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Breaking News Disgraced Ex-Israeli President Moshe Katsav Freed After 5 Years in Prison for Rape
Disgraced former Israeli president Moshe Katsav, who has been serving a seven-year prison sentence for rape, was on Sunday set for early release after five years behind bars, a parole board order said. But the release of Katsav has been delayed by at least a week while state prosecutors consider whether to appeal against the…
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Breaking News Henry Heimlich, Jewish Doctor Who Created Eponymous Anti-Choking Method, Dies at 96
Henry Heimlich, the medical maverick who came up with a maneuver credited with saving thousands of choking victims but who damaged his standing as a proponent of the curative powers of malaria, died on Saturday at the age of 96. Heimlich, a doctor who developed a life-saving technique to dislodge airway blockages, died at Christ…
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Breaking News France Delays Mideast Peace Conference — Israel Sticks to Boycott
France has postponed a proposed Middle East peace conference in Paris to January next year, its ambassador to the United Nations said, acknowledging that the conditions to bring Israelis and Palestinians face-to-face were currently not there. France has repeatedly tried to breathe new life into the peace process this year, holding a preliminary conference in…
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Breaking News Team Trump Says No Time Frame for Moving Embassy to Jerusalem
Representatives for Donald Trump on Friday said it was too soon to say when the Republican U.S. president-elect would make good on his controversial campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Trump aide Jason Miller said Trump “remains firmly committed to” the move. But with more than a…
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Breaking News U.N. Chief Pleads With Israel To Reconsider Settlement Land Grab Bill
Outgoing United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon on Friday urged Israeli lawmakers to reconsider a bill to legalize Israeli settlement homes on private Palestinian land as Arab states mull putting forward a Security Council resolution on settlements. The Palestinians want an independent state in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, areas Israel captured in a…
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Breaking News Sheryl Sandberg Leads A-List Tech Execs in Meeting With Donald Trump
President-elect Donald Trump and Silicon Valley executives met at his Manhattan tower on Wednesday to smooth over frictions after both sides made no secret of their disdain for each other during the presidential campaign. The meeting may skirt the numerous disagreements the tech industry has with Trump — including on immigration, the trade relationship with…
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Breaking News Goldman Sachs Names Veteran Bankers To Replace Gary Cohn
Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Wednesday named company veterans David Solomon and Harvey Schwartz presidents and co-chief operating officers to succeed Gary Cohn, who is set to head the White House National Economic Council. The Wall Street investment bank said Chief Information Officer R. Martin (Marty) Chavez would replace Schwartz, who was the company’s chief…
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Breaking News Bob Dylan Plans Sweden Gig After Nobel No-Show — Will He Give Speech To Score Prize?
Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan will perform in Sweden in April, offering the singer a chance to give the lecture that is a requirement for getting the $870,000 prize. The media-shy Dylan declined to attend the Nobel ceremony on Saturday. But he is scheduled to perform in Stockholm on April 1 and 2 and in…
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