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WJC talks in Rome with heads of Italian and Vatican governments	Jewish leaders not present at EU meeting of religious representatives	WJC President Lauder welcomes Demjanjuk deportation to Germany

World Jewish Congress leaders met with Cardinal Bertone, Prime Minister Berlusconi and FM Frattini in Rome. Read more...	No rabbis or Jewish leaders took part in the annual European meeting in Brussels of religious leaders. Read more...	The suspected Nazi war criminal Ivan Demjanuk was flown from Cleveland to Munich on Tuesday. Read more...

European Union discusses reaction to Iranian crisis	International pressure mounts on Israel over settlements	First official association of Jews in Algeria established

The EU is considering pulling its ambassadors from Iran after the arrest of several staff of the UK Embassy. Read more...	German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Israel to stop expanding settlements in the West Bank. Read more...	The Algerian religious affairs minister has appointed an official representative of Algeria’s Jewish community. Read more...

Hungarian opposition brings down bill to criminalize Holocaust denial	Vatican says archives of Pius XII may be opened in five years	French prosecutor calls for life in prison for murderer of Ilan Halimi

Hungary’s parliament has rejected constitutional amendments to make Holocaust denial a punishable offense. Read more...	The Vatican archivist said that the private archives of wartime Pope Pius XII could opened in 5 to 6 years. Read more...	A French prosecutor has called for a minimum jail term of 22 years to be given to Youssouf Fofana. Read more...

Spanish court ends war crimes probe into killing of Hamas leader	Iranians walk out on Peres at inter-faith forum in Kazakhstan	Construction begins on Museum of the History of Polish Jews

Spain's National Court has ended its investigation into a 2002 Israeli air raid which killed Salah Shehade. Read more...	Iranian representatives have staged a walkout during a keynote address by the Israeli president in Astana. Read more...	Construction has begun on a new museum in Warsaw which will chronicle Poland's Jewish heritage. Read more...

Sarkozy asks Netanyahu to get rid of Lieberman as foreign minister	Nations sign declaration to push for return of Holocaust-era properties	Bernard Madoff handed 150-year prison sentence for Ponzi scheme

Riots in Jerusalem over Shabbat opening of Old City parking lot	Eizenstat calls for US arbitration commission for Nazi-looted art disputes	Poland investigates US-based man over World War II killings

Natan Sharansky elected as new head of Jewish Agency	Prague forum to discuss open Holocaust-era restitution questions	Ecuador ministry fails to remove anti-Semitic graffiti

Iranian parliamentarians snub Ahmadinejad's victory party	Obama to send Jewish US ambassador to Morocco	Kosher slaughtering legal across European Union

Israel faces growing pressure on West Bank settlements	British House of Commons elects first-ever Jewish speaker	Appeals court hands death sentence for killer of Yemeni Jew

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