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...with much sadness and regret that I learned of the sudden passing of Israel's sixth president, Chaim Herzog, who died of heart failure yesterday at the age of 78. Herzog served as Israel's president for two terms, spanning an entire decade from...
...Herzog was born in Belfast, Ireland where, as a younger man, he was that country's national bantamweight boxing champion. He immigrated to present-day Israel in 1935 and graduated from the Hevron Yeshiva...
JERUSALEM: Chaim Herzog, Israel's longest-serving president, died in Jerusalem at age 78. Herzog, who became Israel's sixth president in 1983, served in the largely ceremonial post for 10 years and was instrumental in helping shape the country's world image. "He was such a gentleman and a scholar, who had a sort of soothing impact which took a lot of the hard, sharp edges out of internal political debate," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. "He moderated the dialogue and helped people reach accommodations behind the scenes that they might not have otherwise been able to achieve...
...certification instead, primarily because to deny Mexico the aid could seriously damage attempts to keep drugs from streaming across the border into the U.S. "It would be difficult to maintain the same level of cooperation when one has received a slap in the face," said Mexican Ambassador Jesus Silva Herzog. The Mexican government brought another trophy to the bargaining table Thursday by capturing Gulf Cartel leader Oscar Malherbe de Leon, head of a major smuggling operation, and destroying a ton of cocaine seized by the Mexican navy on the Yucatan resort island of Cozumel. In announcing the recertification, Secretary...
...certification instead, primarily because to deny Mexico the aid could seriously damage attempts to keep drugs from streaming across the border into the U.S. "It would be difficult to maintain the same level of cooperation when one has received a slap in the face," said Mexican Ambassador Jesus Silva Herzog. The Mexican government brought another trophy to the bargaining table Thursday by capturing Gulf Cartel leader Oscar Malherbe de Leon, head of a major smuggling operation, and destroying a ton of cocaine seized by the Mexican navy on the Yucatan resort island of Cozumel. In announcing the recertification, Secretary...