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28.12.2009, 16:34
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Since hotly disputed presidential elections in June, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been the focus of the opposition’s contempt; Sunday was certainly no exception.
19.05.2009, 10:40
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A couple in Syria is finding it hard to have their marriage legally recognized. He's Syrian, she's Armenian, but because of religious differences their union is not recognized by the law.
12.05.2009, 02:33
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A sacred controversy is brewing as Pope Benedict XVI has arrived in Israel on Monday, May 11. His first day's itinerary includes a visit to the national Holocaust museum in Jerusalem.
22.07.2010, 08:32
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Inter-racial dating is a taboo in Israel. In a Jerusalem suburb there are special patrol groups that prevent Arab men mixing with Jewish women, and couples who mutually choose to rebel are ostracized.
17.12.2009, 16:10
New satellite research indicates that for the past million years, the politically disputed Golan has been moving closer to Israel – bringing thousands of Druze closer to the country they do not wish to be a part of.
21.07.2009, 09:44
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Women’s rights are being taken for a ride by a minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel. Female followers are often forced to sit at the back of buses in their own specially segregated section.
01.12.2009, 09:43
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Religious dialogue is the solution to disagreements where political diplomacy fails, believes Yona Metzger, the youngest Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi in Israeli history. He spoke to RT.
10.04.2010, 09:41
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Every year, over 5000 women are killed in "honor killings" in the Middle East, according to UN estimates. The extreme tradition is practiced in some Muslim societies if a woman is accused of bringing shame to her family.
05.05.2009, 12:57
As Israel prepares to hold the largest military exercises in its history, speculations about a possible attack on Iran are on the rise.
30.07.2009, 09:16
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Palestinian divisions in Gaza are offering a way in for Iran, which is bringing fears in the region over the motives of the dominant Shia power, in an area which is traditionally Sunni Muslim.
Published: 01 May, 2009, 11:14
Jews believe that praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem is like speaking directly to God, but those who can’t travel there themselves still have a means to pass on their wishes – through a ‘prayer agent’.
