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Last update - 02:53 04/11/2008 Weeks in Brief A toddler was accidentally left in a Kiryat Shmona preschool for about two hours after it closed on Sunday. When the three-year-old was not dropped off at home by the preschool's transportation service at 3 P.M. as usual, his parents thought he had been left at his grandfather's home near the school. They also searched for him at an aunt's house. Two hours after the school had closed for the day, the worried family came to the preschool with the teacher, who opened the door. They found the toddler asleep in the school's bomb shelter. (Eli Ashkenazi) People with a criminal record who live in apartment buildings will no longer be able to post guards at the entrance to the apartment buildings they live in, according to a new bill that passed the Knesset's second and third reading yesterday. The bill, initiated by MK Yossi Beilin, requires a police permit for posting guards at a building entrance, unless they are hired by the building's residents committee or management company. Beilin explained that "criminals like to rent apartments and turn the residents into a human shield. The guards endanger the residents, violate their privacy and harass them and their guests." (Jonathan Lis) Advertisement Some 10,000 policemen will be stationed at 7,800 polling stations in 161 cities and towns for the November 11 city council elections. Police will be on an alert level one below the highest. Police Commissioner David Cohen said yesterday: "The job of the police is to allow all citizens to exercise their democratic right to vote for their candidate." In addition to preserving order, police will also try to secure homes from break-ins, as they stand empty during voting hours. Officers have also been told to allow the police themselves time to vote. (Jonathan Lis) Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann yesterday canceled the meeting of the Judicial Appointments Committee set for Thursday, because the three justices who sit on the committee object to appointing judges during a transition government. Ten district and magistrate's court judges were to have been appointed. In a letter to two other committee members, attorney Yori Geiron and MK Orit Noked (Labor), Friedmann wrote that while Attorney General Menachem Mazuz had approved appointing judges at this time, the justices opposed the meeting. (Tomer Zarchin) The U.S. Army says it has kicked out a soldier accused of beating a Jewish trainee. A spokesman at Fort Benning in Georgia said yesterday that the soldier received an administrative discharge in the beating of Pvt. Michael Handman. The spokesman declined to release the discharged soldier's name. Handman was assaulted in September, days after he complained of religious harassment in his basic training unit. (AP) Bookmark to del.icio.us   Obama goes white A new advertisement reminds Americans to consider the real issues when voting Sarah Palin hits a nerve The antipathy to Palin is located at the intersection of feminism and Jewish identity

Read & React Bradley Burston: Dire fears for Obama in Rabin's long shadow Responses: 13 Obama carries lead over McCain into election day Responses: 169 ANALYSIS / Is Obama a danger to Israel after all? Responses: 198 Britain to EU: Clamp down on imports from settlements Responses: 234 You betcha, Sarah Palin hits a nerve among Jewish women Responses: 111 Hezbollah: Large swaths of north Israel belong to Lebanon Responses: 151 More Headlines 01:40 First polls close in historic U.S. election 01:35 Five Hamas men killed in first IDF raid since Gaza truce 01:33 Dire fears for Obama in Rabin's long shadow 01:18 On Rabin anniversary, Ben-Eliezer says 'next political murder is around the corner' 23:28 McCain turns black and Obama goes white to focus voters on the issues 01:36 Favorite TV moments from the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign 01:23 Some drinking games to help Americans in Israel make it through election night 18:27 Israel's UN envoy: Dangerous words, like Ahmadinejad's, sparked the Holocaust 22:24 Peres to join Saudi King on interfaith panel for first time 23:52 ANALYSIS / So is Obama a danger to Israel after all? 18:26 Human Rights Watch charges Georgia used defective Israeli-made cluster bombs 01:21 VIDEO / Arabs across the Middle East express preference for Obama 19:57 Israelis unearth skeleton of 'petite' priestess who died 12,000 years ago Previous Editions Select Day 04 nov 03 nov 02 nov 31 oct 30 oct 29 oct 28 oct 27 oct 26 oct 24 oct 23 oct 22 oct

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