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An unusual peace conference - in a West Bank settlement!

Makor Rishon reports on an interesting, if quixotic, conference that took place at Ariel University. They were there to debate "What is the best peace plan?" It was sponsored by an Israeli organization that had already held similar conferences in Tel Aviv, eastern Jerusalem  …

Enoch-2699399, Is He Good Enough?

  This is an attempt to have Enoch-2699399 officially recognized for his contributions to Newsvine as a Random Act of Vineness. In my opinion, Enoch has written countless articles, most of which enabled us, as Viners, to meet, communicate, understand, appreciate, and respec …

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Bill Gates On India's First Polio-Free Year

Today marks the a year since the last case of new polio infection in India — a major step toward eliminating the virus there.

Al Jazeera Video: "Witness-- Jerusalem SOS"

(Text link to video) Arabs and Jews...working together! :-)

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Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives and Fix U.S. Schools, and Steve Jobs (+ Video)

With a pledge to give away 95 percent of Gates' personal wealth, the Gates Foundation claims to have granted more than $26 billion since 1994. While some of that money is devoted to improving U.S.

A synagogue finds refuge in a mosque

Near the corner of Westchester Avenue and Pugsley Street in Parkchester, just off the elevated tracks of the No. 6 train, Yaakov Wayne Baumann stood outside a graffiti-covered storefront on a chilly Saturday morning.

Gaza and Israel: Unlikely trade partners

KEREM SHALOM CROSSING, Israel—Each day, dozens of trucks move food, consumer products and industrial materials into the Gaza Strip at this heavily fortified crossing, in an odd arrangement that has turned Israel into a key supplier to a territory governed by its bitter …

US urges Iranian dissidents to accept closure of Camp Ashraf and its relocation

The camp in eastern Iraq houses Iranians dedicated to the overthrow of the Iranian government.

Best meal of the year: Steak dinner brightens Christmas Day for needy Utahns

SALT LAKE CITY — While NBA players were back at work Sunday after a prolonged labor dispute, hundreds of low-income and homeless Utahns lined up for a free Christmas dinner. The gulf between the two groups was not lost on Marie Lachance.

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