly, saying one of its main tasks would be to agree on a “just” electoral law and hold parliamentary elections on time. “I look forward to starting the consultations to form a national accord government that […]
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Documents show ISIS obsessions

6 years ago
By Babak Dehghanpisheh and Michael Georgy  for REUTERS| ZARQA/SHURA, IRAQ --After ISIS conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard length to alms to guidelines for taking women as sex slaves. Islamic State documents and posters, obtained in villages captured by Iraqi forces, highlight […]
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Russia tells rebels to leave Syria's Aleppo by Friday evening

6 years ago
The Levant News -- Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria's Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signaling it would extend a moratorium on air strikes against targets inside the city. The Russian Defence Ministry, which is helping forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to retake full control of Aleppo, said […]
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Hillary Clinton: Wall Street's favorite enemy

6 years ago
By Amanda Becker  for REUTERS| WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton began her presidential campaign by promising to do what it takes to rein in Wall Street. Boosted by Wall Street's toughest critics, U.S. senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic candidate has declared "the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top" and […]
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Ashura rituals stir controversy among Shiites

6 years ago
THE LEVANT EXCLUSIVE - By Dr. Haytham Mouzahem* -- Each year, as they commemorate Ashura, the Shiites debate whether certain rituals are permissible. Some of those rituals are violent, such as Tatbir and hitting oneself with chains practices that harm one’s body and distort the revolution and objectives of Imam Hussein. They also reject the […]
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Explaining Mosul in Five Maps

6 years ago
BY GEORGE FRIEDMAN AND JACOB L. SHAPIRO for Mauldin Economics -- The Islamic State captured Iraq’s second largest city, Mosul, from the Iraqi government after a seven-day battle in June 2014. The US-backed Iraqi assault to recapture Mosul began with great fanfare on Oct. 18. This piece will lay out the key things you need to […]
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