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August 14th, 2010
04:11 PM ET
In Jerusalem, a Woodstock redux concert
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CNN Internationa's Michael Schwartz filed this video and report from Jerusalem: The Woodstock Revival Concert seemed like the perfect place to introduce her five-year-old son to Rock n Roll. So why was one woman feeling so uncomfortable wearing a Grateful Dead t-shirt? Maybe it was because she had never experienced a live Dead performance or maybe because the Woodstock graduates standing next to her were her parent's age. Abigail Yasgur, a cousin of Max Yasgur, the New York farmer who lent his land to the legendary 1969 concert, was at the Woodstock Revival Concert in Jerusalem earlier this month. Co-author of the book Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story, she said that her cousin "said yes when every other farmer and every other person around his hometown said no."
August 14th, 2010
03:04 PM ET
Obama on Islamic Center: not commenting on 'wisdom of making a decision'CNN's Ed Henry talked exclusively to President Barack Obama today about his remarks last night in support of the controversial proposal to build an Islamic center in Lower Manhattan: Ed Henry: What do you think about the reaction to your speech about the mosque? President Obama: My intention was to simply let people know what I thought. Which was that in this country we treat everybody equally, in accordance with the law, regardless of race, regardless of religion. I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making a decision to put a mosque there.
August 14th, 2010
09:31 AM ET
Muslims oppose Israeli construction at Islamic cemetery
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Eve Bower in Atlanta and Kareem Khadder in Jerusalem submitted this report: Just before midnight on August 9, the bulldozers moved in and destruction of Jerusalem's best-known Islamic cemetery was once again under way. The controversy surrounding the project - new construction on an area overlapping the cemetery of Ma'man Allah (God's Sanctuary) or Mamilla, as it is known in West Jerusalem - had simmered for years. That night, over 100 more graves in the ancient cemetery were demolished, further eroding what Palestinians see as a losing battle to preserve a sacred cultural landmark. |
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