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Trump backs off border wall fight for now, easing government shutdown threat

April 25, 2017

WASHINGTON — About that border wall with Mexico. President Donald Trump backed off demands that Congress fund his promised border wall with Mexico after political opposition threatened a government shutdown, averting what could have been an embarrassing moment Friday on the eve of marking his first 100 days in the White House. Trump’s reversal was

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International, USA

Veteran prosecutor takes over No. 2 job at Justice Department � and Russia probe

April 25, 2017

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rod J. Rosenstein as the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, a post that puts the veteran prosecutor in charge of the investigation into whether current or former aides to President Donald Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign. Rosenstein, 52, won unusual bipartisan

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International, USA

US judge blocks Trump order threatening funds for ‘sanctuary’ cities

April 25, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge placed a nationwide hold Tuesday on President Donald Trump’s order to strip funds from municipal governments that refuse to cooperate fully with immigration agents. U.S. District Judge William H. Orrick III, an Obama appointee based in San Francisco, said Trump’s Jan. 25 order, directed at so-called sanctuary cities and

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International, USA

Erin Moran’s husband opens up about her cancer diagnosis and death in a heartbreaking letter to her fans

April 25, 2017

Erin Moran’s husband is finally speaking out. In an open letter to fans, posted on Scott Baio’s Facebook page, Steve Fleischmann opened up about his wife’s cancer battle. In the letter, Fleischmann said he first noticed signs of her cancer just before Thanksgiving, when she woke up with blood on her pillow. Watch the video

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

An Arab asked to use my sunscreen

April 25, 2017

Rebecca Zeff Today at the beach, an Arab asked me if he could use my sunscreen, after a couple of Israeli girls denied him and his friends their sunscreen “because…you are Arabs.” But that was after he and his friends denied the girls some of their vodka (to go with the girls’ energy drinks) “because…you

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Middle East, Travel and Food

The unknown story of Moroccan Holocaust survivors

April 25, 2017

King Mohammed V stopped the Nazis short of eradicating his Jewish community — but not of imposing anti-Semitic laws. Now Germany pays reparations, even as scholars fill in gaps By Julie Masis MONTREAL — Montreal engineer Sam Edery has a special copper menorah at home, passed down to him from his grandfather, who was the

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International, Jewish History

Number of Jews in Germany falls slightly

April 25, 2017

Berlin (dpa) – The registered number of Jews in Germany declined slightly in 2016 for the 10th time in a row. According to statistics from the Central Office of Jews in Germany, there were 98,594 members of the Jewish community in Germany at the end of last year compared with 99,695 in 2015. The number

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International, Jewish History

Arab water theft leaves Jewish farms high and dry

April 25, 2017

The growing phenomenon of water theft in the northern Jordan River Valley area is leaving some local farmers in dire straits, with little water left over after the illegal siphoning for irrigation. Yehuda Reines, a Jewish farmer and one of the founders of the town of Mehola in the Jordan River Valley, spoke with Arutz

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Middle East

US ally Australia struggles to find footing with Trump

April 25, 2017

Sydney (dpa) – When Donald Trump won the US presidential election in November, the Australian government was scrambling to figure out how to contact him. Former top golfer Greg Norman, who is Australian and lives in Florida, passed on Trump’s mobile phone number to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, making it possible for him to

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International, USA

Who Are North Korea’s Three American Prisoners?

April 25, 2017

On Saturday, U.S. citizen Kim Sang-duk became the third U.S. citizen to be held in North Korea after police arrested him as he prepared to board a flight at Pyongyang International Airport. Since the 1990s, the majority of foreigners detained in North Korea have been U.S. citizens, with 15 arrested in total since 1995. North

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International

Turkish Military Says Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq, Syria

April 25, 2017

Turkey carried out airstrikes early Tuesday against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria. A Turkish military statement said the strikes were aimed at preventing rebels, weapons, ammunition and explosives from crossing over the border into Turkey. Turkish officials have warned that rebels from the banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, are using the

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International

Australia, New Zealand Mark Memorials to War Dead Throughout Asia

April 25, 2017

Tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders paid tribute Tuesday at memorials and graves for war veterans and in remembrance to the price paid in conflict in more than a century of wars. The services, known as ANZAC Day, began following Australia’s and New Zealand’s role in fighting alongside former colonial power, Britain, in

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International

Confederate Monuments in New Orleans Have Long History

April 25, 2017

One of four prominent Confederate monuments scattered across New Orleans was taken down Monday as part of the city’s ongoing efforts to examine its long history of racism and white supremacist leanings. The removal of the Liberty Monument, an 1891 obelisk honoring efforts to unseat the city’s biracial post-Civil War government, was seen by civil

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USA

Ivanka Trump, Merkel debate women’s empowerment, notions of feminism

April 25, 2017

Berlin (dpa) – White House adviser Ivanka Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were among delegates discussing women’s economic and professional empowerment and notions of feminism at the Women20 Summit in Berlin on Tuesday. The panel brought together Trump and Merkel for the second time since the 35-year-old’s billionaire father, Donald Trump, took office as

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International, USA

Trump backs off border wall fight for now, easing government shutdown threat

Veteran prosecutor takes over No. 2 job at Justice Department � and Russia probe

US judge blocks Trump order threatening funds for ‘sanctuary’ cities

Erin Moran’s husband opens up about her cancer diagnosis and death in a heartbreaking letter to her fans

An Arab asked to use my sunscreen

The unknown story of Moroccan Holocaust survivors

Number of Jews in Germany falls slightly

Arab water theft leaves Jewish farms high and dry

US ally Australia struggles to find footing with Trump

Who Are North Korea’s Three American Prisoners?

Turkish Military Says Airstrikes Target Kurdish Rebels in Iraq, Syria

Australia, New Zealand Mark Memorials to War Dead Throughout Asia

Confederate Monuments in New Orleans Have Long History

Ivanka Trump, Merkel debate women’s empowerment, notions of feminism

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