U.S. economist Alvin Roth, winner of the 2012 Nobel prize for economics on Monday with colleague Lloyd Shapley, was \”surprised\” and \”delighted\” when he got the midnight call at his California home telling him he had won.
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav requested a presidential pardon to appeal his rape conviction.
An Israeli court ruled that papers belonging to writer Franz Kafka be transferred to the Israel National Library in Jerusalem.
The heirs of a German-Jewish banker who claim the famous painting \”The Scream\” was looted from him by the Nazis want a New York museum to explain its history in its new display.
Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley, American economists with ties to Israeli universities, won the Nobel Prize for economics.
Ahmed Thiabat sits on his balcony in Jordan overlooking the Syrian town of Tal Shehab just over the Syrian border. This once tranquil farmland has become a battleground for troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and rebels fighting to unseat him.
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