JERUSALEM — A Jerusalem court ruled has ruled against plans to build a luxury housing development on the remains of a Palestinian village abandoned in the 1948 war that followed the establishment of Israel. Read full article > >

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A study suggests a quarter of today’s UK children are living in families with two or more risk factors to their educational development.

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Education ‘risk factors’ listed

A virus has infected the computer network of a job-development agency in the Commerce Department , forcing it to block employees from the Internet for 10 days. The attack, discovered two weeks ago, targeted computers at the Economic Development Administration , which is responsible for making business-development grants to distressed communities to help them create jobs. Read full article > >

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Commerce agency’s system infected by virus, may be victim of cyber attack

The Muslim Women’s Institute for Research and Development serves over 5,000 needy New Yorkers a month – and just got a new lease on life. The organization has two locations: in Highbridge and Parkchester, Bronx, providing hunger, health and immigration services. It was in danger of closing its doors on December 31, due to lack of funding, but got a donation just in the nick of time from the Collegiate Church . “It felt really good,” said Nurah Ama’tullah, executive director of the Institute. “It is truly like a blessing.” Ama’tullah said the payroll was disrupted around Labor Day and the Institute’s future was in limbo until the donation came in on December 19. “It was a time of prayer and reflection as to how we would continue,” she recalled. “For someone like myself, it’s always a question as to ‘Is this what Allah wants me to do?’” The $100,000 grant was able to pay off the $50,000 in existing debt and will be used to cover operational expenses through the end of March. But since the middle of December, an additional $49,000 was raised from various sources, so now costs are covered through the end of May. “We are working to raise additional funds,” Ama’tullah said.

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Bronx Interfaith Nonprofit Saved

Penn South, a housing development in Chelsea, and the ill-fated Pruitt-Igoe project in St. Louis shared a type of housing stock but little else.

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Critic’s Notebook: Penn South and Pruitt-Igoe, Starkly Different Housing Tales

International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell admits to the BBC that his department betrayed the name of an anti-corruption whistleblower in 2009.

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Minister in whistleblower apology

International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell admits to the BBC that his department betrayed the name of an anti-corruption whistleblower in 2009.

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International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell admits to the BBC that his department betrayed the name of an anti-corruption whistleblower in 2009.

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Minister in whistleblower apology

Farewell to the Fentys? The former first lady of D.C. has an exciting new job — in the Caribbean. According to an announcement from the Inter-American Development Bank, where she has worked the past two years, Michelle Cross Fenty has been named the bank’s representative in Trinidad and Tobago. Bank officials confirmed for us that the job is based in the capital of Port-of-Spain. Is the whole Fenty family moving? A spy recently saw her and former Mayor Adrian Fenty on an island flight — but they did not respond to messages. Read full article > >

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Michelle Fenty, ex-mayor’s wife, takes job in Caribbean

TOKYO — Japan on Thursday agreed to cut its dependence on Iranian oil, bolstering the U.S.-led effort to choke off funding for Iran’s nuclear development program. The Japanese pledge, given during a visit here from Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner, stood in contrast with resistance earlier this week from China , whose officials say that Iran’s uranium program and its energy sales shouldn’t be linked. Read full article > >

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On Monday, Wizards of the Coast, the Hasbro subsidiary that owns Dungeons & Dragons, announced that a new edition is under development: and players will weigh in on how to reboot the franchise.

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President Obama ’s recess appointments Wednesday of Richard Cordray to be the new consumer finance watchdog and of three National Labor Relations Board members doubtless raised the hopes of other nominees languishing on the Senate floor that they, too, may yet get their jobs. The White House, which notes that George W. Bush made 61 recess appointments at this point compared with Obama’s 28, counts 74 nominees pending on the Senate floor. These include some quite senior jobs, such as deputy secretaries at the departments of Commerce and Housing and Urban Development as well as five officials at Energy. Read full article > >

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Obama and Cordray enjoy their recess

The Food and Drug Administration plans to restrict a family of antibiotics commonly used to treat livestock, citing concerns that overuse might promote the development of drug-resistant bacteria that can infect people. On Wednesday, the FDA said it would limit the use of cephalosporin in cattle, swine, chicken and turkey. The antibiotics can no longer be used to prevent diseases in livestock starting April 5, though they can still be used to treat illnesses, the FDA said. Read full article > >

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A document allegedly detailing non-lethal weaponry in development by the US military is published online.

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US weapons ‘wish list’ revealed

After more than a decade in which San Francisco politics was partly defined by antidevelopment and historic preservation forces, a backlash has begun.

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The Bay Citizen: An Unlikely Group Rebels Against Preservation Districts