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In Theory: Why the rise in Anti-Semitism?
Anti-Semitism is on the rise throughout the world, according to a report by the State Department, which is taking the increase so seriously it's appointing a special envoy to monitor the rise. The increase was revealed in the department's annual...Tags: Judaism, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Department of State, Cultural Development, Justice and Rights
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Berman and Sherman tout their focus on local issues
Rep. Howard Berman crouched on a Sherman Oaks baseball field on a recent Saturday, striking a pose with two 4-year-old boys who had not yet had a chance to break in their uniforms. A few miles away, Rep. Brad Sherman clutched a boxed American flag that...
Tags: Howard Lawrence Berman, Iran's Nuclear Program, Brad Sherman, Los Angeles Times
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Start the Presses: Diplomatic relations
Early Friday morning, the calls began to roll into the newsroom.
One woman wondered why we were singling out Armenia. Another inquired about the ethnicity of our writing staff — perhaps wanting to make sure we employed no one of Turkish descent....Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Massacres, Genocide, Adam Schiff, Crimes
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Genocide resolution closer
DOWNTOWN — As U.S. lawmakers continue to take Turkey to task for its support of an aid flotilla to the Gaza Strip, Rep. Adam Schiff is seizing on the discontent to garner more support for his long-stalled resolution recognizing the Armenian...Tags: Massacres, Justice System, Mike Pence, Genocide, Elections
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Iran's new president will make a difference, just not enough of one
Of the six candidates who ran in Iran's presidential election, the most moderate and the only cleric — Hassan Rowhani — has been declared the winner by Iranian state television. His victory was a startling triumph. He won more than 50...
Tags: University of Chicago, Religion and Belief, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Elections
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Rowhani victory in Iran: Cause for hope, not expectations
With the election of congenial pragmatist Hassan Rowhani as the next president, Iran has caught the world off-guard. Emigres, opposition figures and diplomats had written off Friday’s vote as a preordained elevation of another anti-Western hard-...
Tags: Government, Tehran (Iran), Elections, Science and Technology, Islam
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Why John Kerry wants airstrikes against Syria
Tuesday, shortly after I posted a column on Secretary of State John Kerry's push to have the White House approve U.S. strikes on Syrian airfields — and how Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey pushed back strongly against the idea — I...Tags: John Kerry, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Department of Defense, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Samantha Power
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Oil prices: The triple-digit barrel
SCRATCH the surface of the planet and the chances that hydrocarbons will spew forth appear to grow by the day. This week America's Energy Information Administration (EIA) released new estimates of the amount of gas in the world's shale beds. It reckons...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Commodity Markets, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
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Presidents Obama and Putin share icy encounter over Syria
ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland -- Sharp divisions over the civil war in Syria led to an icy encounter Monday between President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom U.S. officials view as a major hurdle in their drive to force Syrian President...
Tags: G8, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Weaponry, Wars and Interventions, Vladimir Putin
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Then what in Syria?
Two recent newspaper editorials illustrate the double-mindedness some feel about President Barack Obama's decision to provide small arms and ammunition to Syrian rebels. The Washington Post headlined an editorial: "No time for half-measures: Syria's...Tags: Missile Systems, Mohamed Morsi, Israel, Al-Qaeda, Wars and Interventions
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This will not end well
WASHINGTON — In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: An old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible "moderates" whose...Tags: Rebellions, Saudi Arabia, Weaponry, Wars and Interventions, Barack Obama
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Editorial: The people of Iran say, 'Give us a break'
From the start, Saturday's presidential election in Iran had all the signs of a rigged race. In the last one, the government announced the results before the polls had closed. This time the regime disqualified hundreds of candidates, many of them for...
Tags: Ruhollah Khomeini, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Elections, Hasan Rowhani
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Jun 19, 2013
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Jun 19, 2013
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Jun 17, 2013
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Jun 17, 2013
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Jun 18, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 18, 2013
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