Veteran Nazi hunter Beate Klarsfeld has jumped into the German political fray as an alternative candidate for president. Her decision to run comes amid growing criticism of the sole nominee — Joachim Gauck, a former East German anti-communist activist who later was the first to head the post-unification commission investigating the archives of the East German secret police.
The Anti-Defamation League once again reprimanded Rick Santorum for his advocacy of a church role in governing.\n
Syrian artillery pounded rebel-held areas of Homs as President Bashar al-Assad\’s government announced that voters had overwhelmingly approved a new constitution in a referendum derided as a sham by his critics at home and abroad.
Iran\’s parliamentary election this Friday is a potentially decisive battle in the struggle between political and religious hardliners, but it is unlikely to alter Tehran\’s stand on its deadlock with the West over its nuclear program.
Israeli officials will not warn the United States if they decide to attack Iran\’s nuclear infrastructure, according to a report citing an unnamed U.S. intelligence official.
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a man attempting to infiltrate into Israel from Egypt. The soldiers early Tuesday morning spotted a group of about 15 infiltrators into Israel who failed to stop when asked by the Israeli troops.
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