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  • Peace-seeking Israelis search for new direction

    Peace-seeking Israelis search for new direction

    February 20, 2009 By Susan Webb

    The rightward shift in Israel’s Feb. 10 elections shows that those seeking peace “must look in new directions,” says a leader of Israel’s left-liberal Meretz party.

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  • WORLDNOTES  February 28, 2009

    WORLDNOTES February 28, 2009

    February 20, 2009

    Zimbabwe: Unity government formed Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, was sworn in as prime minister on Feb. 11 by President Robert Mugabe. Mugabe was acting in response to pressure brought last month...

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  • Toyota to suspend domestic output

    Toyota to suspend domestic output

    February 19, 2009

    Original source: Japanese carmaker Toyota announced on Wednesday that it plans to suspend domestic output in April, a day after US corporation General Motors revealed that it is to slash 47,000 jobs worldwide. The latest cuts...

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  • Dresden tremors still felt 64 years later

    Dresden tremors still felt 64 years later

    February 19, 2009

    DRESDEN — A large-scale anti-fascist action Feb. 13 ended with brutal violence here. Feb. 13 has, for years, been a day of solemn ceremonies in this city on the Elbe, the capital of Saxony. It marks...

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  • Priest races to brothel’s rescue

    Priest races to brothel’s rescue

    February 19, 2009

    A London brothel fighting closure by the authorities invited an unlikely witness to give evidence on its behalf on Tuesday - the local priest. Reverend David Gilmore, the rector of Soho, spoke at a hearing at...

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