Updated Warnings Ahead of Upcoming Jewish Holidays

Updated Warnings Ahead of Upcoming Jewish Holidays

By CSI • on August 26, 2010

No new travel warnings have been issued; the following merely underscores the current situation. As an annual public service ahead of the Jewish holidays that occur during the Hebrew month of Tishrei, and the departure of many Israelis abroad, the National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau presents its updated travel warnings. General travel

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Pa. Church Prays For Members Hurt By Uganda Blast

Pa. Church Prays For Members Hurt By Uganda Blast

By CSI • on July 13, 2010

SELINSGROVE, Pa. (AP) ― The gathering of Christian missionaries from Pennsylvania to watch the World Cup final at an outdoor restaurant in Uganda was to have been a highlight of a month of evangelizing and sightseeing in one of Africa's more Christian countries. In a flash of fire and shrapnel,

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Pennsylvania church group members among those wounded in terror attack

Pennsylvania church group members among those wounded in terror attack

By CSI • on July 12, 2010

(CNN) — The death toll from a pair of bombings that struck a restaurant and a rugby ground in Uganda's capital is around 60, a police spokeswoman told CNN on Monday. Seventy-one more people were injured, said police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba. The blasts occurred Sunday night as patrons

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Counter-Terrorism Bureau: Israelis face global threat

Counter-Terrorism Bureau: Israelis face global threat

By CSI • on July 8, 2010

The Counter-Terrorism Bureau on Monday issued a warning to Israelis staying abroad, and especially businesspeople, instructing them to remain on high alert and reject unexpected offers. The Bureau also advised Israelis to avoid traveling to countries that face travel warnings at this time. According

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Commandos posted at Synagogue, St Francis Church in Kochi

Commandos posted at Synagogue, St Francis Church in Kochi

By CSI • on March 14, 2010

Commandos have been posted at the Jewish Synagogue at Mattancherry, the oldest place of worship of the Jewish community in the Commonwealth region, and St Francis church at Fort Kochi following a union Home Ministry alert about a possible terror strike in the city. Police said 10 commandos each have

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Israel official: India bomb attack not intended for Chabad house

Israel official: India bomb attack not intended for Chabad house

By CSI • on February 15, 2010

The bomb attack on a restrurant in Pune, India, not far from a Chabad Jewish center, was not directed at the Chabad house, an Israeli security official said on Monday. Nitzan Nuriel, head of counterterrorism at Israel's National Security Agency, said that the "attack in India was not directed

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State of Israel – Pre-Passover Travel Warnings

State of Israel – Pre-Passover Travel Warnings

By CSI • on February 14, 2010

Pre-Passover Travel Warnings – Office of the Prime Minister – State of Israel 14/02/2010 As an annual public service, the National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau calls the Israeli public's attention to its updated travel warnings and recommendations ahead of the upcoming

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Indian minister: Chabad House was target of attack

Indian minister: Chabad House was target of attack

By CSI • on February 14, 2010

A bomb detonated in a crowded bakery popular with foreigners in western India killing nine people and wounding 57, officials said Sunday, the first terrorist attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai massacre. The blast Saturday in the city of Pune, 125 miles (200 kilometers) southeast of Mumbai,

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India police: Pune bomb likely meant for Chabad House

India police: Pune bomb likely meant for Chabad House

By CSI • on February 13, 2010

A bomb tore through a crowded cafe popular with foreigners on Saturday in the city of Pune in western India, killing eight people and wounding 42 near a famed meditation center. The blast threatened to damage new efforts to reduce tensions between India and Pakistan, with Hindu nationalist leaders already

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Inquiry report indicts right-wing Hindu groups for Karnataka church attacks

Inquiry report indicts right-wing Hindu groups for Karnataka church attacks

By CSI • on February 2, 2010

Right-wing Hindu groups have been held responsible for the series of church attacks in Dakshina Kannada and adjoin districts of Karnataka in the month of September 2008. Once again ascertaining the growth of Hindu fundamentalism in the BJP-ruled state, the interim report of Justice Somasekhara Commission

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Police security withdrawn from Jewish centres in city

Police security withdrawn from Jewish centres in city

By CSI • on December 16, 2009

PUNE: The police have tightened security in the city following recent intelligence inputs that Taliban-trained terrorists have sneaked into Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi to target vital installations. However, the security at the Ohel David synagogue (Lal Deval) in Pune Camp and Chabad House at Koregaon

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26/11: The Nariman House tapes

26/11: The Nariman House tapes

By CSI • on November 25, 2009

This is the story of what happened in Nariman House, a Jewish study centre run by the orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch organisation in New York. What you will now hear are telephone intercepts of conversations between the terrorists and their Pakistani handlers.   //

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Candles lit at Jewish centre for Mumbai attacks victims

Candles lit at Jewish centre for Mumbai attacks victims

By CSI • on November 17, 2009

MUMBAI — Faith leaders on Tuesday gathered at a Jewish religious and cultural centre in Mumbai to light candles to those who died in last year's deadly terror attacks on the city. The candles were lit after a moment of silence to remember the six people who were killed at Chabad House on November

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Pakistan’s security situation means high costs for Catholic schools

Pakistan’s security situation means high costs for Catholic schools

By CSI • on November 1, 2009

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Catholic education administrators in Pakistan’s Punjab province say their schools face huge additional security costs as the security situation in the country deteriorates. Under provincial government guidelines in the wake of recent terror attacks, schools must provide

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Alert triggers tight security at Jewish places in Pune

Alert triggers tight security at Jewish places in Pune

By CSI • on October 21, 2009

PUNE: Following an alert by central intelligence agencies that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is planning to attack Jewish religious places in Pune, the police have made tight security arrangements at the Ohel David Synagogue (Lal Deval) at Ambedkar road in Pune Camp and Chabad House at Koregaon Park. Acting

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