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Napolitano, Europeans discuss airline safety upgrades

TOLEDO, Spain (Press Release)—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday traveled to Toledo, Spain, at the invitation of her Spanish colleague, Interior Minister Alfredo Rubalcaba, to meet with her European counterparts regarding ways to bolster international aviation security measures and standards. “The attempted terrorist attack on Dec. 25 threatened the lives of individuals from […]

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Petraeus says references to biblical verses have no place on rifle scopes

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida (Press Release) – Gen. David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command commander, stated on Thursday that he was very concerned to learn that rifle scopes being used by some troopers deployed within the CENTCOM area have coded numbers referencing Bible verses on them, in addition to the normal markings on the scopes. “The codes on

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Seattle-based Internet hate-monger spreads 'organ harvesting' rumor about Israel in Haiti

NEW YORK (Press Release)–In a disturbing illustration of what can happen when one person takes a message of hate and incitement to the Internet, the Big Lie of Israeli organ harvesting for profit has again resurfaced and gone global practically overnight, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Claims that the Israel Defense Forces mobile hospital

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Middle East, USA

Tefillin use scares flight crew; plane makes emergency landing in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–A Kentucky-bound flight was diverted to Philadelphia after the crew mistakenly believed phylacteries used by a Jewish man for prayer were a bomb. A 17-year-old Orthodox Jew traveling from New York to Louisville on a US Airways flight had been using the prayer items, and even though he had explained the ritual to

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RJC lauds Scott Brown Senate victory in Massachusetts

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) congratulates Scott Brown on his victory in the special election to the U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts. His win sends the clear message that the electorate has serious concerns about the Obama administration’s health care proposals, its out of control spending, and the rising debt

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Greece's prime minister should condemn arson of Crete synagogue — ADL

NEW YORK (Press Release)– In the wake of a second synagogue arson attack on the Greek island of Crete in as many weeks, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday urged Prime Minister George Papandreou to “make clear that anti-Semitism has no place in Greece.” The Etz Chaim synagogue in Hania sustained substantial damage over the

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U.S. Senators urge Uganda not to criminalize homosexuality

WA SHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—U.S. Senators Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland and Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, both Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 10 other Senators today urged Ugandan President Yoweri Musseveni to block enactment of a law that would criminalize homosexuality and codify prejudice against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered and HIV-positive Ugandans. The

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Shonda file: Sting targeted executives willing to bribe foreign officials

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Twenty-two executives and employees of companies in the military and law enforcement products industry have been indicted for engaging in schemes to bribe foreign government officials to obtain and retain business, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Channing Phillips for the District of Columbia; and

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Middle East, USA

Jordanian sources point finger at Iran for attempted car bombing of Israeli diplomats

JERUSALEM (WJC)–The failed bomb attack against Israeli diplomats in Jordan last week could have been carried out by a local al-Qaeda cell acting on instructions from Iran, sources close to the Jordanian intelligence community have told the ‘Jerusalem Post’. The unnamed sources said that the attack had come in response to the killing of Iranian

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