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From The Independent
Donald Trump soars to new high of 41 points – more than double his nearest rival
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Ahead of the Iowa caucus: A Jewish guide to the presidential candidates
In living rooms and meeting halls throughout the state, caucus-goers will group themselves into clusters according to which presidential candidate they favor. By the end of the day, two real-life winners will emerge: not a “leader in the polls,” not a “likely front-runner,” but the Democrat and Republican who will have secured Iowa’s delegation to the parties’ respective conventions in the summer.
Iowa’s delegates, which come as a bloc, account for just 1 percent or so of the national total. But their selections will be the first substantive results in what has been a raucous and unpredictable campaign, rife with speculation, especially on the Republican side.
A week and a day later, voters in New Hampshire will cast ballots in a more straightforward process, and by the late hours of Feb. 9, the race will truly be on – with the media in hot pursuit. At JTA, the question is what it has been for nearly a century: What does all this mean for the Jews?
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From Russia Today
‘Women no longer feel safe’: German city bans migrants from nightclubs after assault allegations
Published time: 26 Jan, 2016 21:10
The German city of Freiburg says it is banning migrants from its nightclubs due to complaints by women of sexual harassment at the hands of asylum seekers and the stabbing of a bouncer by a migrant.
One woman told the Badische Zeitung that she had been in a club in December, when a large group of African men accosted her.
“I was surrounded and marginalized while dancing,” she said. “The situation was full of male violence. I felt threatened.”
There have also been reports of petty theft occurring in nightspots around the city, which is located in southwestern Germany on the Swiss border.
From The Independent
The rogue private army that handed an oil field to Isis on a plate
Fire rises from an oil tank in Ras Lanuf, Libya. Attacks against Libya’s biggest oil terminals in recent weeks have been lethal and sustained Reuters
From Russia Today
ISIS fighters use Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge to train & rest – Lavrov
Published time: 26 Jan, 2016 20:08
There are reports that Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is using Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge as a training base, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said, adding that the terrorist threat is one of the reasons it has been necessary to strengthen border controls between the countries.
“We are getting reports that IS militants use this remote area to train, rest and replenish their reserves,” Lavrov told a press conference in Moscow on Tuesday. Russia’s top diplomat added that it hasn’t been possible to open the borders since a visa regime was introduced between Russia and Georgia back in 2000 largely because the “terrorist threat coming from the Pankisi Gorge has not faded.”
Lavrov added it makes no sense to discuss the abolition of Russia’s visa regime with Georgia at this stage.
“We are ready to launch a visa-free regime in the future, but it is a bit strange if we discuss it at a time when we do not have any diplomatic relations,” the Russian FM said, adding that Georgia, not Moscow, severed its ties with Russia.
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