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September 5, 2014

Jewish groups launch fair trade network

A new partnership has launched to enable the purchase of kosher “fair trade” coffee, tea and chocolate while supporting Jewish communal efforts on human trafficking and worker justice.

Stars, fans, royalty pay tribute to Joan Rivers

Acerbic comedian Joan Rivers died in New York on Thursday, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure on her vocal cords, her daughter Melissa Rivers said.

Obama says U.S. will ‘take out’ Islamic State leaders

President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States would hunt down Islamic State militants in Iraq and \”take out\” their leaders with the goal of dismantling the organization as it had done with al-Qaida and was doing in Somalia.

Israel says it gagged reports captive Sotloff was its citizen

Israel said on Thursday it had prevented local media from reporting that slain U.S. journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen, in a bid to reduce the risk to him after he was seized by Islamist insurgents in Syria last year.

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