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Iran vows to expand its nuclear program

Iran's government will build ten new sites to enrich uranium, a dramatic expansion of the country's nuclear program. Less than a year after President Obama pledged to engage Iran, U.S. efforts at rapprochement have yielded little in return.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/29/AR2009112900992.html

Jewish orphan finds new life with Indian savior

A year after the terror attack in Mumbai has left him an orphan, 3 years old Moshe Holtzber

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/25/israel.orphan/

Iran Arrested Newsweek's Reporter based on Daily Show Satire

Is the "Daily Show" To Blame For Newsweek Reporter's Imprisonment In Iran?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/23/daily-show-to-blame-for-n_n_367978.html

Israel supreme court bans private prisons

In a landmark decision, Israel's supreme court has thrown out a law allowing privately-run prisons, arguing that running jails for profit would be a "grave" violation of inmates' human rights.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_mideast_afp/israellawprison_20091120093648

Postcard from the new Israel

Tel Aviv is dotted with skyscrapers, Haifa is crowned with huge five-star hotels, the Jerusalem hills are plastered with housing developments, many of them political hot potatoes. Eilat looks and feels like a mini-Las Vegas on the Red Sea. Thanks to the 1994 peace treaty with Jordan, the ancient city of Petra is accessible. Mesmerized by the land, you can almost forget about 'the situation'.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09326/1015123-149.stm

The real reason Iran can't be trusted

Should the West trust Iranian promises? The short answer is "no." But the underlying question is "Why not?"

 

An interesting analysis on the concept of the doctrine of taqiyya, the Shiite religious rationale for concealment or dissimulation in political or worldly affairs. At one level it means that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his regime can tell themselves that they are obliged by their faith not to tell the truth.

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091120/cm_csm/yfandyweb_1

U.N. report: Iran nuke site apt for bombs, not power

The United Nations says Iran is preparing to start up a uranium-enrichment site that was revealed only recently and which scientists suggest is too small for nuclear power purposes but suitable for making nuclear bombs. At its planned capacity the site could be used to make 1 bomb each year.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-11-17-un-report-iran_N.htm

Rare 2000 years old coins on display in Israel

A collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago are on display in Israel. About 70 coins were found in an excavation at the foot of a key Jerusalem holy site. They give a rare glimpse into the period of the Jewish revolt that eventually led to the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple in A.D. 70.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091112/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_rare_coins_8

 

Anne Frank diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah

Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism. The Text book was used by a private English-language school in western Beirut. Hezbollah slammed Anne Frank's diary the book for focusing on the persecution of Jews.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/lebanoneducationliteraturecensor

Can you really smell memories? Israeli Study explains

Do you remember the first time you smelled a type of flower? You almost certainly don't, but new research suggests that your brain might. The study, conducted in Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, showed there's something unique about the first time we smell something. The findings might play a role in boosting memories -- or forgetting them.

http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/11/06/new-smells-etched-in-brain-study.html