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Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration as U.S. secretary of state on Thursday in the face of what promised to be a difficult Senate confirmation battle. Rice, the U.S.
The United States welcomed on Thursday a Russian admission that Syria’s rebels may succeed in their drive to topple President Bashar al-Assad and called on Moscow to join efforts to
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Due to “enormous US pressure”, the diplomatic process between Israel and the PA (Palestinian Authority) will resume within three months, in Jordan, al-Hayat reports. The report is based on statements
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Graffiti using profanity on a monastery gate in the Valley of the Cross area of Jerusalem has sounded an alarm for police and state officials. In the latest attack, the
Thousands of people took part in a hadlokas neiros Chanukah in Kever Yosef HaTzaddik in PA (Palestinian Authority)-occupied Shechem on the fifth night. The event was arranged by the Shomron
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New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission has approved a plan that will let riders use their smartphones to “e-hail” yellow cabs. Under the plan approved Thursday, downloaded apps will
The world’s most popular online mapping system returned late Wednesday with the release of the Google Maps iPhone app. The release comes nearly three months after Apple Inc. replaced Google
Over 60 soccer players, many from the English Premier League and other first division teams in Europe, recently called upon UEFA to rescind its agreement to hold the upcoming Under
Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) denounced the Bolivian case against Jacob Ostreicher and called for his immediate release. In a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Nadler called
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Shmuel Elchonon Brog ZATZAL. Rav Brog was a Maggid Shiur at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin for many decades, where he was
Bayit HaYehudi leader Naftali Bennett plans to be a significant player in the 19th Knesset and he is not willing to settle for being a member of the opposition or
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner charged on Thursday that the White House seems willing to “slow-walk our economy right up to – and over – the
In a major event, with general elections just weeks away on 11 Shevat 5773, Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein announced on Thursday afternoon, 29 Kislev 5773 that he plans to move
Speaking to Kol Chai Radio on Wednesday night, the eve of 29 Kislev, Rav Amnon Yitzchak, who heads the Power to Influence Party, stated he is not competing with Shas,
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