Ancient tablets displayed in Jerusalem fuel looting debate
By DANIEL ESTRIN At first glance, the ancient Babylonian tablets on exhibit for the first time at a Jerusalem museum look like nothing more than pockmarked lumps of clay. But…
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Israel carries out airstrike on Hamas site in Gaza
The Israeli military says it has carried out an airstrike on a Hamas site in Gaza, its first strike on the Palestinian territory since this summer’s war. The military says…
GAZA ROCKET LANDS NEAR ISRAEL’S MAIN AIRPORT
By TIA GOLDENBERG and KARIN LAUB Israeli police officers secure a destroyed house that was hit by a rocket fired by Palestinians militants from Gaza, in Yahud, a Tel Aviv…
AIRLINES SCRAP ISRAEL FLIGHTS OVER MISSILE FEAR
By The Associated Press FILE – In this file photo taken July 22, 2011 a Delta Air Lines jet takes off at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich. Delta…
48 Kenyans dead: Witness: Gunmen spared Muslims
By TOM ODULA A member of the Kenyan security forces walks past the body of one of those who were killed by militants, in the village of Kibaoni just outside…
US AMBASSADOR MEETS INDIA’S OPPOSITION LEADER
By KATY DAIGLE In this photo released by India’s Gujarat state government, U.S. Ambassador to India, Nancy Powell, left, receives flowers presented to her by India’s opposition Bharatiya Janata Party’s…
BILL NYE: BIBLE DOESN’T TELL EARTH’S TRUE HISTORY
By DYLAN LOVAN TV’s “Science Guy” Bill Nye stand speaks during a debate on evolution with Creation Museum head Ken Ham, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, at the Petersburg, Ky. museum.…
JEWISH GROUP DEMANDS RETURN OF ALL NAZI-LOOTED ART
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER The president of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder anwers to questions during an interview with The Associated Press at a hotel in Berlin, Thursday, Jan. 30,…