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Mar. 10, 2003 Anti-Semitic incidents in Canada up 60% By MICHAEL FREUND The number of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada last year soared by more than 60% over 2001 according to statistics compiled by the League for Human Rights of B'nai B'rith Canada, the National Post reported. The annual audit found that there were 459 episodes of anti-Semitism in Canada in 2002, the highest number recorded in the 20 years since B'nai B'rith began tracking such data and double the figure of five years ago. The report notes that Jews in Canada were subjected to "death threats, bomb threats, physical assaults,...

Feb. 25, 2003 Iran angered by Argentine media reports implicating it in Jewish center explosion By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TEHRAN, Iran The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Argentina's top diplomat on Tuesday to complain about Argentine media reports that implicated Iran in the blowing up of a Jewish center in 1994, the official Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The agency said the ministry condemned the reports as "baseless allegations." The agency did not identify the Argentine charge d'affaires. The Argentine Embassy in Tehran did not return telephone calls on Tuesday. La Nacion, a prominent Argentine daily, reported over the weekend that...