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In a sweeping response to election hacking, President Barack Obama on Thursday sanctioned Russian intelligence services and their top officials, kicked out 35 Russian officials and shuttered two Russian-owned compounds
[VIDEO AND PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] A residential structural fire on Shmuel HaNavi Street on Wednesday night 28 Kislev compelled the evacuation of some residents from their homes. There were
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