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Virginia Shakespeare Festival opens with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
The cast of the 2013 Virginia Shakespeare Festival is a motley crew, with Equity actors sharing the stage with high school thespians. What's drawing them together is "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Shakespeare's comic romp of the antics of four lovers....
Tags: Arts and Culture, Festive Events, College of William and Mary, Services and Shopping, York County (Virginia)
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Israel presses ahead with settlement expansion plans
ReutersJERUSALEM, June 13 (Reuters) - Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, officials said on Thursday, moves that could complicate U.S. efforts to persuade Palestinians, seeking a construction freeze, to...Tags: West Bank, Israeli Settlements, Israel, Construction, John Kerry
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Israel advancing large settlement construction plan
JERUSALEM -- As U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry is poised to return to the region, Israel is advancing a plan for a large-scale expansion of a West Bank settlement, according to Israeli media reports. Plans for more than 600 housing units in the...
Tags: Government, West Bank, Politics, National Government, Israel
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Trudy Rubin: Olmert's peace plan shows deal in Israel is possible
For skeptics who doubt a peace deal between the Israelis and Palestinians is still possible, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert argued passionately last week that now is the moment — and his plan is the answer. Olmert's plan, which is the...Tags: Government, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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Mark Rylance to bring 'Twelfth Night' and 'Richard III' to Broadway
Broadway will get a concentrated dose of comedy and tragedy this fall – brought on by acclaimed British actor Mark Rylance. The two-time Tony winner – formerly artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London – will star in Globe...
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Palestinian Authority picks Rami Hamdallah as prime minister
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The new Palestinian Authority prime minister is a British-educated academic with no political experience who will be charged with forming the fifth Palestinian government since 2006. But the tenure of Rami Hamdallah, 54,...
Tags: Government, England, Government Ministers, Salam Fayyad, Elections
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Palestinian president names new prime minister
dpaRAMALLAH, West Bank Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday named university president Rami Hamdallah to replace Salam Fayyad as prime minister, Abbas' office said. Hamdallah, president of Najah National University in the northern West Bank city of...Tags: Government, West Bank, Politics, Salam Fayyad, Fatah
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Abbas names academic as new Palestinian prime minister
ReutersRAMALLAH, WEST BANK, June 2 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named a new prime minister to replace Western-favoured economist Salam Fayyad who quit in April and formally leaves office this month, a Palestinian official told Reuters on...Tags: Government, West Bank, Politics, Salam Fayyad, Fatah
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Palestinians name academic as new prime minister
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed university dean Rami Hamdulla as the Palestinian Authority’s new prime minister Sunday night, replacing Salam Fayyad, who resigned in April, officials said. Hamdullah, who is dean...
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New Palestinian Authority government sworn in
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new government Thursday headed by a British-educated academic with no political experience. New Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, who has served since 1998 as president of An Najah...
Tags: Palestine, West Bank, Government, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Soccer-Tutu urges UEFA to strip Israel of Under-21 championship
ReutersLONDON, May 28 (Reuters)- - South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu has joined calls for UEFA to move the Under-21 European championship from Israel because of the Jewish state's treatment of Palestinian sport. UEFA has resisted the requests...Tags: Government, Civil Rights, Feminism, Social Issues, Racism
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