An influential Israeli rabbi has said God should strike the Palestinians and their leader with a plague, calling for their death in a fiery sermon before Middle East peace talks set to begin next week. “Abu Mazen and all these evil people should perish from this earth,” Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, spiritual head of the religious Shas party in Israel’s government, said in a sermon late Saturday,... 

Ahmadinejad dismisses US as “unable to beat a small army in Iraq”. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected fears of an attack on Iran, taunting Israel as “too weak to face up to Iran militarily,” and the US as unable to beat even a small army in Iraq, speaking in an interview with Al-Jazeera Sunday. “Israel doesn’t have the courage to do it,” Ahmadinejad... 

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Patrick J. Buchanan is an American conservative political commentator, author, syndicated columnist, politician and broadcaster. In 21st century America, institutional racism and sexism remain great twin evils to be eradicated on our long journey to the wonderful world where, at last, all are equal. What are we to make, then, of a profession that rewards workers with fame and fortune, yet discriminates... 

Turkish officials have told an American delegation that it has no intention of following unilateral US sanctions on Iran, a move likely to deepen a rift between the two NATO allies over the Islamic republic’s contentious nuclear program that Washington believes is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. Turkish and American officials have confirmed that a US delegation comprising representatives... 

A beggar on the streets of Venice. The Italian remarks come hot on the heels of Roma expulsions in France. Italy has said it intends to expel citizens from other EU states if they are not able to support themselves, in a move apparently inspired by France’s current crackdown on Roma. Interior Minister Roberto Maroni told daily newspaper Corriere della Sera on Saturday (21 August) that French... 

Iran's first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr Iran has begun loading its first nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr with fuel in an effort to provide the country with nuclear-generated electricity. Nuclear fuel is being transferred to the Bushehr reactor under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency and senior officials from Iran and Russia. The... 

Dariusz Ratajczak American writer JP Bellinger dose not rule out the the involvement of Israeli spy agency, Mossad, in the tragic death of a Polish historian, who was researching on the Holocaust. Dariusz Ratajczak, a former professor at the University of Opole, was found dead in a car parked near a shopping center in Opole on June 11, 2010. Forensic reports indicated that the body was in the car for... 

Utah State Representative Stephen Sandstrom has introduced an immigration bill which in some ways may be tougher than Arizona’s embroiled S.B. 1070, yet omits the “onerous” and “punitive” aspects of the bill. Rep. Sandstrom said he might be willing to bend on some minor points of the bill to improve its chance of passage, but will not compromise on allowing police to question individuals... 

Russia Today (RT) – Files declassified in America have revealed covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the U.S. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. You can download the files from the web-site of the Institute for Research on Middle... 

Former Governor still fuming over feds’ attempt to block him from filming at JFK memorial on political grounds In an exclusive new video for Prison Planet.tv subscribers, former Governor Jesse Ventura warns that Homeland Security is rapidly becoming the American Gestapo, as Ventura still fumes over the fact that the feds tried to stop him from filming the JFK memorial at Arlington Cemetery. Former... 

The Washington Post by-line was “How Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez tries to hide the truth about his government!” So I would like to rephrase the question: “Is the Washington Post attempting to hide the REAL truth about the Hugo Chavez government by innuendo instead of merely giving us the facts?” I am well aware of the record of the Washington Post as a disseminator of US... 

Top Iranian military official Brig. Gen. Ali Shademani A senior Iranian military official says Iran will take full control of the Strait of Hormuz should Washington opt to launch aggression against Iran. “The country’s armed forces which are under the (Islamic Revolution) Leader’s command are in the highest state of preparedness.” head of the Operations Department of the Joint... 

Washington, United States of America – According to the Ron Paul forums on his website he ( Ron Paul ) will run for the president of the United States in 2012. The message said “Ron Paul WILL BE running in 2012 barring unforseen circumstances”. Ron Paul ran for president in 2008 but his popularity was not there yet, after Obama people realised that Ron Paul was the “real change”... 

TONY Abbott believes it is “far from certain” Australia will become a republic in his lifetime, after Labor signalled a new push on the issue. Julia Gillard today declared she wants Australia to become a republic when the Queen dies, and plans to lead a national debate on the form the republic would take. The Prime Minister said today that despite being a republican, she understood...