A particle consistent with the Higgs boson has been discovered and may help explain the origins of mass in the universe. Physicists at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, known as CERN and located near Geneva, announced Wednesday morning they discovered a new particle. The particle was successfully created inside the Large Hadron Collider
The U.S. State Dept. charged UNESCO on Monday with “hotwiring” a Palestinian Authority demand that the Church of Nativity be declared a PA heritage site. The designation is usually reserved for sites that are under the threat of destruction. The United Nations agency, which recently accepted the Palestinian Authority as a member over American
Following its success in getting the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem recognized as a World Heritage Site, the Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday it will seek to have additional religious sites recognized by UNESCO. According to a report in The Associated Press, the PA’s Foreign Minister, Riad Malki, named the Cave of the
Swiss laboratory research released Tuesday suggests Yassir Arafat was poisoned with polonium in 2004. Francois Bochud, head of the Institute of Radiation Physics at the University of Lausanne, told Al-Jazeera, "The conclusion was that we did find some significant polonium that was present in these samples." Arafat died on November 11, 2004, following several
Dozens of journalists from Palestinian Authority enclaves protested outside the Interior Ministry in Ramallah on Tuesday. The journalists vented their fury over violence used by PA security forces against journalists during a demonstration against planned meeting between PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz. They also protested the arrest
Iran claims it tested “tens” of short, medium and large-range missiles at a hypothetical enemy base,” presumably Israeli and American. Fars News Agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, reported Tuesday that the Guards Aerospace Force missile units Iran Claims ‘War Games’ Test Missile Attack on Israel Iran claims it tested “tens” of medium and
Officials in Nairobi reported on Monday that two Iranian terrorists who were arrested in Kenya last week were planning to attack Israeli, American, British and Saudi targets in the country. According to the officials, 15 kg of RDX-type explosives, designed to carry out powerful terrorist attacks, were found to be in the possession of
According to Hizbullah's al-Manar TV, Israeli warplanes fired at a target in southern Lebanon on Monday. “The enemy detonated an explosive device remotely against a telecommunication line in Zrariyeh” village, the Hizbullah television station reported. The IAF aircraft reportedly struck a site used by the Hizbullah near the town of Zira in southern
The Al Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, denounced on Sunday the sentence handed down to the group’s former senior commander, Ibrahim Hamad. Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli military court sentenced Hamad to 54 life terms in prison. Hamad was the Judea and Samaria head of Hamas’ terrorist operations from 2001 to 2006, and coordinated
IAF aircraft attacked a terrorist cell in northern Gaza on Monday morning, as it was preparing to launch rockets at southern Israel. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement that the aircraft scored a direct hit. “The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers and will
