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February 21, 2012
Strauss-Kahn held in French prositution probe
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by police on Tuesday over his dealings with an alleged prostitution ring that was run from the northern French city of Lille and organised sex parties in Paris, Brussels and Washington.
Obama to address AIPAC
President Obama will address the annual AIPAC policy conference. Obama will address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference on March 4, his spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday.
Alan Gross revelations could hamper campaign for his release
For the Jews of Cuba, it was the ultimate Internet connection. The high-tech equipment that U.S. contractor Alan Gross brought with him to Cuba in 2009 to help connect local Jews to the Internet reportedly included a SIM card that makes it almost impossible to track satellite signals and is generally unavailable to civilians, even in the United States.
Interfaith coalition urges candidates to eschew religious division
Several Jewish groups joined an interfaith coalition calling on presidential candidates to refrain from using religion as a political wedge issue.
Jewish leaders meet King Abdullah in Amman
Jordan\’s King Abdullah in a meeting in Amman with a delegation of Jewish leaders praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for working to bring the Palestinians to the peace negotiating table.
Yo, L.A. Times: You forgot to mention most academy voters are part of a minority group
Jewish, pro-Palestinian protesters clash at British university
Jewish students at the London School of Economics and members of the university\’s Palestinian Society clashed during an Israel Apartheid Week protest. The Palestinian Society protesters created a mock checkpoint Monday outside a campus building, stopping students by asking for identification and reportedly harassing Jewish students.
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