Archive for September 17th, 2008

The official IRNA news agency says Iran's top leadership has given full powers to the elite Revolutionary Guards as the sole military force in charge of defending the country's territorial Persian Gulf waters.
The decision represents a hardening of Iran's position by giving sole responsibility to the hard-line Guards in the strategic waterway.
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 says senior AnglicanChurch of England commissions 
Charles Darwin lost his Christian faith in the 1830s, before writing his seminal On the Origin of Species. Photograph: Corbis
The Church of England owes Charles Darwin an apology for misunderstanding his theory of evolution and making errors over its reaction to it, a senior clergyman said today.
In a bid...
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By Caroline Gammell and Jessica Salter
It is, of course, a trick of the light, but the photographer of this resplendent sight was not mistaken - it really is an upside down rainbow.
This summer's weather 'harder to predict', leading weather forecaster admits
Shocking weather conditions
How to make your own white Christmas
This rare spectacle -...
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MOSCOW (AFP) — Trading halted on Russia's main stock markets when dealing was suspended for a second day on Wednesday as shares dived and officials pledged 44 billion dollars to fight collapsing investor confidence.
Analysts said the closure was a bid by officials to buy time to let the money filter through to the market and to reassure...
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Note: Don't miss Chuck's brand new book, "Black Belt Patriotism: How to Reawaken America."
I believe a revolution is coming to America. Just as certain as Hurricane Ike slammed into my home state of Texas, I am more and more convinced as every year passes that a needed voter revolution is brewing and imminent to America's shores and...
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By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Will you consider this year a great success *or* failure? A lot depends on the next few weeks.
Our family went to the Michigan State Fair. It all started out picture perfect. Our two older daughters went on the Ferris wheel with my wife, while I stayed with...
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By Stan Goodenough
Dear Secretary Rice
As I write this, you are making your way back home after spending two days throwing your weight around in Israel, my adopted homeland.
Yes, I know it’s your job as Secretary of State; you have a president to please. You speak for the world’s number one...
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By Uzi Benziman
The main recommendation of a program to rehabilitate Jerusalem is to increase the number of educated and employed Jewish residents in the capital by 100,000 by the year 2020. The program's planning stages are nearing completion. The plan will also recommend that the resources necessary to accomplish this goal be diverted...
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Starting point of negotiations should be that whole of Land of Israel belongs to us
Assaf Wohl
On Sunday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that “the notion of a Greater Israel no longer exists.” The media report that negotiations are being held regarding the future of the Golan Heights. Haim Ramon proposes that we...
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New York hopes new Enhanced Drivers License appeals to travelers  
By RICK KARLIN, 
ALBANY -- Starting Tuesday, New Yorkers will be able to buy new driver's licenses containing a radio chip that will let them travel between the U.S. and Canada or Mexico without a passport.
The new Enhanced Drivers License, which...
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