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House Hunting in … Sicily

by Kevin Brass | Aug 16, 2017 | Business

New York- This condominium, with three bedrooms and four bathrooms, is on the second floor of a historic building in the heart of Palermo, the capital of Sicily. The neo-Classical stone building was constructed in the late 1800s for a noble Sicilian family, said Elisa...

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Somalia lawmakers raise their hands during a confidence vote on Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, at the Parliament Building in Mogadishu, Somalia, Dec. 6, 2014, A.P

Somalia: The First Two-House Parliament, Six-State Federalism

by Ali Helni | Jul 6, 2016 | World

Mogadishu- A new parliament will be announced next month in Somalia consisting of an Upper House and a Lower House (House of the People). Somalia has not had a popularly-elected government since 1969. The new Federal Parliament of Somalia, encompassing six states, is...

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Palestinians take cover in a building that was damaged during the 2014 war, on a rainy day in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip (Reuters)

Israeli Police Demolish Two Arab Houses

by Nazir Majli | Jan 25, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

At a time when the people of the city of Tebah (around 48 Palestinians) prepared their homes and orchards to face the frost and the icy winds, a large force of Israeli police arrived and demolished two houses on the pretext they were built without a license,...