Archive for October, 2006

US scientists have cracked the entire genetic code of breast and colon cancers, offering new treatment hopes. The genetic map shows that nearly 200 mutated genes, most previously unknown, help tumours emerge, grow and spread. The discovery could also lead to better ways to diagnose cancer in its early, most treatable stages, and personalised treatments, Science magazine reports....
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One of the world's most incredible--but true--love stories began in the worst place imaginable By Herman Rosenblat  August, 1942. Piotrkow, Poland. The sky was gloomy that morning as we waited anxiously. All the men, women, and children of Piotrkow's Jewish ghetto had been herded into a square. Word had gotten around that we were being moved....
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SELLERSBURG, Ind. -- President Bush told a roaring crowd Saturday at Silver Creek High School that "the election of Mike Sodrel is important for the United States of America." PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORT: President Bush and U.S. Rep. Mike Sodrel, R-Ind., spoke at a rally for Sodrel’s reelection Saturday at Silver Creek High School in Sellersburg - BILL LUSTER / Louisville...
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Congressman: Superhighway about North American Union Paul says goal is common currency, borderless travel, bigger bureaucracy Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Paul, a maverick Republican from Texas, today denounced plans for the proposed "NAFTA superhighway" in his state as part of a larger plot for merger of the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union. "By...
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by Daniel Pipes As the Iranian government announced last week a doubling of its uranium enrichment program, the United Nations Security Council bickered over a feeble European draft resolution. It would do no more than prohibit Iranian students from studying nuclear physics abroad, deny visas for Iranians working in the nuclear area, and end foreign assistance for Iran's nuclear program,...
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Religious MKs call on police to cancel gay pride parade in Jerusalem Miri Chason A meeting of the Knesset Internal Affairs Committee to discuss the planned gay pride parade in Jerusalem ended with participants exchanging insults.   National Union-NRP MK Yitzhak Levy warned that a one-million strong protest would be held in the capital if police don't cancel the parade. Ultra-Orthodox...
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Torah Reading for the week of the gay parade: Genesis 18:1-22:2Sodom & Gomorah Etgar Lefkovits:  Oct. 30, 2006 Amidst mounting public opposition and threats of violence, Jerusalem police said Monday that they will reevaluate a permit given to hold a gay parade in the city next month. The debate over the event, which is slated to take place...
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By Yusri Mohamed ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt moved 5,000 more security forces near the Gaza Strip border on Saturday after an Israeli report said Israel may bomb tunnels used for smuggling weapons into Palestinian territories, an Egyptian official said. "They requested reinforcements after the Israeli report and also citing fears of Palestinian militants breaching the border wall between the Gaza...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that the army was preparing an extensive operation in the Gaza Strip, with the government to make a decision on the offensive within days, an MP has said. "The army is preparing for an even more extensive operation in the Gaza Strip," the prime minister was quoted by the source as...
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Coalition naval forces in the Persian Gulf are on watch for possible terror threats to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, Western naval officials said Friday. A British navy official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said a threat from al-Qaida last month to...
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