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Concerns rise in France after Jewish teen is attacked
PARIS: A 17-year-old French Jew was attacked Saturday night in Paris, a violent assault condemned by President Nicolas Sarkozy and described by Jewish organizations as motivated by anti-Semitism. The young man, identified as Rudy Haddad by one Jewish organization, was attacked by youths of African origin, according to a police source and a statement from the National Agency of Vigilance Against Antisemitism. The agency cited the use of iron bars in the attack. Haddad is suffering from "serious neurological problems," a police source said.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
Iraq to award oil contracts to foreign firms
Iraq will award contracts to 41 foreign oil firms in a bid to boost production that could give multinationals a potentially lucrative foothold in huge but underdeveloped oil fields, an official said on Sunday. "We chose 35 companies of international standard, according to their finances, environment and experience, and we granted them permission to extract oil," oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad told AFP. Six other state-owned oil firms from Algeria, Angola, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam will also be awarded extraction deals, Jihad said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/994838.html
ANALYSIS / An Israeli strike on Iran is still on the agenda
Even though the New York Times story on June 19 about a large-scale air force exercise in the eastern Mediterranean was received from a source in Washington, not Jerusalem, it seems to have been in line with Israel's aims. Unlike the storm that the threats of Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz stirred two weeks ago, the report that the Israel Air Force (IAF) carried out a large scale exercise as part of its preparation for a scenario requiring the targetting of Iran's nuclear facilities, the message was received clearly.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369741,00.html
Study: New Animal Lab Location Would Increase Risk of Devastating Outbreak
WASHINGTON — An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted, says a report published Friday. The 1,005-page Homeland Security Department study said chances of such an outbreak — with estimated loses of more than $4.2 billion — would be "extremely low" if the research lab were designed, constructed and operated according to government safety standards.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull
Analysis: Iran's talk of destroying Israel must not get lost in translation
Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Some of these statements have been interpreted by certain journalists and experts on Iran to be simple expressions of dissatisfaction with the Israeli presence in the West Bank or eastern Jerusalem, or with the current Israeli government and its policies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/world...40566220080623
Colombian oil pipeline closed by attacks: source
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline has been closed by rebel bomb attacks carried out on Saturday and Sunday, a source at state petroleum company Ecopetrol told Reuters. "The pipeline has been paralyzed by the two attacks," said the source, who asked not to be named.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...sh.aspx/148601
Saudi Arabia Plans Interfaith Conference
(IsraelNN.com) Saudi Arabia will sponsor an interfaith dialogue between Muslims, Christians and Jews in Madrid, Spain next month, Saudi media reported Saturday. The dialogue, called for by King Abdullah and supported by Sunni and Shi'ite clerics, will be held from July 16-18 and will include secular and religious personalities from all three faith groups.
Concerns rise in France after Jewish teen is attacked
PARIS: A 17-year-old French Jew was attacked Saturday night in Paris, a violent assault condemned by President Nicolas Sarkozy and described by Jewish organizations as motivated by anti-Semitism. The young man, identified as Rudy Haddad by one Jewish organization, was attacked by youths of African origin, according to a police source and a statement from the National Agency of Vigilance Against Antisemitism. The agency cited the use of iron bars in the attack. Haddad is suffering from "serious neurological problems," a police source said.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1
Iraq to award oil contracts to foreign firms
Iraq will award contracts to 41 foreign oil firms in a bid to boost production that could give multinationals a potentially lucrative foothold in huge but underdeveloped oil fields, an official said on Sunday. "We chose 35 companies of international standard, according to their finances, environment and experience, and we granted them permission to extract oil," oil ministry spokesman Asim Jihad told AFP. Six other state-owned oil firms from Algeria, Angola, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam will also be awarded extraction deals, Jihad said.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/994838.html
ANALYSIS / An Israeli strike on Iran is still on the agenda
Even though the New York Times story on June 19 about a large-scale air force exercise in the eastern Mediterranean was received from a source in Washington, not Jerusalem, it seems to have been in line with Israel's aims. Unlike the storm that the threats of Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz stirred two weeks ago, the report that the Israel Air Force (IAF) carried out a large scale exercise as part of its preparation for a scenario requiring the targetting of Iran's nuclear facilities, the message was received clearly.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369741,00.html
Study: New Animal Lab Location Would Increase Risk of Devastating Outbreak
WASHINGTON — An outbreak of one of the most contagious animal diseases from any of five locations the White House is considering for a new high-security research laboratory would be more devastating to the U.S. economy than from the isolated island laboratory where such research is now conducted, says a report published Friday. The 1,005-page Homeland Security Department study said chances of such an outbreak — with estimated loses of more than $4.2 billion — would be "extremely low" if the research lab were designed, constructed and operated according to government safety standards.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satelli...cle%2FShowFull
Analysis: Iran's talk of destroying Israel must not get lost in translation
Over the past several years, Iranian leaders - most prominently, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - have made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel and the Jewish people. Some of these statements have been interpreted by certain journalists and experts on Iran to be simple expressions of dissatisfaction with the Israeli presence in the West Bank or eastern Jerusalem, or with the current Israeli government and its policies.
http://www.reuters.com/article/world...40566220080623
Colombian oil pipeline closed by attacks: source
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline has been closed by rebel bomb attacks carried out on Saturday and Sunday, a source at state petroleum company Ecopetrol told Reuters. "The pipeline has been paralyzed by the two attacks," said the source, who asked not to be named.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Ne...sh.aspx/148601
Saudi Arabia Plans Interfaith Conference
(IsraelNN.com) Saudi Arabia will sponsor an interfaith dialogue between Muslims, Christians and Jews in Madrid, Spain next month, Saudi media reported Saturday. The dialogue, called for by King Abdullah and supported by Sunni and Shi'ite clerics, will be held from July 16-18 and will include secular and religious personalities from all three faith groups.
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