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Citibank Exposes 600,000 Customers’ Social Security Numbers

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The Chicago Tribune reports: In late January, Citibank mailed year-end tax statements to 600,000 Citi customers via the U.S. Postal Service that included the customers’ Social Security numbers … on the outside of the envelope. Citi called the mistake a “processing error.” Although the nine-digit numbers were not identified as Social Security numbers (they were printed at [...]

Staten Island, NY – NYC’s Oldest Dies at 111

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Staten Island, NY – New York City’s oldest resident, Staten Island supercentenarian Jane “Jenny” E. Gilsenan, died yesterday in the Presentation Convent Mother House in Woodrow. She was 111. Gilsenan was one of the oldest people in the world. “I’m lucky to live as long as I have so far,” the super-centenarian told the Post in February [...]

Staten Island, NY – NYC’s Oldest Dies at 111

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Staten Island, NY – New York City’s oldest resident, Staten Island supercentenarian Jane “Jenny” E. Gilsenan, died yesterday in the Presentation Convent Mother House in Woodrow. She was 111. Gilsenan was one of the oldest people in the world. “I’m lucky to live as long as I have so far,” the super-centenarian told the Post in February [...]

Yishai Wants to Bring the Ethiopian Jewish Community Home

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Minister of the Interior Eli Yishai announced he is making an effort to bring the remaining members of the Ethiopian Jewish community home in the coming year. He announced that immediately after Pesach, members of his staff will begin checking into the realities surrounding the 8,700 remaining members of the Ethiopian community, those still waiting to [...]

Seven nabbed for Swedish cartoonist plot

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Irish police: Suspects planned to murder man who drew Muhammad with dog's body.

New York – Web Scam Targets Madoff Victims

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New York – Internet con men appear to be targeting victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal. The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site in an attempt to trick Madoff victims into turning over confidential financial information. The site mimics the legitimate one set up by SIPC, with the [...]

New York – Web Scam Targets Madoff Victims

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New York – Internet con men appear to be targeting victims of the Bernard Madoff scandal. The Securities Investor Protection Corporation warned Tuesday that someone had set up a bogus Web site in an attempt to trick Madoff victims into turning over confidential financial information. The site mimics the legitimate one set up by SIPC, with the [...]

‘Israel accepts Ankara as mediator’

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PMO denies Erdogan claim that J'lem wants Turkey to broker Syria talks.

Cairo, Egypt – Government to Pay for Restoration of All Synagogues, Jewish Sites

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Cairo, Egypt – Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country’s Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo’s ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony. Farouk Hosny said in a statement that his ministry views Jewish sites as much a part of Egypt’s [...]

Cairo, Egypt – Ministry to Pay for Restoration of All Synagogues, Jewish Sites

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Cairo, Egypt – Egypt will shoulder the costs of restoring the country’s Jewish houses of worship said the culture minister Tuesday, two days after a historic synagogue in Cairo’s ancient Jewish quarter was rededicated in a private ceremony. Farouk Hosny said in a statement that his ministry views Jewish sites as much a part of Egypt’s [...]

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