Israeli pageant crowns Miss Holocaust Survivor
June 29th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) An Israeli beauty pageant, participated in by grandmothers, has crowned the first "Miss Holocaust Survivor", The Sun reported Friday.Fourteen women, aged 74 to 97, took to ... Read more...
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Remove ‘Hitler’ from the show’s title, Zee TV told
November 24th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The title of Zee TV's new show "Hitler Didi" has upset the US-based Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which wants the channel to give it a less ... Read more...
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‘Singing’ Dog Rocky Leads To Bronx Couple Eviction
January 19th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Jan 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Bronx Housing Court have allowed the residents of Bonnie House co-op, to go ahead with an eviction proceedings against Rita Hyman and Murray Hyman, as ... Read more...
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Obama to award Bush ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’
November 18th, 2010 - 2:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 18 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has announced that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honour, to George W Bush next year.According to ... Read more...
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Obama calls for clarification of ‘facts’ after Gaza flotilla clashes
June 1st, 2010 - 5:45 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that "he deeply regretted the loss of life" and called for clarification of the "facts" after ... Read more...
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Abbas orders three days of mourning after ’slaughter’ at sea
May 31st, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday ordered three days of mourning after the deadly clashes between pro-Palestinian campaigners and the Israeli Navy, Israeli media reported.President Abbas condemned ... Read more...
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Holocaust survivor - Berthe Meijer stands by the memory of Anne Frank
March 19th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Amsterdam, Mar 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) There are a number of skeptics who doubt Anne Frank’s story and her diaries, but she has found a new ally in the form of ... Read more...
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Jews around the world mark 26/11, with resolve ‘to do good’
November 26th, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Dipankar De Sarkar
London, Nov 26 (IANS) A year after terrorists killed six people in Nariman House, Jews around the world are marking the event - not in sorrow or anger, but ... Read more...
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Berlin gives US museum list of Jews in Nazi Germany
February 26th, 2009 - 8:52 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 26 (DPA) The first comprehensive list of Jews who were living in Germany when the Nazis came to power was given to a US museum, providing a detailed picture of ... Read more...
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Pope meets US Jewish leaders, reassures them on Holocaust
February 12th, 2009 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Vatican City, Feb 12 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI condemned Thursday all forms of anti-Semitism in his first face-to-face meeting with Jewish leaders since the outbreak of a row over a Holocaust-denying bishop.
"It ... Read more...
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I didn’t do ‘Defiance’ for money: Daniel Craig
January 8th, 2009 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 8 (IANS) Bond star Daniel Craig, who stars in the holocaust survivor movie "Defiance", says he didn't do the project for the money.Dailymail.co.uk quoted him as saying: "We didn't do ... Read more...
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52,000 Holocaust survivor testimonies shifted to Jerusalem
September 25th, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 25 (DPA) A full copy of nearly 52,000 testimonies of Holocaust survivors has been transferred to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Centre in Jerusalem, making it the world's largest repository ... Read more...
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Top Canada award for pro-abortion activist stirs controversy
July 2nd, 2008 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 2 (IANS) Canada's Conservative government has distanced itself from the controversial selection of a famous abortion-rights activist for the top civilian award on the nation's 141st birthday. Henry Morgentaler, who ... Read more...
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