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A lawyer for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge has urged a French court this evening to ban the further publication or resale of topless photos of the Duchess, saying they were examples of a "highly intimate moment".
Aurelien Hamelle said the photographs of Kate sunbathing on the balcony of a French chateau had no place in the public domain.
The photographs, published in Closer, a French gossip magazine, were taken "in a highly intimate moment during a scene of married life and have no (…)

This morning, a lawyer for the Royal couple will a lodge a criminal complaint in France over topless pictures of Kate published in the French magazine, Closer.
A palace spokeswoman said: "We can confirm that a criminal complaint is to be made to the French Prosecution Department.
Closer is also the subject of a civil case "The complaint concerns the taking of photographs of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge whilst on holiday and the publication of those photographs in breach of their (…)

The cult of atheist Zionism posing as Judaism
By Rich Siegel
This essay was first published in Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists. (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012)
January 1, 2012
I consider myself a cult survivor. I was raised in the cult of Atheist-Zionism-Posing-as-Judaism. I stated this to a few select friends several years ago, and they thought it was funny. The statement brought with it a pregnant pause, as though a punch line was going to (…)

Terrance Nelson: Israel, US and Canada’s Closing of Iran’s Embassy
"Terrance Nelson, former chief of Roseau River First Nation in Manitoba, heads to Iran with two Dakota chiefs. Nelson wrote this to Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper...
’We both know that the accusation the Iranian Embassy in Ottawa was recruiting Iranians in Canada was a smokescreen. The real reason for the closure is APTN reporting our scheduled trip to Tehran on October 8 - 20. The Iranian Embassy meeting with us (…)

’One may not be terribly amused’ by the publication of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge (formerly Kate Middleton), but in what has been described privately as ’a storm in a B-cup’ by some well-placed Royal observers, I think the Duke and his wife have missed a great opportunity to get Closer to their ’a peoples’.
Upon learning that the intimate photos of Kate, sans top, would appear in a French magazine and instead of threatening legal action and attempting to paint themselves as (…)

The Muslim world has been deeply angered by the American anti-Muslim movie, this leading to violent riots around the world. Violence is wrong, counterproductive and only serves the interests of horrendously violent and deadly US state terrorism, UK state terrorism, French state terrorism and Apartheid Israeli state terrorism. Muslims must resolutely inform the world about the Muslim Holocaust of about 12 million Muslims killed from violence (3.6 million) or war-imposed deprivation (8.9 (…)

David Remnick accuses the Prime Minister of endangering Israel and making himself a factor in the U.S. elections.
New Yorker magazine editor and Pulitzer-Prize winning author David Remnick accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday of endangering Israel, interfering in U.S. elections and aligning with Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a "neocon strategy" against U.S. President Obama.
In a biting blog post in the magazine on Wednesday, Remnick accused Netanyahu (…)

It should be an exciting news day Monday.
Chi (Italian for "Who"), an Italian weekly gossip magazine, based in Segrate, Milan, Italy plans to publish fully nude photos of the Duchess of Cambridge on Monday.
The magazine is published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Italy’s largest publishing company that is one of the many publications owned by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
My source in Italy tells me that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s most intimate moments during their (…)

Parents and the loved ones of two U.S. soldiers killed yesterday defending the Camp Bastion military compound in Afghanistan will no doubt be relieved to learn that Captain Wales was unharmed.
The attack occurred near an airfield on the north-east side of the base, which houses American forces in Camp Leatherneck. A number of aircraft, hangars and other buildings at the base were hit and badly damaged.
Prince Harry, who recently made news when nude photos of him during his Las Vegas (…)

An excerpt from Target Iran: Drawing Red Lines in the Sand.
A balanced analysis of the security interests of the United States vis-a-vis Israel requires a careful review of their security interests and the history of their interaction.
That review demonstrates that Israel will always put its interest before any other nation, including the United States, if its leadership believes Israel’s existence is at risk.
One should not expect anything different, given the experience of the Jewish (…)