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March 3, 2011
Iranian warships return through Suez
Two Iranian warships passed through the Suez Canal a second time on their way home after a stop in Syria. The frigate and supply ship began crossing the canal early Thursday morning. They had arrived at Syria\’s main port at Latakia last week after becoming the first Iranian naval ships to pass through the canal since the 1979 Iranian revolution.
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Egyptian company won’t restore gas to Israel
An Egyptian company will not resume delivering natural gas to Israel as expected, one month after its pipeline was sabotaged. The East Mediterranean Gas consortium, which supplies 45 percent of the gas needed to produce Israel\’s electricity, has missed four promised deadlines to reinstate the gas supply since the pipeline was damaged in a terrorist explosion Feb. 5. The attack was part of the uprising in Egypt that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
Pope wins praise for repudiating Jewish guilt for Jesus’ death
Jewish organizations are hailing Pope Benedict XVI\’s unequivocal repudiation of the claim that the Jewish people can be held forever responsible for the death of Jesus. The Vatican already rejected the claim in general terms in 1965 with the landmark Nostra Aetate document issued by the Vatican II Conference, opening the door to formal Catholic-Jewish dialogue. But in a new volume of his book, \”Jesus of Nazareth,\” Benedict employs a detailed scholarly analysis of Catholic teaching to make the point clear.
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