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LUCREZIA BORGIA: LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH IN RENAISSANCE ITALY
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Beauty, not a beast LUCREZIA BORGIA: LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH IN RENAISSANCE ITALY by Sarah Bradford Penguin/Viking, £25, pp. 421, ISBN 0670913456 £23 (plus £2.25 p&p) 0870 800 4848
Lucrezia Borgia is one of the most notorious women in history. Fabled as a poisoner and sexual temptress, her reputation is so fearsome largely because she was unjustly associated with the misdeeds of her brother, the truly appalling Cesare Borgia. Lucrezia has had her defenders, but even these have done her few favours. They tend to be dismissive of her, exonerating her of serious crimes on the grounds that ...
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Israel celebrates 60 years; Tribulations and triumphs of a people besieged.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...few weeks after the birth of the State of Israel 60 years ago, journalist Robert St. John interviewed Israel's first foreign minister, Moshe Sharett...million immigrants over the coming 10 years (Israel's Jewish population at that was 800...
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Israel's uncertain strategic future.(Report)
Magazine article from: Parameters
; Israel's Strategic Future: The Final Report...Project Daniel" was the presumption that Israel urgently needs a coherent plan for dealing...however, that the primary threats to Israel's physical survival were more likely to...
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Israel puts Gaza blame on Egypt; Says Cairo should supply power, food.(PAGE ONE)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...A top defense official yesterday said Israel wants to completely sever ties with the...responsible for it, Mr. Vilnai told Israel Army radio. So we want to disconnect...that had been running out in Gaza since Israel tightened its blockade last week in response...
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Israel's terror
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender
; "Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to...of the founding fathers of the state of Israel. His political and military succesors are...medicine, electricity and their lives. Israel has invaded a sovereign nation, Lebanon...
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Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon Missiles avenge recent shelling of communities
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; TEL AVIV -- The low-level war between Israel and Lebanese Muslim militants north of its border grew...retaliation for recent shelling of towns in northern Israel. Israel fired missiles from aircraft and helicopters at three...
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ISRAEL;Israel Wants Stiff Weapons Ban for Iraq
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Israel today demanded that Iraq be banned from...troubled by the unprecedented failure of Israel to respond to Iraq's Scud missile attacks...for them better to have to do only with Israel," he said, speaking in English. {Shamir...
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Israel, U.S. plan drill to combat missiles.
News Wire article from: UPI Emerging Threats
; ...strategic anti-ballistic missile systems in Israel after President Barack Obama scrapped...mention of basing any interceptor systems in Israel. However, Poland's media reported earlier this month that Israel -- and possibly NATO ally Turkey...
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Israel in the Development of Christian Thought
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Israel in the Development of Christian Thought. By Ronald E. Diprose...development of especially patristic material on the denigration of Israel and how the Church replaced Israel theologically. The author accurately sums up his findings as...
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Is Israel a Bikini Brand or the Holy Land?
Newspaper article from: Israel Faxx
; ...from foreign rule. But in the case of Israel, independence should also mean the freedom...everyone sees it that way. In fact, Israel's Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, is...embark on a massive PR campaign painting Israel as a sexy modern country with beautiful...
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Israel May Yet Lose Its Giant Grab for U.S. Funds to Underwrite Its Current Alliance With Turkey
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
; Israel May Yet Lose Its Giant Grab for U.S. Funds to Underwrite Its Current Alliance With Turkey After the 1967 Arab-Israel war, during which Israel seized large Arab territories, it sought close relations with a...
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