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This week it seemed U. S.—Israeli relations hit a particularly rocky moment. First, Israeli officials leveled personal attacks at Secretary of State John Kerry and his peacemaking efforts, prompting an indignant American response Then, a supposedly leaked transcript of a strained private telephone conversation between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surfaced on Israeli news — only to be shut down as "fabrications" by the American administration which described the reports "shocking and disappointing." And that all happened by Tuesday afternoon. See also: Fiery Skies and Black Clouds: Gaza's Long, Burning Night Read more

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SYDNEY — A moving television ad campaign by Beyond Blue, The Invisible Discriminator, shows how prevalent racism is in Australia. The video which was published on YouTube on Monday, poses the question: "Why should anyone be made to feel like crap, just for being who they are?" See also: 'Disgusting' Ads Show Men in Cars Doing Gross Things Its message is to illustrate subtle or 'casual' racism against Indigenous Australians "can be just as harmful as more overt forms". From not sitting next to a person on a bus through to an insensitive joke at the pub, this form of racism is rife in every part of local society and Beyond Blue want to make it clear it is unacceptable.

The online retail giant says it will be happy to stick with the 30 percent cut it already gets from Hachette ebook sales if the publisher agrees to slash its ebook pricing, a move which Amazon claims would be central to the future of reading. Amazon: Hachette spat can be fixed with lower ebook pricing originally published by Gigaom, © copyright 2014.

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In the ongoing spat between Amazon and Hachette over pricing , Amazon has now called for Hachette to simply cut its e-book prices—a move which, it claims, will lower consumer prices on digital titles and provide writers with a larger paycheck at the same time. Read more