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Vol. 7, Iss. 4
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TERROR IN THE WILD WEST Lily Safra Sues AS GUNMAN TARGETS British Newspaper JEWISH CONGRESSWOMAN Over “Fortune Hunter” Claim
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Yartzeit of the Baba Sali Attracts Thousands The scene of the shooting outside a Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Arizona The latest news out of Tucson Arizona sounds optimistic for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot along with 19 other people, 6 of whom succumbed to their wounds.
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ongresswoman Giffords, has Rep. Gabrielle Jared Loughner given a thumbs-up sign and Gifford, sustained a smiled for his mug tried to grab at the breathing tube, an encouraging sign of the bullet wound to the shot after his killing spree in a level of consciousness and her reac- brain but Doctors remain optimistic tion to the pain. Tucson Arizona "The fact that she's able to regis- for her recovery. Supermarket. ter that discomfort and then react to it…means the brain is working on a cognitive problems. higher level," Lemole said. On a clear Saturday afternoon, Without speculating on the congress- Congressman Giffords met with her conwoman's long-term prognosis, Lemole said stituents at a local Safeway supermarket. she has the "full range" of recovery ahead of During her speech, Jared Loughner ran her. toward the front of the informal gathering "I've seen people in this scenario make and shot the Congresswoman in the head very little improvement and require constant then turned and continued firing randomly care, and I've seen other people ... who have into the crowd. made remarkable recoveries -- functional Investigators say 31 shots were fired in recoveries -- and gone back to work," Lemole Tucson rampage; at least 20 rounds struck said. People who suffer penetrating traumatic Continued on page 8 brain injuries often develop paralysis and
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Lily Safra, widow of billionaire Edmund Safra a”h, known for her generosity is fighting back against slanderous newspaper articles about her. BY JILL SANDERS Billionaire mogul Lily Safra, the widow of philanthropist Edmond Safra a”h, has launched a legal action against the publisher of The Daily Mail, a London based newspaper, claiming the paper labeled her a "fortune hunter" who inherited vast sums of money when two of her husbands died under mysterious circumstances. ccording to The Press Gazette, another UK newspaper, Mrs. Safra, 71, who now lives in Geneva, says her reputation was seriously damaged by a September 2010 article in The Daily Mail that questioned the identity of the murderer of her late husband Edmond Safra who died in a fire at his Monaco penthouse on December 3, 1999. In legal papers filed with the High Court by her London lawyers Mishcon de
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