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Hedge funds mull ditching UK for Switzerland, Asia

They're getting nervous in Mayfair and Belgravia, London's hedge fund heartlands.

Pittsburgh scholarships saving schools, students

John Tokarski III maintained a 4.4 GPA in Pittsburgh's Schenley High School, played three sports and took on leadership roles. Yet it appeared his dreams might burst: the $45,000-a-year tuition for the private college he wanted to attend was too steep.

Hollywood workers settling in tax-friendly states

A 25-year veteran of the film industry, William Gilpin lived in Los Angeles his entire life until he moved to New Mexico at the end of 2007. The construction coordinator works on cable network AMC's hit series "Breaking Bad," about a chemistry teacher who turns to a life of drug-dealing after being diagnosed with cancer.

In Iraq, an exodus of Christians

Iraq has lost more than half the Christians who once called it home, mostly since the war began, and few who fled have plans to return, The Associated Press has learned.

Refugees flood into Darfur camp after fighting

The tall 14-year-old's parents were killed when government soldiers swept into his hometown in Darfur to chase out rebels. Then Arab militias went after the survivors. That's when the teenager fled atop a truck piled with mattresses and pots.

Wall Street workers leaving NYC for fresh start

Bankers and brokers looking to escape the financial meltdown are scrambling to relocate their families, possessions and rarified talent far from Wall Street to places such as Florida, Chicago, Milwaukee, Virginia and Asia.

Unity agreement doesn't slow exodus of Zimbabweans

A power-sharing deal has not stopped the flow of Zimbabweans streaming into South Africa to escape the hunger and poverty wrought by runaway inflation in their homeland.

Should NBA fear a mass exodus of talent to Europe?

It's the summer of 2010 and LeBron James is trying to decide whether to stay in Cleveland, leave for New York — or accept a deal for $50 million a year to play in Italy.

"Exodus" survivor moves to Israel

When 88-year-old Frances Greenberg walked off an El Al passenger jet and into an air-conditioned terminal on Tuesday, it was her second time trying to move to Israel.

Israeli commander of legendary refugee ship Exodus dies

Yossi Harel, the ship commander whose attempt to bring Holocaust survivors to Palestine aboard the Exodus 1947 built support for Israel's founding, died on Saturday. He was 90.

Bush Fills Iran Policy Job

President Bush moved quickly Friday to fill a key diplomatic post with responsibility for Iran policy, nominating the American ambassador to Russia for the job immediately after his predecessor's resignation.

Iranian Jews Say Republic Safe for Them

A top Jewish community leader in Iran on Wednesday described the recent immigration of 40 Iranian Jews to Israel as a "misinformation campaign" and insisted that Jews living in the Islamic Republic were not endangered by the hard-line policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iranian Jews Arrive in Israel

Greeted by joyous relatives and a crowd of reporters, about 40 Iranian Jews landed in Israel on Tuesday, leaving behind their lives in the Islamic Republic for new homes in the Jewish state.

Exodus Journey to Holy Land Re-Enacted

A ship carrying hundreds of Jews docked in the port city of Haifa Thursday after a short trip from Cyprus that partially retraced the route of the Exodus, a legendary vessel that symbolized Jewish yearning for a homeland in Israel after the Holocaust.

Early Departures Clip Bush Security Team

Top members of President Bush's national security team are leaving in one of the earliest waves of departures from a second-term administration — nearly two years before Bush's term ends.

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To Israel, with love - from India
Source: ynetnews.com

The greatest level of sympathy towards Israel can be found in India, according to international study on behalf of the Foreign Ministry, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday. According to the study, which was unprecedented in scope and was undertaken by an international market res …

Salem Witch Trials and Nancy Pelosi (just kidding): "Suffer Not a Witch To Live" (Jim Butcher and Harry Potter Makke Guest Appearances)

Exodus 22:18 "Suffer not a witch to live." (Bible reference and quote courtesy of Jim Butcher from "White Night"--a novel from the Dresden files. "Skip, you can't possibly dare go THERE." Oh, you poor innocent. You have no idea of the things I dare.

The Whisper of Tombs
Source: aawsat.com

In my opinion, the Israelite Exodus from Egypt will remain a point of controversy amongst scientists and researchers until the Day of Judgment or until new archaeological evidence is unearthed that is able to settle this issue.

A Love that Overcomes: Review of Gertruda's Oath by Ram Oren*

Numerous memoirs of the Holocaust have been published, and no doubt many are yet to be published. Most of these fall into a particular genre. They chronicle someone's experience of one of the darkest periods in human history.

Crypto-History, Instalment 18: Moses, Monotheism and Magic

The Hidden Threads of Crypto-History A Multi-Part Exploration of Alternative Theories of the Human Experience Instalment 18: Moses, Monotheism and Magic (click here for the previous part of this instalment, and click here to go to the beginning of the series).

Israel can and must act in her own best interests.
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Ben Gurion fought hard to maintain Jewish Immigration and even supported partition while most of the Zionist movement did not.

"The Exodus Conspiracy" Deniers of Ancient Israelite History Exposed
Source: israpundit blog

New archeologic evidence combined with local resistance with the quest for this evidence may indicate a concerted attempt in the interest of propaganca to deny the historical validity of the biblica story of the Exodus in an attempt to invalidate Israel's claimed ties to the land …

The exodus of company headquarters from the US - A tax debate
Source: Energy Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha

Given all of the healthcare debate this item has disappeared from the news, but not from the Obama agenda, in fact there are changes to the taxation of foreign profits included in the healthcare bill.

62 Years Ago, The EXODUS Became Israel's 1st Ship of State
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Sixty-two years ago this week,the Exodus, then called the USS President Warfield had its name changed for the last time as it embarked on what would be its last and most famous mission, bringing Holocaust survivors to the Holy Land.

The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention :: Andre' Aciman
Source: The New York Times

And yet, for all the president's talk of "a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world" and shared "principles of justice and progress," neither he nor anyone around him, and certainly no one in the audience, bothered to notice one small detail …

The Exodus Obama Forgot to Mention - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

The president never said a word about me. Or, for that matter, about any of the other 800,000 or so Jews born in the Middle East who fled the Arab and Muslim world or who were summarily expelled for being Jewish in the 20th century.

Mike Tyson's Daughter Dies After Hanging Accident
Source: Yahoo! Sports

The 4-year-old daughter of boxer Mike Tyson died at a hospital Tuesday, a day her neck apparently got caught in a treadmill cord at her Phoenix home, police said.

"Sins of the father" should not visit the daughter...

As old as I am, and as "internet savvy" as I like to think I am, I cannot explain my shock and disappointment when reading comments to articles regarding Exodus Tyson's accident.

Large increase in people moving away from Iceland
Source: icenews.is

Icelandic shipping company Samskip says its transport of personal household effects from Iceland has increased by 20 percent in 2009 compared to the first part of last year.

APA Statements on Homosexuality: What Ex-Gay Activists Are Not Mentioning
Source: exgaywatch.com

Ex-gay activists have quickly taken the statement to mean that the APA has disproven the "gay gene" theory. But the APA's previous and current statements mention nothing of a single gay gene.

Can Psychiatrists Really "Cure" Homosexuality? New Questions about Masters and Johnson's Homosexuality Studies
Source: Sciam

Eventually Kolodny approached Virginia Johnson privately to express his alarm. She, too, held similar suspicions about Masters' conversion theory, though publicly she supported him.

Blood On Their Hands? Uganda's Anti-Gay Vigilante Campaign Is Now In Full Swing Thanks to Exodus International
Source: Box Turtle Bulletin

This is a killer dossier, a heat-pounding and sensational masterpiece that largely exposes Uganda's shameless men and unabashed women that have deliberately exported the western evils to our dear and sacred society. …

God Is Not a Fan of the Banking Industry
Source: Truthdig

Do a quick Google search and you'll find that God, as worshipped by Jews, Christians and Muslims, has some strong feelings about interest charges—or usury, as it's known in the Hebrew Bible.

Middle-class conservatives are considering moving to Costa Rica if the country goes downhill under President Obama
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Dallas Morning News columnist Rod Dreher may have to fly to Costa Rica if he wants to see some of his friends.

Exodus and PerSay Partner to Deliver Voice Biometric Security Solutions to Greek Market
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EXODUS S.A., member of the Piraeus Bank Group and one of the bigger software houses in Greece, announces a parternship with PerSay, the leading provider of advanced voice biometrics solutions.

Supposes There's No Moses?
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A new, two-hour edition of "Nova" begins with the pro vocative words, "God is dead," but the documentary is anything but an obituary for the Almighty.

Jazzman on, The Abomination of an Obama Led Nation

What I'm about to write below is more a message for, and about African-Americans, but I believe and hope will be of interest to all Americans.

Posterchild Couple of "Ex-Gay" Advocates File for, Receive Divorce
Source: exgaywatch.com

Ex-gay activist Greg Quinlan's wife of three years, Cheryl Quinlan, appears to have received a decree of divorce in May of 2007, having filed the initial complaint seventeen months earlier.  XGW readers will recognize Greg from a recent incident involving distorted quotes attr …

FOXNews.com - Churches Serve as Sanctuary for Illegal Immigrants - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News
Source: FOXNews.com

This church should lose it's tax-exempt status. They are engaged in aiding and concealing a criminal.

50,000 Arabs Left Gaza, Many More on the Way
Source: Arutz Sheva News Briefs

PA prime minister Salam Fayyad has confirmed that 50,000 Arabs have left Gaza since Hamas took over. He said many times that amount would like to go if they could. ...

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