Last months five-day war in Georgia, a tiny neighbor of Russia and Turkey, rekindled memories of the beautiful American ballad, "Georgia on My Mind," which was written in 1930 and became a famous hit only in 1960 when the popular blind American singer, Ray Charles, introduced it nationwide.

The rise of radical Islam predates Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida terror franchise, the Taliban, the maverick Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or even the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed, modern-day political fanaticism within Islam and the misuse of the pulpit to propagate hatred of other religions, particularly Judaism, can easily be traced back to the early 1920s, in British-mandated Palestine – just a few years before the establishment of the Brotherhood in Egypt.

Mistakenly, many Americans still believe President George W. Bushs war on Iraq is justified because Congress supported it and continues to fund it.

Right-wing British historian David Irving was sentenced to three years in prison by an Austrian court on Monday for denying the Holocaust 17 years ago, despite his claim to have changed his views.

Iranian official says missing diplomats could be in Israel TEHRAN - An Iranian official charged with hunting for three Iranian diplomats and a reporter who went missing in Lebanon more than two decades ago said that they could still be

"Dont eat Belgian chocolate," the Israel consul in Florida ordered the large Jewish community there.In Israel, anti-Belgian curses reached an ear-splitting new crescendo.

Israels Mossad spy agency may be given formal legal footing, a Justice Ministry spokesman said on April 2, reflecting growing openness in Israels once notoriously clandestine secret service.

Israels publicity-shy Mossad spy service, damaged in recent years by an embarrassing series of bungles, is planning to set up a press liaison office for the first time, Israels Haaretz newspaper said on Thursday.