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Decline of 1.4% in 2011-2012 school year is result of drop in non-Orthodox enrollment – who reportedly opt for non-denominational community schools – balanced by ongoing increase of Orthodox baby boom. The month of December brought some bad news for
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A new poll has revealed that nearly four out of five doctors in Britain believe cuts to the country's health service have had a negative impact on patients care over the last year. The survey conducted by the Guardian found that 79% of British general
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The Prison Officers Association (POA) has warned the UK government that budget cuts, rising prison population, and reduced officer numbers increase the risk of riots in Britain's prisons. In a letter to prisons minister Crispin Blunt, the officers
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A growing number of organisations are joining the "home occupations" movement. More than 700,000 homes owned by banks are empty in the US. Millions more properties risk falling to the same fate due to a foreclosure crisis. Fuelled by popular anger at
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...aliens who don’t belong to the society when they are simply kids with special needs.” The Saudi Ministries of Social Services and Health are reluctant to release figures of abandoned children born out of wedlock. However, the...
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AFP/Papworth, Cambridge, Britain Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth IIs husband, left hospital yesterday, four days after he was rushed in for heart surgery and missed the royal familys Christmas celebrations. The outspoken 90-year-old smiled and waved from
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12/28/2011 12:22 PM KIRKUK / Aswat al-Iraq: The Director of northern Iraq's oil-rich city of Kirkuk had been injured in an explosive charge blast planted under his car southwest of the city on Tuesday night, the city's Police Director, Sarhad Qader
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WAM Abu Dhabi, Dec 28th, 2011 (WAM) -- Aldar Properties PJSC today announced unit sales, asset transfers and reimbursements with the Government of Abu Dhabi, for a total consideration of AED 16.8 billion. The transaction includes Residential Units at Al
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As a catalyst for the next generation of Jewish leadership, the Academy provides the finest educational opportunities that groom graduates for admission into prestigious colleges and prominent positions in the Jewish and secular worlds. The American
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A Staff Reporter MUSCAT An English Language Specialist Programme hosted by the US Embassy and the Ministry of Education concluded in Muscat recently. It included two week-long workshops in Ibri and Salalah. Dr Spencer Salas, English language specialist
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US military cadets (file photo) A report by the US Department of Defense says the number of sexual assaults at the key American military academies have significantly risen for a second consecutive year. According to the “Annual Report on Sexual
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TRIBUTES TO KILLED RED CROSS WORKER ABOVE: The Foreign Office has confirmed a British man has died in Sri Lanka 27th December 2011 Tributes have been paid to a "committed" Red Cross worker who died after being attacked on Christmas Day while on holiday
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LONDON: Health service reforms will pave the way for NHS hospitals to earn up to half of their income from private work, it was reported on Tuesday. The current cap on income generated from private patients is typically limited to just a few per cent but
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SIERRA VISTA, Ariz - US authorities took possession of an additional high-tech surveillance drone on Tuesday to overfly the rugged Arizona borderlands to look for drug smugglers and illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico.The Predator-B drone is based at
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NHS PRIVATE INCOME CAP TO BE LIFTED ABOVE: The current cap on income generated from private patients is typically limited to just a few percent 27th December 2011 Health service reforms will pave the way for NHS hospitals to earn up to half of their
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Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was glad that key rabbis had condemned haredi (ultra-Orthodox) violence and discrimination against women. Speaking at an annual Bible quiz for adults and on the eve of a mass demonstration for women's
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Meretz MK Nitzan Horowitz characterized the debate on women's rights as a struggle over Israel's character on Tuesday.Speaking at a Beit Shemesh rally for women's rights, Horowitz said, "What is at stake is not a specific neighborhood or bus line, but
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Education Minister Gideon Sa'ar said that he supports the demonstration in Beit Shemesh Tuesday for women's rights. "Equality between men and women is part of the identity of any progressive state," the education minister said via a written statement. He
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Beit Shemesh Mayor Moshe Abutbol (Shas) said Tuesday that he agrees with those set to protest ultra-Orthodox gender segregation in the city, but believes the demonstration's organizers are driven by political considerations."I support the position of
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Muscat: An English language specialist program hosted by the US Embassy and the Ministry of Education (MoE) concluded last week in Muscat. This marked the conclusion of the two one-week workshops, which were also held in Ibri and Salalah. Dr. Spencer
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Jamandre received a trophy in the Community and Social Service category. Aquino lauded the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) for their sacrifice of working abroad if only to uplift the living condition of their families back home. ...
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SPA -- The Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) will take part in the 8th meeting of the heads of Red Crescent associations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states, set to be held in Abu Dhabi on 3-4 Safar, 1433H, in accordance with the
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The retirement age for women will remain at for until at least 2017, after legislation submitted by more than a dozen lawmakers was approved in the Knesset on Monday.A combination of five different bills submitted by some 14 Knesset members from across
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Interior Minister Eli Yishai slammed the haredi [ultra-Orthodox] men who spat on a little girl in Beit Shemesh, calling the actions “nauseating and disgusting” in a Shas faction meeting on Monday. The Interior Minister and Shas leader said that the
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The retirement age for women will remain at 62 until at least 2017, after legislation submitted by more than a dozen lawmakers was approved in the Knesset on Monday.A combination of five different bills submitted by some 14 Knesset members from across