French court hears appeal in 2006 Jewish kidnap case
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Click here to read the original article in The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post By The Associated Press A Paris court heard on Monday the appeal of 18 people convicted in the 2006 kidnapping, torture and murder of a young French Jew. One who’s not appealing is Gang leader Youssouf Fofana, who chose not to appeal his conviction and life sentence. The appeal started on Monday and is expected to continue through mid-December. The case revived worries in France about anti-Semitism, considered an aggravating circumstance in the case, and led to anxiety in France’s Jewish community, the largest in western Europe. Ilan Halimi, who was 23 years old, was held captive for more than three weeks. He was found naked, handcuffed and covered with burn marks near railroad tracks in the Essonne region south of Paris on Feb. 13, 2006. He died on the way to the hospital. |
’Iran begins injecting uranium into Bushehr reactor core’
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Click here to read the original article in The Jerusalem Post The Jerusalem Post By Jpost.com Staff Iranian authorities have began injecting uranium fuel rods into the core of the country’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Tuesday, Iranian Press TV reported. According to the report, the nuclear plant will become operational once all 163 fuel rods have been injected into the plant’s core, and it should begin generating electricity in early 2011. Earlier on Monday, an Iranian lawmaker declared Iran’s intent to continue with its nuclear program despite international concern. "Despite all efforts and policies of America and the European Union to put sanctions on Iran, the fuel of the Bushehr power plant will be loaded into its core tomorrow," Iranian MP Alaeddin Boroujerdi was quoted as saying by official media. Boroujerdi is the head of the Iranian parliament’s national security and foreign policy committee. News agencies in Iran also stated that celebrations would be held to mark Tuesday’s event.
VATICAN CITY (AFP-EJP)---The Vatican moved on Monday to soothe Israeli anger over critical remarks made by Middle East Catholic bishops, saying individual comments should not be taken as the view of the Church. "If one wishes for a synthesized expression of the positions of the Middle Eastern synod, one must take it from the message," Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said in a written note, referring to the official statement released after the synod last Saturday. Israel reacted angrily after the statement by bishops and patriarchs fromacross the Middle East calling on the international community to end the occupation of Arab lands, saying the two-week synod at the Vatican had been "hijacked by an anti-Israeli majority". Israel took particular offence to remarks made by Archbishop Cyril Salim Bustros, the head of the Greek Melkite Church in the United States who led the commission which drew up the statement. In a remark that went further than the official statement, Bustros said: "The theme of the Promised Land cannot be used as a basis to justify the return of the Jews to Israel and the expatriation of the Palestinians." Danny Ayalon, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, described the remark as "a libel against Israel" and called on the Vatican to distance itself from the position. Speaking in a conference in Berlin, Israel’s Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger said the Vatican “doesn't have to teach us about interpreting the Bible as we don’t teach them how to interpret the New Testament.”
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