Organ Trade Thrives Among Desperate Syrian Refugees in Lebanon – SPIEGEL ONLINE

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PA: Arafat and Muhammad both poisoned by Jews – PMW Bulletins

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New Iran sanctions could push U.S. toward war, White House warns – latimes.com

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U.N. denounces mortar attacks on schools in the Syrian capital – latimes.com

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Syrian Kurds make fresh military gains after declaring self-rule | Reuters

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Israelis finds bacteria-killing protein, could replace antibiotics – National Israel News | Haaretz

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I’d rather focus on news analysis than “fast news sharing” but these days have ways of starting outside of the realm of innocence.  A nineteen-year-old man sells a kidney for money; lunatics with mortars — does it matter which ones?  can we even tell them apart?  — shell a school while in session . . .  At least the Kurds have let the Al Qaeda affiliates know how little God is with them in northern Syria and have begun worrying the Turks as regards their potential for enjoying greater autonomy.  Perhaps Ankara, having let in the ISIS in the first place, would do well to assist the Kurdish community in its self defense, that or keep out of its way.

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