Israel Set to Reject Quartet Demands for Peace in ...

World powers continue to pressure Israel… Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his “Septet” of trusted ministers met Sunday evening to discuss diplomatic moves expected to take place this week. They were reportedly set to reject a demand that the Quartet (the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Britain) is apparently about to make, according to which Israel must pledge to enter direct negotiations with...

Clouds Can Communicate According To Scientists

A new study has found that clouds “communicate” with each other, much like chirping crickets or flashing fireflies on a summer night. The surprising findings, published online in the journal Nature, may have significant implications for our understanding of the Earth’s climate. Read Full...

Israel Faces International Censure Over Flotilla C...

Israel’s top officials worked round the clock Monday to quell worldwide censure against its pre-dawn raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which 10 activists were killed. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu cut short his visit to North America and canceled his much-anticipated meeting with US President Barack Obama to head back to Israel, while the UN Security Council convened an emergency meeting in New York. Israeli ambassadors...

The Believe System – New National ID Card Ca...

The idea of a National biometric ID card is stunning in itself, and the name may be even more surprising. The Believe System,an acronym for Biometric Enrollment, Locally stored Information and Electronic Verification of Employment, and it’s got many civil liberties groups concerned. A plan by Senate Democratic leaders to reform the nation’s immigration laws ran into strong opposition from civil liberties defenders...

Head of IMF Proposes New Global Reserve Currency

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, suggested Friday the organization might one day be called on to provide countries with a global reserve currency that would serve as an alternative to the U.S. dollar. “That day has not yet come, but I think it is intellectually healthy to explore these kinds of ideas now,” he said in a speech on the future mandate of the 186-nation...