By Mike Scott [nola.com] 12 November 2009 -- Originally, the New Orleans Middle East Film Festival was to be held every two years because of the limited number of films available from countries in the region.

That was the plan, anyway.

By Cnaan Liphshiz [Haaretz] 30 October 2009 - The university of Trondheim in Norway may become the first university in the West to adopt an academic boycott of Israel, if a majority of its board votes in favor of the move at a meeting on the subject next month.

Three days prior to the November 12 vote by the board of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the institution will host a lecture on Israel's alleged use of anti-Semitism as a political tool.

Spanish government, sponsor of Solar Decathalon, disqualifies architecture department of Ariel University Center of Samaria from finals. '10,000 students hurt by fight that is against international law,' claims college