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Bill seeks regional MK elections
Unlikely coalition of Labor, Kadima, Likud legislators seek to elect half of plenum from 60 constituencies.
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Peace Now: Plans to link J'lem with Adam
Group says 400 units could connect the West Bank settlement with Neveh Ya'akov neighborhood.
TOVAH LAZAROFF \
3/11/2008 12:29:17 AM
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9 Mexican school children killed as SUV falls into canal
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MK Eitan Cabel hospitalized after feeling ill
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 2:29:39 AM
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Obama ridicules notion of running as Clinton's deputy
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US man sentenced in plot to sell guns to Ahmadinejad foes
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Local Hoops: Jerusalem back on track with key win
Defeats Hapoel Galil Elyon 97-89 at Kfar Blum.
ALLON SINAI \
3/11/2008 5:15:21 AM
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State Cup Soccer: Betar in Nazareth for last 16 match
Team's quest for its first ever league and cup double continues.
ALLON SINAI \
3/11/2008 5:17:52 AM
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Grant eyes future after early competition exit
Chelsea manager is under even more pressure to deliver a trophy in either the Premier League or Champions League.
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5 US soldiers killed in suicide bombing in Baghdad
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Woman seriously wounded after allegedly being shot by brother
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 6:32:17 AM
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Woman seriously wounded after allegedly being shot by brother
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 6:32:18 AM
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IDF troops arrest 17 fugitives in the West Bank
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 7:07:57 AM
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Explosions kill 12 in eastern Pakistani city of Lahore
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'Endeavour' takes off from Florida for longest ever space station mission
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Barak pays visit to Mercaz Harav
Defense minister: Yeshiva a symbol of "the power of the Jewish people," says "we need to fight terrorism."
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 9:01:44 AM
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Staying grounded
Matisyahu admits he's still struggling with his fame... and identity.
Sue Fishkoff / JTA \
3/11/2008 9:08:12 AM
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Two Jisr e-Zarka youths arrested for throwing rocks at cars in the North
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 9:28:17 AM
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Bombs kill at least 20 in Pakistan's Lahore
Dawn News television quoted police officer Asmal Gondal as saying that two suicide bombers drove a pickup truck up and detonated explosives.
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82-year-old pedestrian killed by truck in Hod Hasharon
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 9:37:03 AM
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'Israel is a democracy. There's no law against mourning tents, even for terrorists'
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Israeli wealth gets more concentrated
Nineteen families controlled 39 percent of the income of the 500 leading Israeli companies.
SHARON WROBEL \
3/11/2008 9:58:34 AM
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Iraq: US military says three more soldiers killed day before
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Delta to fly here daily from NY
Delta believes this route will will add 100,000 seats annually.
SHELLY PAZ \
3/11/2008 10:05:58 AM
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EU to investigate US Internet gambling laws
The investigation could lead the EU to file a complaint at the WTO in the latest international tussle over this multi-billion dollar business.
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Sderot traders set up shop in TA
The two-day market attracted more than 8,000 Tel Aviv residents.
YAAKOV LAPPIN \
3/11/2008 10:20:07 AM
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Business Scene
The Beersheba Grand Canyon will cost NIS 550 million, and will be the largest shopping mall in the South.
Greer Fay Cashman \
3/11/2008 10:26:00 AM
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EU warned about danger of fake goods
The Authentics Foundation says fake goods are often made with child labor and used to finance crime.
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US mall centers feel hangover as retail industry retrenches
Consumers who are closing their wallets are forcing specialty retailers to pare back their brands.
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Israel reportedly 'agrees to 30 days of quiet' with Hamas
Al-Quds Al-Arabi and Al-Hayat: Israel agrees to conditional "trial period" which could eventually give rise to official calm.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 10:46:22 AM
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US to retire F-117 stealth fighter after 27 years
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Crude oil prices hit high
The Tel Aviv-25 Index rose for the first time in three days.
News Agencies \
3/11/2008 11:18:09 AM
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Digital World: Classy actions that can make you rich
The firm of Gordon Tilden Thomas & Cordell LLP is presenting a class-action suit against Microsoft.
DAVID SHAMAH \
3/11/2008 11:22:18 AM
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Nissan goes green
The Japanese automaker is showing off "green" features at its soon-to-be-finished Americas headquarters.
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New study says book production is getting greener
Commercially, publishers have certainly discovered the benefits of green, with Al Gore's companion guide to his movie An Inconvenient Truth.
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Int'l support for Iran sanctions down
BBC poll: Most people think Iran should be allowed to enrich uranium; little support for military action.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 12:07:01 PM
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Eilat Chamber Music Festival doesn't disappoint
Cellist Mischa Maisky, who played solo parts while leading the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, was simply marvelous.
MAXIM REIDER \
3/11/2008 12:09:27 PM
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Opera Review: 'Turandot'
In the title role, Sylvia Valayra's soprano was clear, hard, forceful, cold and unexpressive.
URY EPPSTEIN \
3/11/2008 12:12:54 PM
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'Counterfeiter' director, writer to visit
Adolf Burger, who penned the memoir upon which the film was based, will make a special trip to Israel next week.
Miriam Shaviv \
3/11/2008 12:15:29 PM
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'Prison Break' star escapes to Israel
Miller is coming to promote the launch of the new YES HD channel.
David Brinn \
3/11/2008 12:17:08 PM
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Unionized waiters secure precedential agreement
Israel's first ever waiters' collective agreement signed by coffee chain; will receive 10% of profits, grants, benefits.
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Abbas agrees to resume peace talks
Top security official says Cairo brokered deal in hope that it would lead to removal of Gaza blockade.
KHALED ABU TOAMEH and HERB KEINON \
3/11/2008 1:45:38 PM
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Kuwaiti paper denounces yeshiva attack
Al Watan says "barbaric murder" was "odious and inhuman," incomparable to Israel's ops in Gaza.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 1:47:51 PM
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Italian candidate embarrasses Berlusconi, says he is lifelong Fascist
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Holon: 30-year-old fatally stabbed over parking argument
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Holon man murdered over parking spot
Suspect says deceased stabbed him in the face with his car keys; neighbor: "People murder over nothing."
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 2:44:21 PM
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Turkey says amendment to free speech law still on its agenda
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Merkel to address Knesset in German
Knesset committee confirms speech, will not instruct as to the language; MK Eldad: I will leave the hall.
jpost.com staff and sheera claire frenkel \
3/11/2008 3:58:26 PM
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Friedmann to freeze constraints to court's power
Justice minister hopes Supreme Court "will act wisely and limit justiciability without need for special legislation."
DAN IZENBERG \
3/11/2008 4:00:44 PM
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Belgium okays more than €100 m. in restitution to Holocaust victims
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Belgium approves Holocaust restitution
Gov't, country's banks agree to pay $170 m. to survivors, families of victims, Jewish community.
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Fahima visits terrorist's mourning tent
Left-wing activist served more than 2 years in jail for helping Jenin's Aksa Martyrs Brigades head.
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 5:40:47 PM
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Russian FM urges dialogue with Iran
Lavrov says discussions in old format unproductive; French counterpart: "We tried, tried, tried."
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70-year-old pedestrian killed in accident near Petah Tikva
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 6:49:34 PM
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March 12: Package for you...
Charging NIS 35 for the collection of customs-exempt packages from abroad is an outrage.
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The great rub-out
When a haredi Web site makes women invisible, its actions can easily be misconstrued.
VARDA EPSTEIN \
3/11/2008 8:13:35 PM
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Fundamentally Freund: Protecting our yeshivot
What must be done and how to do it.
MICHAEL FREUND \
3/11/2008 8:17:32 PM
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Munich comes to Oxford
The setting was not a beer hall but a prestigious university campus.
Amnon Rubinstein \
3/11/2008 8:19:29 PM
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The futility of deterrence
Israel's collective punishment of Gaza and eye-for-eye policies have proven worse than counterproductive.
DAOUD KUTTAB \
3/11/2008 8:20:52 PM
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Grapevine: Focus on women
The Indian ambassador's wie initiates a profiles project on Indian women in Israel and Yeshiva University honors the CHicken Lady.
Greer Fay Cashman \
3/11/2008 8:28:49 PM
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March 12: Package for you...
Charging NIS 35 for the collection of customs-exempt packages from abroad is an outrage.
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UN expert: Hariri murder suspects detained arbitrarily
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4 kids, aged between 6 and 10, arrested in Haifa stone-throwing incident
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 9:07:17 PM
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Russian FM to visit Middle East to stem deterioration in region
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Dutch supreme court rejects gay Iranian asylum seeker's bid to stay
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US report lists rights abuses in China, Russia
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US report lists rights abuses in China, Russia
Report gives chilling account of alleged torture in China, including use of electric shocks, beatings, shackles, and other forms of abuse.
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Residents and citizens
Most east Jerusalem Arabs do not consider themselves to be Israeli. So why count them as such?
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Center Field: This family's answer to the menace of terrorism
We'll stick to our routine, clean the garden furniture, go to baseball and swimming. We will show that we will not be moved.
Gil Stern Stern Troy \
3/11/2008 9:27:17 PM
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Candidly Speaking: Hudna? A prescription for disaster
If all else fails, a methodically executed full-scale invasion of Gaza is preferable to a status quo.
Isi Leibler \
3/11/2008 9:28:41 PM
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Obama: Israel has right to self-defense
Presidential candidate says US and Israel have shared interest in stopping Iran develop nukes.
Hilary Leila Krieger, Washington \
3/11/2008 9:55:26 PM
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Channel 1: Yeshiva students sought revenge
Reports Mercaz Harav students hoped to target top Arab official affiliated with J'lem mosque.
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Red Cross holds war surgery seminars for Gazan doctors
ICRC doctors to discuss latest techniques for managing weapon-related injuries, with sessions on ballistics, orthopedics and prosthetics.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/11/2008 10:11:08 PM
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Experts debate Israeli hi-tech innovation bust
Science academy president bemoans 'destruction' of research infrastructure due to gov't inaction.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/11/2008 10:42:39 PM
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Security official: Israel and Hamas reach truce
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 10:43:55 PM
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Olmert praises scientists for 'coming home'
Four young scientists had left because of the lack of opportunities for teaching and research here.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/11/2008 10:44:02 PM
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Lapidot: Gov't not violating law with J'lem talks
International law expert urges Knesset panel to consider world opinion on changes to Jerusalem Law.
DAN IZENBERG \
3/11/2008 11:04:17 PM
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'Build homes in memory of students'
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef gives blessing to a project to build 800 houses in e. J'lem - 100 for each victim.
Matthew Wagner \
3/11/2008 11:08:02 PM
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Israel rejects criticism over extradition of guerrilla trainer to Colombia
JPOST.COM STAFF \
3/11/2008 11:19:17 PM
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Pressure mounts on NY's Gov. Spitzer to resign
Prominent US Jewish politician was allegedly caught on a wiretap soliciting prostitutes.
Michal Lando, New York \
3/11/2008 11:29:35 PM
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Brother praised for 'honor killing' attempt
Israeli Arab woman survives after two bullets fired at her head shattered on impact, fail to penetrate skull.
Yaakov Lappin and Ruth Eglash \
3/11/2008 11:31:39 PM
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Knesset women's c'tee bids farewell to Sa'ar
Sa'ar, the first male ever to chair the committee, managed to advance more laws than any other chairman in the committee's history.
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Deal paves way for bill that would up organ transplants
Chief Rabbinate, Israel Medical Association (IMA) agree on how to determine the moment of death.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/11/2008 11:34:03 PM
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Poll: Most Israelis oppose privatization of health services
Poll: 56 percent oppose privatization, while just 20% favor it.
JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH \
3/11/2008 11:35:17 PM
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Program to fight violence against elderly gets green light
Plan includes hot line to report violent crimes, escort services for elderly, and neighborhood patrols manned by the civil guard and police.
Ruth Eglash \
3/11/2008 11:36:45 PM