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• Brooklyn bike loan gets Hasids and Hipsters rollin' together
• Netanyahu refutes claims Shalit deal just days away
• EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana arrives in Syria for peace talks
• Report: Lockerbie bomber release linked to oil deal
• Return Gilad Shalit, but not at any price

Brooklyn bike loan gets Hasids and Hipsters rollin' together Posted: 30 Aug 2009 10:44 AM PDT An unusual sign appeared in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in early August. On it is a large Star of David constructed out of 50 or so rubber chickens. In the middle of the star, Yiddish text offers a free bike loan to any of the Yiddish-speaking Satmar Hasidim who live in the area. ...

Netanyahu refutes claims Shalit deal just days away Posted: 30 Aug 2009 09:02 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday denied reports of a breakthrough in talks with Hamas to return captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, and said people should not expect a deal to be brokered in the coming days. ...

EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana arrives in Syria for peace talks Posted: 30 Aug 2009 08:11 AM PDT EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana arrived on Sunday in Damascus for talks with Syrian President Bashar al Assad and Foreign Minister Walid al Muallim to discuss means to resume the peace process in the region. ...

Report: Lockerbie bomber release linked to oil deal Posted: 30 Aug 2009 08:08 AM PDT Britain agreed to include Lockerbie bomber Abdel Basset al-Megrahi in a prisoner transfer deal with Libya because of "overwhelming interests" shortly before an oil deal was sealed with Tripoli, a newspaper reported on Sunday. ...

Return Gilad Shalit, but not at any price Posted: 30 Aug 2009 04:30 AM PDT There is no need to waste more words on everyone's desire to see Gilad Shalit return home. There is also no need to spare praise for the noble struggle his family has been waging. Shalit should have been released at any price, but the struggle for his release does not have to be conducted at any price. Last week the leaders of the campaign to free him faltered. The demonstration at the Megiddo prison that prevented visits by prisoners' families was in poor taste. A few weeks earlier they also demonstrated at the Erez crossing on the Gaza border and blocked the passage of food and medicine to the besieged Strip. ...

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