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Livni calls for Olmert to step aside

PETAH TIKVA , Israel, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- The chairwoman of Israel's ruling Kadima party called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step aside Thursday in light of an expected indictment.

Firemen save girl in kayak misadventure

PARIS, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Israeli firemen turned rescue drills into rescue thrills when they saved a 10-year-old French girl whose kayak overturned in a strong current.

Israeli allegedly repeatedly choked baby

JERUSALEM, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A young Israeli mother has been charged with five times attempting to kill her 8-month-old baby boy.

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Jerusalem bans 'Sex and the City' ads

JERUSALEM, May 20 (UPI) -- Distributors of the "Sex and the City" feature movie say they have been banned from advertising in Jerusalem because the word "sex" appears in the title.

MRI detects and helps treat breast cancer

MIAMI, April 11 (UPI) -- Magnetic resonance imaging is effective in differentiating the blood supply in breast tumors and is useful in treatment, U.S. and Israeli researchers say.

Ethiopian Jews protest alleged racism

JERUSALEM, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants protested in an Israeli village Wednesday, saying their children have encountered racism in school.

Israeli comedian Poliakov dead at 66

PETAH TIKVA , Israel, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Israeli comedian and actor Yisrael Poliakov, who suffered a heart attack earlier this month, died at Bielinson Hospital in Petah Tikva at the age of 66.

Neo-Nazi graffiti found in Israeli towns

HOLON, Israel, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Residents of the Israeli town of Holon found swastikas and the world “Hitler” spray-painted in several buildings Sunday afternoon.