* Anti-Semitic incidents in Manchester, England, increased by 40 percent from 2004 to 2005, the city’s police superintendent said. In an address to a synagogue in Manchester last week, Leor Giladi said the increase came even as there was a 30 percent drop over the same period in the Greater London area.
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