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October 18, 2011
Robert Downey Jr. asks forgiveness for Mel Gibson
Robert Downey Jr. at an awards ceremony in Los Angeles urged the Hollywood community to forgive Mel Gibson for his recent troubles.
Jewish activists try to fight Wall Street—and some protesters’ anti-Semitism
The most unloved man in Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street protests, isn’t a Wall Street banker but a fellow who wears a baseball cap and carries signs denouncing “Jewish bankers.”
Kay Granger and Nita Lowey, the congressional couple that’s odd for getting along
In any other town at any other time they would be a boring, if worthy, pair: Wonkish grandmothers sorting through nitty-gritty foreign policy and budgetary details to keep their country influential and safe.
Iran observers: Assassination bid underscores nuclear threat
Iran watchers say the revelation of an alleged plot to hire Mexican contract killers to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Washington signals the Iranian regime\’s deepening radicalization.
Canada rebukes Palestinian official for offensive tweet
The Canadian government wants to send the Palestinian envoy in Ottawa packing after she tweeted a link to a video that was deemed offensive to Jews.
U.S. troubled by Israeli release of some Palestinians
The United States has concerns about some of the 477 Palestinians Israel freed on Tuesday in exchange for an abducted Israeli soldier because they killed or injured U.S. citizens, a U.S. official said.
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