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PA considers 1947 UN Partition Plan if US vetoes state
Nabil Sha'ath says UN Resolution 181 is one of many options PA is considering if US rejects Palestinian statehood bid. The Palestinian Authority is considering asking the UN to implement Resolution 181, which calls for the partition of mandatory Palestine between Jews and Arabs, if the US foils plans to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state in September, a senior PA official disclosed on Saturday.
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/Art...080678,00.html
Barak braces for 'sensitive' China visit
Defense minister to be first in 10 years to visit state with which relations have been strained. Defense Minister Ehud Barak is set to depart Saturday night for China, where he is scheduled to conduct a number of meetings with local officials.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomac...sites-1.367232
IAEA: Bombed Syrian plant linked to three more suspected nuclear sites
London-based Al-Hayat newspaper revealed Sunday a correspondence between the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Amano said the Syrian nuclear plant bombed in 2007 was linked to three more sites. The locations of the sites and their functions were not discussed.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06...h-border/print
Syrians Fear All-Out Assault Near Turkish Border
A border region with a history of hostility toward the Syrian regime is posing the biggest challenge yet for President Bashar Assad's struggle to crush the revolt against his family's 40-year-rule. Analysts say Assad will do anything to restore control in the restive northern area bordering Turkey, where mutinous forces are giving a largely peaceful revolt new strength -- and firepower.
http://www.debka.com/article/21019/
Assad's purge of Jisr a-Shughour and Erdogan's election
It took Syrian president six days to send troops and tanks to punish the small northern town of Jisr a-Shughour near the Turkish border for attacking and killing 120 Syrian security personnel last Monday. Although thousands of residents fled, the operation which began Friday June 10 ran into stiff resistance.
http://euobserver.com/9/32473
US defence chief: Europe may no longer be worth defending
BRUSSELS / EUOBSERVER - Under pressure to cut its military spending, the US is losing patience with Europe's unwillingness to pay for its own defence, outgoing US defence minister Robert Gates said Friday (10 June) in an unusually 'blunt' speech in Brussels, casting doubt over the very survival of Nato. On his last trip to Europe before retiring on 30 June, Gates - who has served as defence minister both in the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations - allowed himself "to speak bluntly" during a conference organised by the Security and Defence Agenda, a Brussels-based think tank.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/201...loping-Europe/
Tentacles of Islam Slowly Enveloping Europe?
While the idea of Muslims taking over Rome as prophesied by the Prophet Mohammed may seem far-fetched, the historically Christian capital of Italy is now the site of the largest mosque in Europe. Moschea di Roma, or the Great Mosque of Rome, is able to accommodate 12,000 worshippers and is a powerful symbol for Italy's fast-growing Muslim population.
http://thedailynewsegypt.com/religio...rab-world.html
Vatican fears increasingly unstable Arab world
VATICAN CITY: A Vatican expression of concern over the violence in Syria this week was the latest sign of deep misgivings in Catholic circles about Arab uprisings seen as a threat for Christian minorities. "The pope has been rather silent on the Arab revolutions," said Marco Politi, a Vatican specialist for Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43365523/?GT1=43001
Very long total lunar eclipse coming Wednesday
This month's full moon will pass almost directly through the center of Earth's shadow on Wednesday in what will be an unusually long total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse will occur just two weeks after a June 1 partial solar eclipse, when the moon blocked part of the sun as viewed from Arctic regions
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=309661
Computer virus and who you gonna call? Digital ants!
Faced with more than 5,000 cyber attacks a day, the Pentagon has released a report titled the "International Strategy for Cyberspace," adopting a new way to deal with computer assaults on the nation, particularly the electrical distribution grid, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The policy notes that a cyber attack could generate a military response
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75B06720110612
FBI investigating IMF computer hack, Pentagon says
(Reuters) - The FBI has joined an investigation of a cyber attack on the International Monetary Fund's computer systems, a U.S. Defense Department spokeswoman said on Saturday night. "The FBI is working this with IMF," the spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel April Cunningham of the Air Force, said in an emailed reply to Reuters, referring to an "active" probe. The FBI, the government's main criminal investigative agency, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6291be4c-945...om%2Fhome%2Fus
Stanley Fischer enters IMF race
Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel, on Saturday announced that he would run for the managing directorship of the International Monetary Fund, challenging French finance minister Christine Lagarde and Mexican central bank governor AgustÃn Carstens. Mr Fischer, previously second-in-command at the IMF, had previously considered a run, but his decision came as a surprise. Nominations closed at midnight on Friday.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=310105
Failed Judgment Day preacher hospitalized with stroke
A California broadcaster who wrongly forecast the return of Jesus last month is now hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Harold Camping, 89, of Oakland-Calif.-based Family Radio was reportedly taken by ambulance Thursday night from his home in Alameda, Calif
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PA considers 1947 UN Partition Plan if US vetoes state
Nabil Sha'ath says UN Resolution 181 is one of many options PA is considering if US rejects Palestinian statehood bid. The Palestinian Authority is considering asking the UN to implement Resolution 181, which calls for the partition of mandatory Palestine between Jews and Arabs, if the US foils plans to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state in September, a senior PA official disclosed on Saturday.
http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/Art...080678,00.html
Barak braces for 'sensitive' China visit
Defense minister to be first in 10 years to visit state with which relations have been strained. Defense Minister Ehud Barak is set to depart Saturday night for China, where he is scheduled to conduct a number of meetings with local officials.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomac...sites-1.367232
IAEA: Bombed Syrian plant linked to three more suspected nuclear sites
London-based Al-Hayat newspaper revealed Sunday a correspondence between the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. Amano said the Syrian nuclear plant bombed in 2007 was linked to three more sites. The locations of the sites and their functions were not discussed.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/06...h-border/print
Syrians Fear All-Out Assault Near Turkish Border
A border region with a history of hostility toward the Syrian regime is posing the biggest challenge yet for President Bashar Assad's struggle to crush the revolt against his family's 40-year-rule. Analysts say Assad will do anything to restore control in the restive northern area bordering Turkey, where mutinous forces are giving a largely peaceful revolt new strength -- and firepower.
http://www.debka.com/article/21019/
Assad's purge of Jisr a-Shughour and Erdogan's election
It took Syrian president six days to send troops and tanks to punish the small northern town of Jisr a-Shughour near the Turkish border for attacking and killing 120 Syrian security personnel last Monday. Although thousands of residents fled, the operation which began Friday June 10 ran into stiff resistance.
http://euobserver.com/9/32473
US defence chief: Europe may no longer be worth defending
BRUSSELS / EUOBSERVER - Under pressure to cut its military spending, the US is losing patience with Europe's unwillingness to pay for its own defence, outgoing US defence minister Robert Gates said Friday (10 June) in an unusually 'blunt' speech in Brussels, casting doubt over the very survival of Nato. On his last trip to Europe before retiring on 30 June, Gates - who has served as defence minister both in the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations - allowed himself "to speak bluntly" during a conference organised by the Security and Defence Agenda, a Brussels-based think tank.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/world/201...loping-Europe/
Tentacles of Islam Slowly Enveloping Europe?
While the idea of Muslims taking over Rome as prophesied by the Prophet Mohammed may seem far-fetched, the historically Christian capital of Italy is now the site of the largest mosque in Europe. Moschea di Roma, or the Great Mosque of Rome, is able to accommodate 12,000 worshippers and is a powerful symbol for Italy's fast-growing Muslim population.
http://thedailynewsegypt.com/religio...rab-world.html
Vatican fears increasingly unstable Arab world
VATICAN CITY: A Vatican expression of concern over the violence in Syria this week was the latest sign of deep misgivings in Catholic circles about Arab uprisings seen as a threat for Christian minorities. "The pope has been rather silent on the Arab revolutions," said Marco Politi, a Vatican specialist for Italian daily Il Fatto Quotidiano.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43365523/?GT1=43001
Very long total lunar eclipse coming Wednesday
This month's full moon will pass almost directly through the center of Earth's shadow on Wednesday in what will be an unusually long total eclipse of the moon. The lunar eclipse will occur just two weeks after a June 1 partial solar eclipse, when the moon blocked part of the sun as viewed from Arctic regions
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=309661
Computer virus and who you gonna call? Digital ants!
Faced with more than 5,000 cyber attacks a day, the Pentagon has released a report titled the "International Strategy for Cyberspace," adopting a new way to deal with computer assaults on the nation, particularly the electrical distribution grid, according to a report in Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The policy notes that a cyber attack could generate a military response
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...75B06720110612
FBI investigating IMF computer hack, Pentagon says
(Reuters) - The FBI has joined an investigation of a cyber attack on the International Monetary Fund's computer systems, a U.S. Defense Department spokeswoman said on Saturday night. "The FBI is working this with IMF," the spokeswoman, Lieutenant Colonel April Cunningham of the Air Force, said in an emailed reply to Reuters, referring to an "active" probe. The FBI, the government's main criminal investigative agency, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/6291be4c-945...om%2Fhome%2Fus
Stanley Fischer enters IMF race
Stanley Fischer, governor of the Bank of Israel, on Saturday announced that he would run for the managing directorship of the International Monetary Fund, challenging French finance minister Christine Lagarde and Mexican central bank governor AgustÃn Carstens. Mr Fischer, previously second-in-command at the IMF, had previously considered a run, but his decision came as a surprise. Nominations closed at midnight on Friday.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=310105
Failed Judgment Day preacher hospitalized with stroke
A California broadcaster who wrongly forecast the return of Jesus last month is now hospitalized after suffering a stroke. Harold Camping, 89, of Oakland-Calif.-based Family Radio was reportedly taken by ambulance Thursday night from his home in Alameda, Calif
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...quakes_big.php
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