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Friday, September 5, 2008

McCain closes out GOP parley

John McCain closed out the Republican convention Thursday night with a speech in which he defended traditional GOP policy points, while criticizing his party's recent performance and pledging to work with lawmakers across the aisle. Full Story

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U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) accepts his party's nomination Sept. 4 at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn.
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Updated 09/05/2008 @ 12:33PM ET
» Israel allowed an arms shipment to be transferred to the Palestinian Authority.
» Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) cited Iran's potential nuclear threat and its sponsorship of terrorism in his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination.
» Jewish lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.
» Mahmoud Abbas rejected the possibility of a partial peace deal with Israel.
» Michael Hammer, the author of several seminal books on business management who applied his theories to the non-profit world, died Wednesday night. He was 60.
» Athletes from Israel's Paralympic team attended a Shabbat service at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing.
» An Israeli-Arab tracker for the Israeli army was convicted of spying for Hezbollah.
» A prominent Jewish activist in Phoenix, Irving Shuman, 84, was murdered at his office on Tuesday.
» Eight Torah scrolls stolen from a New York City synagogue were recovered.
» Hamas' leader in Damascus promised to deliver a letter to captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from Shalit's father.
» A U.S. court upheld a decision to revoke the citizenship of an American citizen accused of shooting Jews as a member of a Nazi unit.
» Israeli police will investigate the publication of the note Barack Obama placed in the Western Wall.
» The Iranian government said it will let Jews leave the country if they promise not to immigrate to Israel.
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