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World News June 3, 2009  RSS feed
Bomb plot:
Foiled attack underscores threat from unaffiliated attackers
      WASHINGTON—The arrest of four men accused of plotting to attack two Bronx synagogues underscores the threat to Jewish targets by individuals or small groups, several experts said.
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Venezuela, Bolivia deny helping Iran
      WASHINGTON—Venezuela and Bolivia denied an accusation in an Israeli government report that they are supplying uranium to Iran for its nuclear program.
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Congressman asks about antisemitism
      WASHINGTON—A U.S. congressman is asking the Department of Education to clarify its position on the protection of Jewish students against antisemitic discrimination. In a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Rep.
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Jewish soldier dies in Afghanistan
      NEW YORK—A Jewish intelligence officer was killed in Afghanistan. First Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte, 25, died of wounds suffered in a roadside bomb attack near Kabul. She is the first female graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy to be killed in action in Afghanistan or Iraq.
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A CUTE KID…
Meet American Girl's Rebecca Rubin doll
      SAN FRANCISCO—The first Jewish historical doll in the American Girl series went on sale last month. Rebecca Rubin is a nine-year-old girl living on the Lower East Side in 1914.
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Conservative movement establishes DC presence
      WASHINGTON—It's not an actual office and the staff consists of only two part-time volunteers, but after years of talking, the Conservative movement is finally taking steps to establish a presence in the nation's capital.
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