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New Progress in Negotiations with Nasrallah
by M Plaut

There was a flurry activity of the diplomatic sort known as "confidence building" in Lebanon this week, as a German mediator was allowed to visit Elchanan Tannenbaum, as Israeli businessman who was captured by Hizbullah nearly three years ago. On Monday, Israel turned over to the International Red Cross (ICRC) the bodies of two Hizbullah fighters who transferred them to Lebanon.

21 Murdered in Jerusalem Bus Bombing, Including Many Children
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

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A Palestinian bomber boarded a packed Jerusalem bus making its way from the Western Wall last Tuesday night and blew himself up, murdering 21 people and wounding more than 100 others, a dozen seriously, in one of the deadliest bombings in the past three years of violence. Eight children were among the dead, Hy'd, and at least 40 youngsters were wounded in the bus blast.

Melbourne's Groundbreaking Tay Sachs Prevention Program
By Shlomo Boruch Abelesz

A `world-first' for the Melbourne Jewish community was the recent official launch of the Melbourne Tay Sachs Prevention Program which took place in the local Bnai Brith hall. The launch was attended by the local Federal member of Parliament, Mr Michael Danby, and leaders and representatives of shuls, Jewish communual organizations and schools.

Call for Tefilloh by the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah
by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Though most (but not all) of our readers will be seeing this after the fact, we are nonetheless including these calls from the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in Eretz Yisroel and the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah in America. The need for prayer will certainly not have passed.

Government Plans to Transfer Rabbinate Botei Din to Justice Ministry
by Betzalel Kahn

Agudath Israel of America's national headquarters announced this week that a "Leil Hisorerus" will take place at the Brooklyn Marriott Hotel on the evening of September 21, the first day of Selichos.

Novominsker Rebbe to Head Agudah "Leil Hisorerus"
Rabbis Bergman, Dunner and Schorr to Deliver Addresses

by Yated Ne'eman Staff

Private Daniel Hiller was found dead at his Israel Defense Forces base on May 30, 2001. An autopsy performed on his body at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine (NIFM) at Abu Kabir in Tel Aviv by Dr. Bertold Levy, showed that he had committed suicide.


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