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Labor head Barak wants party to remain in gov't
Labor leader to meet senior party members to garner support for staying in coalition post Winograd.
Gil Stern Stern Hoffman and JPost.com Staff \
1/1/2008 12:09:39 AM
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Analysis: How many probes are enough?
Could Lindenstrauss's activism be coming at the expense of fewer but deeper investigations?
DAN IZENBERG \
1/1/2008 12:15:19 AM
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Bush won't visit Yasser Arafat's tomb
Palestinian officials deeply disappointed; PA claims arrest of Hamas would-be suicide bomber.
Khaled Abu Toameh \
1/1/2008 12:18:23 AM
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Hamas trying to develop W. Bank Kassam
Shin Bet annual report says the rockets, if obtained, could be fired into central Israeli cities.
Yaakov Katz \
1/1/2008 12:19:58 AM
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Livni mum on Egyptian FM's threats
Follows warning that if J'lem tries to harm US-Egypt ties, Cairo will inflict diplomatic damage on Israel.
HERB KEINON \
1/1/2008 12:28:20 AM
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Olmert says Israel must internalize divided J'lem
Olmert to 'Post': Many political parties remain "detached from reality" of peace compromise.
herb keinon and david horovitz \
1/1/2008 12:30:48 AM
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Sign of the times: No more bus security
Government decides to save money on guards; Egged: We can't fund our own security unit.
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
1/1/2008 12:32:01 AM
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Israelis should avoid Kenya, Foreign Ministry says
More than 135 dead in riots after a presidential vote that opponents say was rigged.
HERB KEINON and AP \
1/1/2008 12:34:06 AM
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Analyze This: An Israeli of the year for 2007
Karnit Goldwasser personified our struggle with war's trauma.
Calev Ben-David \
1/1/2008 12:35:22 AM
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NKorea calls for end to 'hostile' US policy in New Year's message
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Tiny Cyprus, Malta join euro, as tough expansion lies ahead
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Rescue forces search for eight missing hikers near Masada
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 2:24:31 AM
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Israeli allegedly helped Arab hacker group damage hundreds of web sites
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 3:46:15 AM
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Bush signs bill to expand government transparency
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2007 mortality rate in road accidents is lowest in 40 years
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 5:40:03 AM
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Four killed, 16 injured in car accident in central Israel
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 6:16:23 AM
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Kinneret levels at 5-year low, only 40cm away from forcing halt to pumping
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 6:30:56 AM
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Army arrests four Palestinian fugitives in the West Bank overnight
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 7:06:25 AM
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5 killed, 16 injured in 2 road accidents
Truck hits 2 minibuses taking Palestinians to work in central Israel; biker crashes on coastal highway.
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
1/1/2008 7:30:08 AM
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Myanmar government quashes rumors of fuel rationing cuts
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Digital World: Night at the opera
Opera, yet another contender in the browser race recently filed a lawsuit against Microsoft over the monopolization of the browser market.
DAVID SHAMAH \
1/1/2008 8:08:40 AM
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Lower economic growth and stock gains on tap for 2008
Reverberations from the subprime crisis in the US are expected to reach Israel's shores in 2008.
SHARON WROBEL \
1/1/2008 8:15:25 AM
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Digital World: Night at the opera
Opera, yet another contender in the browser race recently filed a lawsuit against Microsoft over the monopolization of the browser market.
DAVID SHAMAH \
1/1/2008 8:18:10 AM
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Equal employment czar takes office
Attorney Ziona Koenig-Yair on Monday officially entered office as the commissioner for equal opportunity employment.
MATTHEW KRIEGER \
1/1/2008 8:20:03 AM
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Lower economic growth and stock gains on tap for 2008
US slowdown to have local impact.
SHARON WROBEL \
1/1/2008 8:25:00 AM
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TA-25 rises, ends 2007 with 31% gain
The TA-25 Index snapped three days of declines, led by Kardan NV.
News Agencies \
1/1/2008 8:25:31 AM
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Israel must improve efficiency and cut bureaucracy
BoI Governor Stanley Fischer said Israeli gov't bureaucracy was the biggest obstacle to foreign investment and economic growth.
MATTHEW KRIEGER \
1/1/2008 8:27:27 AM
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Manpower Law to empower 'long term' temps
The new law will immediately alter the status of an estimated 100,000 workers.
MATTHEW KRIEGER \
1/1/2008 8:28:40 AM
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Ramon: Outpost removal will lead to perfect Israel-US relations
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 8:44:30 AM
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Motorcyclist killed in road accident on coastal highway
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 9:04:32 AM
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Soldier stabbed after refusing to offer cigarette
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 9:05:41 AM
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Jerusalem light rail now slated for 2010
City official says state may pay int'l conglomerate NIS 100m. in fines for delays.
Etgar Lefkovits \
1/1/2008 9:22:19 AM
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Castro salutes Cubans for '50 years of resistance'
"We proclaim with pride this record which makes us believe in the most just of our demands," says ailing leader in New Year message.
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Punk progress
30 years after the release of his groundbreaking 'Plonter' album, Rami Fortis finally feel vindicated.
Barry Davis \
1/1/2008 9:30:40 AM
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Disc Reviews: Albums of the year
Unless you're going to spend 24/7 digging out new music, there's no way to even grasp what's out there.
David Brinn \
1/1/2008 9:33:45 AM
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Curtain Up goes to Eilat
Omanut L'am, Mifal Hapayis and the Eilat municipality are among those sponsoring the event.
JERUSALEM POST STAFF \
1/1/2008 9:37:42 AM
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Classics to reign at Holon Mediteque
The National Youth Theater at the Holon Mediteque has planned its 2008-09 season around int'l and local classics.
HELEN KAYE \
1/1/2008 9:38:25 AM
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Pakistani official says it may be 'impossible' to hold polls Jan. 8
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US-led coalition, Afghan forces kill militants in southern Afghanistan
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17-year-old Arab suspected of 'Internet terror'
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 11:04:34 AM
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History's second draft
Agron's baby, with its initial 1932 print-run of 1,200 copies, has not only maintained a devoted readership here in Israel, but is also now read minute-by-minute on the Internet by millions the world over.
David Horovitz \
1/1/2008 11:08:26 AM
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20-year-old indicted for raping female friend outside of club
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 11:11:18 AM
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Arab teen suspected of 'Internet terror'
17-year-old from Wadi Ara allegedly worked with Saudi, Turkish associates to wreck Israeli Web sites.
Rebecca Anna Stoil and JPost.com Staff \
1/1/2008 11:15:20 AM
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The story behind the headlines
Conflicts over the ownership and editorial direction of The Jerusalem Post have sometimes been as dramatic as the news inside its pages.
Calev Ben-David \
1/1/2008 11:24:01 AM
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Rereading the fine print
It has been nearly six decades since Meir Ronnen turned up at The Palestine Post looking for a job.
RUTHIE BLUM LEIBOWITZ \
1/1/2008 11:33:29 AM
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Pakistan, India exchange lists of nuclear facilities
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Bhutto's son leaves Pakistan after being made head of party
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'Al-Hayat': Turkey mediating between Israel, Syria
Al-Hayat reports that if mediation is successful, direct talks will follow with US participation.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 12:35:08 PM
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Sudan officials investigating shooting on car with diplomat
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'Israeli FBI' launched to tackle crime
"Lahav 443" tasked with fighting organized crime, corruption; Lahav chief: Key word is "intimidation."
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
1/1/2008 12:46:00 PM
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Soldier killed in navigation exercise laid to rest
Tamir Nabuani was a month away from completing training for the IDF's most elite special unit.
Yaakov Katz \
1/1/2008 12:55:43 PM
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Local Hoops: Katash steps down as Maccabi TA coach
Follows 104-86 defeat by Ironi Ramat Gan; Tzvika Scherf expected to take temporary charge of team for Euroleague match against Efes Pilsen.
ALLON SINAI \
1/1/2008 1:01:52 PM
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Local soccer: Israeli transfer window to open today
Most of the action will likely take place in bottom sides, especially due to fact Tel Aviv's two top clubs are fighting against relegation.
ALLON SINAI \
1/1/2008 1:04:29 PM
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Soccer: Big Apple Pizza thrashes Hakotel
Big Apple Pizza claims top spot in group c in the Moshiko Soccer League stunning Emunah's Hakotel 6-2 last weekend.
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Five mortar shells fired from Gaza land in open field; none wounded
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 1:07:53 PM
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Environment Ministry workers to suspend slowdown
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
1/1/2008 1:26:01 PM
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Supreme Court agrees to hear petition on Falash Mura aliya
Ruth Eglash \
1/1/2008 1:29:15 PM
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'Israel should turn to France now. Times have changed. The US is becoming weak'
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Pensioners group files lawsuit against NII hotline
Ruth Eglash \
1/1/2008 1:35:08 PM
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American diplomat wounded in shooting in Sudan that killed local driver
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How should 2007 be remembered?
'Post' Editor-in-Chief David Horovitz on his defining moments of the year that passed.
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Ministerial committee opposes relaxing anti-smoking laws
Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN \
1/1/2008 1:47:28 PM
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How should 2007 be remembered?
'Post' Editor-in-Chief David Horovitz: There's room for optimism though it has been a difficult year.
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TA District Court sentences pedophile to 25 years in prison
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 2:08:12 PM
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Basketball: Katash steps down as coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 2:24:40 PM
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About me: Lauren Levin
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Kenya: Death toll in post-elections riots passes 200
President Mwai Kibaki under increasing pressure for what protesters called his sham re-election.
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Party aide: Bhutto was planning to expose gov't plan to rig election
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State Control C'tee asks Lindenstrauss for opinion on Pollard
Esther Pollard: Jonathan has served more than five times the usual sentence for his offense.
DAN IZENBERG \
1/1/2008 3:06:55 PM
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Jerusalem square to be 'named' after Pollard
jta \
1/1/2008 3:07:46 PM
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Former IDF chief of staff hospitaized after suffering severe stroke
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
1/1/2008 3:35:14 PM
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Five more mortar shells land in western Negev; no wounded or damage
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 3:36:08 PM
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Hebrew U. General faculty expresses dissatisfaction with president
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
1/1/2008 3:56:01 PM
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Palestinians who fled from Iraq seeking shelter in Sudan
Several parties are trying to negotiate a solution for the Palestinian refugees who sit stranded on the border between Iraq and Syria.
The Media Line News Agency \
1/1/2008 4:03:13 PM
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Amnesty bill sent to Iraq's parliament speaker
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US-led coalition, Afghan forces kill militants in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan \
1/1/2008 4:10:38 PM
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HU faculty: No confidence in president
Magidor among presidents seeking back-to-work orders; students to mark longest strike ever.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
1/1/2008 4:27:37 PM
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Police say 32 killed, 34 wounded, by suicide bomber in eastern Baghdad
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27 wounded in Thailand New Year's Eve bombings
Five bombs explode in nightlife area of a border town; Thai army blames Muslim insurgents
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Egypt, Iran moving towards normalization
Khamanei confidant Ali Larijani finishes Cairo visit after meeting Egyptian government officials.
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Knesset Finance C'tee announces 5 agorot coin to go out of circulation
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 4:57:04 PM
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Police say five killed, 15 wounded, by suicide bomber in Baghdad
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Iran detains person accused of spreading Putin assassination plot rumors
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Worker killed, another injured in separate incidents in Netanya, J'lem
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 5:36:17 PM
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American diplomat dies in shooting in Sudan that killed local driver
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Syria denies talks with US lawmaker on political detainees
A senior Syrian official: "Syria categorically refuses to discuss its internal affairs with foreigners"
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Israel allows 200 Palestinians stuck in Egypt to cross into Gaza
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 5:55:14 PM
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Hamas gunman killed, 3 wounded by IDF fire after approaching Gaza fence
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 6:14:41 PM
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Fatah leader loses mustache in power struggle with Hamas
Khaled Abu Toameh \
1/1/2008 6:16:52 PM
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32 killed, 34 wounded, by suicide bomber in Baghdad
Explosion takes place at a funeral in a mixed Shi'ite and Sunni district for a Shi'ite man killed in a previous attack.
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Egypt to send 1,200 troops to UN peacekeeping force in Darfur
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14-month-old baby injured by burns in Bnei Brak; parents refuse treatment
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 6:35:18 PM
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Police asks for the public's help in search for Haim Bachar, 42
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 6:59:09 PM
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50 people burned to death in Kenya church
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Kenya post-election violence kills more than 300
International pressure mounts for resolution as slums burned and thousands are left homeless.
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Militia raid on hotel lobby, police stations kills 13 in Nigerian oil city
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Pilgrims in Egypt threaten hunger strike
Stranded Palestinians who insist on entering Gaza only through Rafah crossing threaten to stop eating.
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Shin Bet: Hikers' killers were from Fatah
Olmert, Livni and Barak to discuss revelation; minister: Attackers' punishment is test to PA.
Yaakov Katz and JPost.com Staff \
1/1/2008 8:06:42 PM
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Slipping in Palestine
Why does Hollywood place the battle of David and Goliath... in Palestine?
Uzi Silber \
1/1/2008 8:15:14 PM
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January 2: Unguarded buses
How did the MKs find money for their raises, but not for guards on public transportation?
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Kinneret at the lowest level in five years
Country appears headed for driest 4-year run since the early 1960s.
EHUD ZION WALDOKS \
1/1/2008 8:30:56 PM
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Health Ministry blasts those who want to weaken anti-smoking legislation
Strong protest from the Ministry as MKs try to constrain new smoking ban
JUDY SIEGEL \
1/1/2008 8:35:47 PM
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Militia raid kills 13 in Nigerian oil city
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Syria frees 6 Kurds over Turkey's threat to strike Kurdish rebels
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Palestinians who prefer Israel
Few would actually choose to live under PA sovereignity
Daniel Pipes \
1/1/2008 8:51:36 PM
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Rights groups petition hot-pursuit regulation for asylum-seekers
New regulation violates international and Israeli law, organizations claim.
DAN IZENBERG \
1/1/2008 8:56:33 PM
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College students visit Israel to aid African refugees
Hillel group 'overwhelmed' by 'awful living conditions' in Tel Aviv shelter.
Ilana Diamond \
1/1/2008 9:00:43 PM
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Supreme Court agrees to hear petition on Falash Mura aliya
300 Ethiopian families with members barred from aliya have been petitioning for over four years.
Ruth Eglash \
1/1/2008 9:05:02 PM
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Pension plays
Fair employment practices could rescue many from below-poverty-line subsistence.
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Fundamentally Freund: The 'Zionist of the year' award
If that which a nation chooses to honor says a lot about what it values, then what does it say about us that we don't regularly pay tribute to the ideology which gave birth to the state?
MICHAEL FREUND \
1/1/2008 9:15:47 PM
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America's moment of renewal
Americans have a great opportunity to repudiate decades of polarizing, red-state-blue-state rhetoric.
Gil Stern Stern Troy \
1/1/2008 9:17:25 PM
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Palestinians who prefer Israel
Few would actually choose to live under PA sovereignty.
Daniel Pipes \
1/1/2008 9:19:08 PM
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Deconstructing Israeli bureaucracy
A year gone by and migrant construction workers still await their severance pay.
ORLEA AICHEL \
1/1/2008 9:21:52 PM
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Has Israel given up on reciprocity?
If evacuating settlers is presented to the Palestinians, why should they want to negotiate concessions?
Zalman Shoval \
1/1/2008 9:23:16 PM
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'Pakistan election to be delayed by one month following Bhutto killing'
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Peres recalls tragedy of 'Egoz'
President Shimon Peres spoke at a memorial service to immigrant ship sunk 47 years ago.
Greer Fay Cashman \
1/1/2008 10:16:32 PM
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HU lecturers replace
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Health minister discloses he has AMD
Ben-Yizri is one of 190,000 Israelis suffering frmo degenerative eye disease.
JUDY SIEGEL \
1/1/2008 10:23:24 PM
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2 US Navy soldiers found dead in Ghana hotel room
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US Soldier dies in Iraq from non-combat related injury
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Palestinians fire two Kassam rockets at western Negev; no wounded
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 10:37:01 PM
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light rail replace
Etgar Lefkovits \
1/1/2008 10:40:00 PM
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hacker kid replace
REBECCA ANNA STOIL \
1/1/2008 10:42:28 PM
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Bus route being used to divide capital, councilman says
Police cite 'security concerns' as reason to postpone extension of line to yeshiva on Mount of Olives.
Etgar Lefkovits \
1/1/2008 10:55:05 PM
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Despite tiger attack, wedding allowed to proceed at San Francisco Zoo
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Religious councils' workers threaten to halt burials over salary issue
Religious councils workers demand their pay; Jerusalem councils on strike for 10 days, weddings, mikvaot affected
Matthew Wagner \
1/1/2008 10:59:19 PM
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Terror deaths lowest since '99, but rocket attacks up
Matthew Wagner \
1/1/2008 11:33:21 PM
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Barak insists roadblocks here to stay
Defense Minister: Checkpoints "have proven themselves;" Erekat: comments are "unfortunate."
Yaakov Katz and AP \
1/1/2008 11:35:23 PM
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Terror deaths lowest since '99, but rockets attacks up
Matthew Wagner \
1/1/2008 11:37:15 PM
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Fatah leader loses mustache in power struggle with Hamas
8 dead, dozens wounded as Gaza clashes continue.
Khaled Abu Toameh \
1/1/2008 11:44:42 PM
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Specter fails to bring Israel's message to Syria
PM tells 'Post' Israel wants peace with Damascus, but not if connected to Hamas, Hizbullah, Iran.
HERB KEINON \
1/1/2008 11:46:27 PM
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Settlers erect two caravans near Bil'in
Police detain four activists and Palestinians for participating in fight that broke out between sides.
DAN IZENBERG \
1/1/2008 11:47:45 PM
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Four Palestinians, Jewish settlers arrested in connection with fight
JPOST.COM STAFF \
1/1/2008 11:55:21 PM
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Coalition can pass deal with PA, says PM
Yisrael Beitenu, Shas not as confident as Olmert that settlement can be finalized within a year.
Gil Stern Stern HOFFMAN and HERB KEINON \
1/1/2008 11:55:22 PM
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Israel: 'Egypt working against us for years'
Jerusalem official says motive is "to show us who is boss;" rhetoric escalates over Gaza smuggling.
HERB KEINON \
1/1/2008 11:57:24 PM