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Rezai French Press Agency: Iran’s former Revolutionary Guards chief Mohsen Rezai warned on Sunday he could stop Israel with “one strike” and said it would not dare to threaten the Islamic republic if he is elected president. “My government… understands missiles and tanks as well as foreign policy and knows exactly where Israel’s sensitive spots [...]

* Netanyahu rejects full freeze to settlement growth * Obama wants halt to settlement activity * Palestinians see settlements as threat to statehood JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rebuffed U.S. calls to impose a freeze on all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank, setting the stage for [...]

Politico: Not so long ago, after Michael Steele’s rocky start as Republican National Committee chairman, there were rumors of impending coups and evidence of deep dissatisfaction within the GOP ranks. But after a shaky debut marked by a series of gaffes and a disappointing loss in a New York special congressional election, Steele is beginning [...]

Jerusalem Post: Iran is making technological advances with its missile technology on almost a daily basis, Col. Guy Aviram from the Defense Ministry’s Research and Development Directorate MAFAT, said Sunday. Last week, Iran test fired a solid-fuel version of the Ashura ballistic missile that is believed to have a range of 2,000 kilometers. In contrast [...]

NY Post: It wasn’t quite 72 virgins, but it did the job. A slick FBI informant roped four Muslim converts into a horrific terror plot to blow up two Bronx synagogues and military jets by handing them piles of cash and gifts and even bags of weed, relatives of the suspects said yesterday. “Brother, whatever [...]

The Guardian: Dick Cheney: Washington trembles at the return of ‘Darth Vader’ Dick Cheney was a formidable backroom operator during his eight years as vice-president in the Bush administration. Having abandoned his short-lived retirement in Wyoming, he is now leading the Republican charge against Obama from the front. Barack Obama, unlike George Bush who wanted [...]

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Guardian: A CCTV camera which caught the drama obscures the cyclists during the collision until 30 seconds later a figure that is unmistakably London Mayor Boris Johnson emerges, helmet in hand, scratching his head and lucky to be alive. Video is silent. One of Boris Johnson’s missions as Mayor of London is to get more [...]

New York Times: If Jimmy Kimmel still has a job at ABC on Wednesday, he is either a very lucky or very deft comedian, or he has great blackmail photos of the network executives. At Tuesday afternoon’s upfront presentation in New York, Mr. Kimmel, the host of ABC’s late night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” [...]

The Independent: Old, young, gay, straight, married or single – our families are a celebration of the diversity of our nation. But while the families have never been more diverse and inclusive, they are also under pressure to an unprecedented degree. The traditional nuclear family – Mum, Dad, 2.4 children – is a shrinking minority. [...]

PORTLAND, Ore. — The mother of a 4-year-old boy whose body was pulled from the Willamette River hours before daybreak on Saturday has been arrested and accused of dumping her son and 7-year-old daughter off a bridge. Portland police said 31-year-old Amanda Jo Stott-Smith was taken into custody on the ninth floor of a downtown [...]

Related: Federal Government To Buy GM The Dayton Business Journal: General Motors Corp. still has not been able to reach an agreement with its bondholders regarding its $27 billion exchange offer designed to keep it out of bankruptcy. GM (NYSE: GM) filed a notice with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this week that reported [...]

ABC News: The Pakistani military says its operation to regain control of the Swat Valley from the Taliban has entered a key phase. Troops are currently engaged in close combat with militants in the strategically important town of Mingora. Retaking the main Swat Valley town from the militants is crucial for the military’s success. Pakistan’s [...]

The Age: Dozens of cars have been smashed, 14 people injured and 46 arrested in riots by Muslim migrants over the alleged defacing of a Koran by a policeman. Police fired tear gas and stun grenades at hundreds of protesters outside Parliament in the city centre. Police said they would investigate the allegation that an [...]

AFP: Critics gasped, jeered and hooted — and at least four people fainted — during a preview of the movie, one of 20 films competing for the Palme d’Or top award to be handed out Sunday. Cannes entered the final straight on Saturday with more controversy over “Anti-Christ” after the festival director denounced an “anti-prize” [...]

News Busters: It appears CBS News’s Chief Legal Analyst doesn’t agree with his colleague Bob Schieffer that former Vice President Dick Cheney is winning the national security debate with Barack Obama. Quite the contrary, Andrew Cohen thinks Cheney is still living in “the world of September 11, 2001, a world where hijacked planes are screaming [...]