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Combined results from two studies of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug suggest it might modestly slow mental decline, especially in patients with mild disease. Taken separately, the studies on the drug
The families of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks have been invited to military installations in four states to watch pretrial hearings in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for five men
It has been about 13 years since Shas leader Eli Yishai and his predecessor Aryeh Deri shook hands, and party officials were not about to let such an event pass
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he knows how he’ll be voting in next month’s presidential election. But thus far, he’s not telling. For the mayor, a successful bid to back a
Israel’s shooting down of an unmanned pilotless aircraft on Shabbos October 6, 2012 was covered by the international media, albeit lacking some of the details surrounding the event. At about
Barring last minutes events, the election committee responsible for setting the date for Jerusalem Chief Rabbinate elections will convene on Monday, 29 Tishrei 5773, possibly to set a date for
Officials in the Prime Minister’s Office on Sunday 28 Tishrei 5773 categorically denied a Yediot Achronot report that the prime minister in 2010 along with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, was
A new scam is diverting social security checks from seniors by re-routing the checks using direct deposit systems at banks. Scammers typically gain the name and bank account number of
Knesset hopeful Yair Lapid, who is championing the plight of the working class, promises that if his ‘Yesh Atid’ (There is a Future) party is successful in the upcoming general
A women affiliated with the so-called ‘shawl women’, those who opt to wear burkas in an effort to achieve maximum tznius has made the news after refusing transportation to a
Israel Air Force commander Major-General Amir Eshel on Sunday 28 Tishrei 5773 grounded all fighter planes to permit a review of safety regulations and operating guidelines. This is attributed to
Turkey’s foreign minister says the country has barred its air space to Syrian civilian flights. Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday that Turkey had made the decision because the Syrian regime, which
State Prosecutor Yehuda Weinstein is under enormous pressure to decide what action is to be taken in the ongoing case surrounding investigations against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who allegedly is
Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the outspoken Pennsylvania centrist whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court
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