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  • Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem Major General Finn appointed to top UN role in Jerusalem

    18 June 2013 150 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment today of Major General Michel Finn, of Ireland, as head of Mission and Chief of Staff of the Jerusalem-based UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), the first such operation the world body set up almost 60 years ago. "Major General Finn succeeds Major General Juha Kilpia of Finland, who will ...

  • US lauds Israel for efforts in combating trafficking

    Israel, for the second year in a row received a "Tier 1" ranking for it's efforts to prevent human trafficking, prosecute offenders, and protect victims, according to this ...

  • Man Drives Car into Torah Procession in London

    A London man broke into a Hachnasas Sefer Torah procession this Sunday, driving his car into the Jewish gathering. The Hachnasas Sefer Torah was held on Sunday in Stamford Hill, London into the Beis Midrash of Vizhnitz, ...

  • Report Rowhani Linked to 1994 Buenos Aires AMIA Bombing

    Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani was on the special Iranian government committee that plotted the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, according to an indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor investigating the ...

  • James Gandolfini Dead at 51

    James Gandolfini, best known for his role as an anxiety-ridden mob boss on HBO's "The Sopranos," died Wednesday while on vacation in Italy. He was 51. The exact cause of James Gandolfinise's death remains unknown, but his managers said it was possibly a heart attack. "It is with immense sorrow that we report our client passed away today while on holiday in Rome, ...

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You Can Count On Me [DVD]

You Can Count On Me [DVD]

Playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan's directorial debut, You Can Count On Me, is a bittersweet drama about the affectionate, but strained relationship between two siblings whose parents died in a car accident when they were children. No information is given on how they grew up, but 18 years later, the older sister, Sammy (Laura Linney), is a single mother who still lives in he ... ...

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  • Israel to be First in World with F-35 Fighter Jets

    Lockheed Martin Aircraft Industries has announced that Israel will be the first nation to receive its F-35 stealth fighter jets, the most expensive weapon in U.S. history. The company’s vice president, Steve O’Bryan, made the announcement Tuesday at the Paris Air Show. The F-35 is a fifth-generation aircraft capable of evading radar and integrated air defense systems. There has ...

  • Shekel weakens against dollar after Bernanke statement

    The shekel weakened today against the dollar but strengthened against the euro in morning inter-bank trading following Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke statement on bond purchases last night. The shekel-dollar exchange rate rose 0.56%, compared with yesterday's representative rate, to NIS 3.615/$, and the shekel-euro exchange rate fell 0.37% to NIS ...

  • FSA claims Hezbollah used chemical weapons

    The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) claims that chemical weapons were used on Wednesday in a Damascus town by Hezbollah fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. (File photo / Al Bawaba) The opposition Free Syrian Army (FSA) claims that chemical weapons were used on Wednesday in a Damascus town by Hezbollah fighters and forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.The town of ...

  • U.S. Israeli defense chiefs met on Iran Syria

    WASHINGTON, June 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. and Israeli defence chiefs on Friday reaffirmed cooperation to counter threats from Iran and condemned the alledged use of chemical weapons by Syrian government forces. U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon reiterated during a meeting that the two allies "will continue to work together to counter threats posed by ...

  • Israel in top tier for combating human trafficking

    Israel, for the second year, received a "Tier 1" ranking for it's efforts to prevent human trafficking, prosecute offenders, and protect victims, according to this year's US State Department report on human trafficking, released on Wednesday by US Secretary of State John Kerry.From the legislative level down to non-profit organizations working with victims of sex and labor ...

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