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News in Brief Legislator and Jerusalem mayoral candidate Meir Porush yesterday promised that if he won the municipal elections, he would promote the construction of Jewish neighborhoods in the city's eastern quarter. During a tour of North Jerusalem's Atarot neighborhood with right-wing NPO Elad director David Be'eri, Porush vowed to build tens of thousands of apartments in the area. "When I am mayor, the plan will pick up considerable momentum." He later toured the contentious E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim and promised to promote the construction of a neighborhood there - a plan frozen a few months ago by the state. (Nadav Shragai) An Israeli businessman kidnapped last week in Ghana was freed early yesterday morning in an operation by local security services. A senior Jerusalem source said the Israel Police was deeply involved in the preparations for the operation, including intelligence gathering. A week ago the Foreign Ministry was informed that kidnappers had contacted the Israeli family of Dror Weinstein, who had been working with local businesses in Ghana, and demanded a $500,000 ransom. A covert Tel Aviv police operation assisted in locating Weinstein. (Barak Ravid) Advertisement Leaders of the four right-wing factions making up the National Union-National Religious Party (NRP) list - NRP, Tekuma, Achi and Moledet's religious wing - are expected to announce their formal merger into a party next week. In the last election the four factions each ran separately, coming together as National Union-NRP only afterward. The leaders of the NRP and of Achi, MKs Zevulun Orlev and Effi Eitam, respectively, are expected to compete for the post of chairman of the new party in an open primary. The new party's main priorities are to be education and Jewish identity. (Nadav Shragai) The production company Endemol, producer of the "Celebrity Big Brother" TV reality show, asked Holocaust-denier David Irving to be a contestant on the show, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported yesterday. Endemol, whose producers said their offer to Irving was not seriously considered, met with him for 90 minutes, but it was decided not to have him on the show. Irving is well-known in Britain after his unsuccessful libel suit a decade ago against the Jewish historian Deborah Lipstadt, who accused him of Holocaust-denial and anti-Semitism. (Anshel Pfeffer) Veteran broadcast journalist Ram Evron, 73, died yesterday after a long illness. Evron, who began his broadcasting career at Army Radio and later joined Israel Radio, is remembered for transmitting the army spokesman's announcement of the outbreak of the Sinai Campaign in 1956. In the early 1960s, Evron was among the presenters of the Hebrew hour on BBC radio. He moved to Israel television in its early days, becoming editor and anchor of Channel 1's nightly news program "Yoman." Following a stint as cultural attache in the Israeli Embassy in London in the 1970s, he served as head of the music center at Mishkenot Sha'ananim in Jerusalem. Evron will be laid to rest Sunday at 3:30 P.M. at the Ma'ale Hahamisha cemetery. (Gili Izikowitz) Bookmark to del.icio.us   Star is born Report: Hezbollah taps Mughniyah replacement. The namesake Why did Holland fund megaship named after prominent Nazi?

Read & React Yossi Sarid: McCain would be as bad for Israel as Bush was Responses: 226 Olmert praises decision to pull TV interview with Rabin killer Responses: 109 Livni: Syria must cut Iran, terror ties before we give it what it wants Responses: 140 EU condemns settler 'acts of brutality' against Palestinians Responses: 140 Lebanon: 12 IAF war jets violated our airspace Responses: 126 More Headlines 23:45 Report: Hezbollah picks Mughniyah replacement 23:51 Two Border Police hurt by stone-throwing settlers near Hebron 21:59 Hamas: Next U.S. President should lift Gaza embargo 23:16 Lieberman: Shin Bet could be behind settler violence 19:47 Lebanon arrests cell suspected of working for Israel's Mossad since 1980s 00:23 Brazil reaches out to Iran, suggests presidential visit 16:25 Why did Holland fund megaship named after prominent Nazi? 13:36 Barak: Interim government mustn't stop working to free Gilad Shalit 20:20 Veteran Meretz MK Ran Cohen announces he's leaving politics 22:18 Hezbollah decries Israeli plan to build museum on Muslim cemetery 20:16 UN envoy blasts 'alarming' IDF demolition of Palestinian homes 07:53 Lebanon: 12 IAF war jets violated our airspace 14:41 'Beautiful goat' pageant fetches thousands for Saudi breeders Previous Editions Select Day 31 oct 30 oct 29 oct 28 oct 27 oct 26 oct 24 oct 23 oct 22 oct 21 oct 20 oct 19 oct

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