Prominent personalities already noted that calling “Shotgun!” is an accepted method for establishing the right to sit in the front passenger seat of a motor vehicle. Ramallah, May 2 – Referring to a principle commonly invoked in settling certain types of ...
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“It served an important symbolic purpose,” explained Abu Bakr A-Baghdadi, whose meteoric rise to prominence was made possible by the president’s policies. Aleppo, Syria, April 25 – Residents of the Middle East expressed abundant gratitude to US President Barack Obama ...
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“The West has plenty of divisions, but they might as well be the pope for all that they’re unwilling to back up their demands with military force.” Moscow, April 18 – The World-War-II-era leader of the Soviet Union expressed puzzlement ...
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“I glory in the use of what became of my remains to support the autocratic, repressive, terrorism-supporting, violent regimes of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iran, and the like.” Riyadh, April 11 – A Tyrannosaurus Rex whose carcass was buried by seismic ...
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The hand that feeds the Palestinians long ago had the opportunity to withdraw its support in response to the ingratitude. Ramallah, April 5 – The appendage used in providing for the needs of the Palestinians has turned almost entirely into ...
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American credibility had been lost in the air over Syria more than a year and a half ago. Raqqa, Islamic State, Eastern Syria, March 31 – A covert military operation involving Green Berets and Navy SEALS deep inside Islamic State-controlled ...
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Israelis seem to traffic in the stuff more than anyone else in the region, and the authorities view such dealings as suspect. Ramallah, March 27 – A mid-level official at the Palestinian Ministry of the Interior has been detained and ...
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“The group in question was operating to undermine the values and political system we have in place.” Ramallah, March 20 – An organization that aims to help Palestinian society and government defy the stereotype of them as backward, violent, repressive, ...
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Hamas chiefs in Gaza, Turkey, and especially Qatar are highly unlikely to see eye-to-eye with Abu Mazen on this. Ramallah, March 15 – Palestinian leaders lining their pockets and Swiss accounts with funds intended for Palestinian economic development have vowed to ...
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“If there is a causal mechanism, what might it be?” Tehran, March 10 – Researchers studying social, political, and demographic trends in the Islamic Republic of Iran have discovered what they claim is a strong statistical correlation between conducting polls ...
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