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July 18, 2013
State Department: No announcement of restarted peace talks
A U.S. State Department official said there are no plans to announce a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the Israeli government denied that it agreed to base new talks on the 1967 lines.
Happy birthday Mr. Mandela: World pays tribute as ‘improving’ former S. African president turns 95
South Africa and the world showered tributes on Nelson Mandela on Thursday as the anti-apartheid leader turned 95 in hospital and his doctors reported he was \”steadily improving\” from a six-week lung infection.
The 2013 (Jewish) Emmy nominees
The 2013 Emmy nominations are in! We won’t bore you with the whole long list, but we will share this compact yet impressive group of Jewish nominees. Here goes.
Netanyahu spokesman denies Israel open to 1967 border formula
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s spokesman denied on Thursday Israel had agreed to a formula for new talks with Palestinians based on the border of their future state being drawn along lines from before a 1967 war, with agreed land swaps.
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