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Israeli Ambassador to Washington Dr. Michael B. Oren was summoned by US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg, who had harsh words for Israel’s recent announcement to construct 1,600 new
Meretz MK Nissan Hurwitz was on hand on motzei shabbos, taking part in a Paris Square protest in Yerushalayim against mehadrin bus lines. They accused Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz
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Responding to weekend violence and attacks coupled with intelligence information pointing to planned Islamic violence, Defense Minister Ehud Barak has extended the weekend closure on PA residents until Tuesday, extending
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NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly warned Thursday that the city’s budget woes will plunge the number of cops on the street to the lowest levels since 1990. Kelly told a City
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Jim Sikes is finding out the downside of instant celebrity in the Internet age after his highly publicized trip in a runaway Toyota Prius: You have no secrets. As National
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has declined an invitation to participate in a dedication of the Churva Shul in the Old City of Jerusalem, many feeling due to his concerns over
Wireless Internet may soon be coming to commuters on Metro-North and Long Island Rail Road. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is asking developers to submit plans on how the service would
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger was admitted to a hospital in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday with a stomach virus. “He is getting hydration and holding his food
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