Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will receive the highest award he could be given by a U.S. secretary of defense when he visits the Pentagon on Thursday, three days after announcing his exit from political life next year.
A Palestinian bid for indirect U.N. recognition of statehood received vows of support from more than a dozen European nations as of Wednesday, and diplomats said this backing may deter Israel from harsh retaliation against the Palestinian Authority for seeking to upgrade its U.N. status.
So Grover Norquist turns out to be a colossus with feet of clay.
Police fired tear gas and beat demonstrators as large-scale protests in Cairo\’s Tahrir Square continued over Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi\’s power grab.
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