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In the past week alone, three new countries have said they are ready to bestow recognition on a Palestinian state.

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What if the world’s borders had frozen in time, unchanged since 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I? In this ...

As property taxes and homeowner insurance premiums continue rising, homeowners are struggling to keep up with their mortgage payments.

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