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May 3, 2016
Russia delays U.N. council condemnation of N.Korea missile tests
A United Nations Security Council condemnation of North Korea\’s latest missile tests has been delayed by Russian amendments to a statement that had been agreed by the remaining 14 members, including Pyongyang\’s ally China, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Islamic State kills U.S. Navy SEAL in northern Iraq
Islamic State militants killed a U.S. Navy SEAL in northern Iraq on Tuesday after blasting through Kurdish defenses and overrunning a town in the biggest offensive in the area for months, officials said.
Dying to be heard: Shmuel Ziegelboim’s last words
On May 12, 1944, a Polish man named Shmuel Ziegelboim was desperate to tell the world that millions of his fellow Jews were being murdered in Poland.
Trump wins big in Indiana, with a clear path as Cruz quits
Republican front-runner Donald Trump swept to a commanding victory in Indiana on Tuesday, putting him on a glide path to the party\’s presidential nomination as Ted Cruz finally ended his campaign.
Italy grants $29 million to enable completion of national Jewish museum
Italy’s national Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah, or MEIS, under fitful development in the northeast city of Ferrara for more than a decade, has received a $29 million government grant in order to enable its completion.
Mystery pre-Holocaust photo trove turns out to be of family of US scholars
When documentary photographer Richard Schofield stumbled upon a trove of unidentified prewar photographs in September 2013 in the storage room of the Sugihara House museum in Kaunas, Lithuania, he knew he had found something special.\n
Israeli man sentenced to life plus 20 years for revenge murder of Palestinian teen
The Jewish-Israeli man convicted of the revenge murder of a Palestinian teen was sentenced to life plus 20 years in jail on Tuesday.
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