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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (JTA) — After last-minute negotiating, Austria, the United States and Jewish groups signed an agreement under which Austria will pay millions of dollars to Holocaust survivors. Until the 11th hour, it looked as if the deal might collapse, as Austrian officials and the country’s Jewish community couldn’t quite reach agreement on terms. […]

JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 (JTA) – For all their differences, Israeli and Palestinian officials are agreeing on one thing – that it is unlikely they will achieve any breakthroughs before Israeli elections are held next month. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s spokesman all but ruled out the possibility of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord before Israel […]