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• Centenarian: Helen Janowitz

  JANOWITZ was born April 2, 1912, in Hungary and came to America as a young lady. She met and married Irving Janowitz (now deceased) and lived in Rockville Centre before moving to Oceanside . Helen and Irving operated a retail fur store in Rockville Centre   Read more »

• UN slams Hungary for abuse of asylum seekers

  -- They say they came to Hungary to escape brutality, war or the threat of being put to death in their home countries. Instead, they are serving untold months behind bars without ever being convicted of a crime.Migrants who arrive from violence-ridden countries   Read more »

• Sarkozy the fighter in battle of his career

  intensity and ambition.His biographers have suggested that Sarkozy, the middle of three brothers in a family with origins in Hungary , had something to prove: To his father, who divorced his mother when Nicolas was young and drew the son's scorn; to the upper-middle   Read more »

• Hungary: Man suspected of killing 4 relatives

  (AP) -- Hungarian police say they have captured a man suspected of killing four relatives and injuring three others with a machete.Police from Fejer County say Csanad Jutas Horvath, 24, is suspected of killing his father, brother and grandparents and of in   Read more »

• Experts: Hungary president's thesis largely copied

  (AP) -- An investigating committee says the Hungarian president's 1992 doctoral thesis is based on "unusually extensive" translations from other authors, but blames the university for failing to notice the duplications.A five-member committee at Budapest '   Read more »

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• Forint Slumps, Set for Fourth Weekly Retreat on Bailout Delays

  forint weakened, set for a fourth weekly loss on speculation that talks between the International Monetary Fund and Hungary, the European Union’s most indebted eastern member, will be further delayed. The Hungarian currency weakened 0.7 percent to 303.11 per 52 m ago from Bloomberg.com Read more »

• Hungary and Romania in Wwii

  And Romania In WWII: Friends or Foes? The area known as the Balkans has been host to copious amounts of political turmoil, fluidity in alliances and constant adjustments to national borders. Ethnic and territorial disputes have been a constant headache for 5:43 AM from OpPapers.com Read more »

• A Walk Through The City Squares of Budapest - Part 2.

  walk through Budapest city squares introduces the greatest leaders and intellectual giants in the history of Hungary. The city squares of Budapest present the most distinguished political leaders, and exceptionally brilliant intellects in Hungarian history, 5:29 AM from Suite 101 Read more »

• Sunderland defender John O'Shea back in training

  squad for the finals, Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni said earlier this week that the 30-year-old must prove his fitness against Hungary. And O’Shea’s involvement in training at the Republic’s training camp in Italy suggests he will be fit to play. Take a 5:28 AM from ChronicleLive Read more »

• OTP Bank Drops for Third Day on Hungary Aid Delay, Chinese Data

  Bank Nyrt. (OTP), the biggest lender in Hungary, fell for a third day on speculation the country’s talks with the International Monetary Fund may be further delayed and as data showed China’s manufacturing growth slowed. The stock retreated 0.4 percent to 5:24 AM from Bloomberg.com Read more »