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NewJerseyTelegraph.com Monday 8th February 2010 Issue 2119
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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State considers vision tests for all N.J. drivers
New Jersey After 3 Nominated as a Finalist for NJBIZ 2010 Nonprofit Innovation Award
Shore braces for another round of snow expected to start Tuesday
U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa

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FBI charges Brick man with cyberstalking
Pinnacle to sell Atlantic City site

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Use Hindi language in scientific works, publications: Saran
NASA's space shuttle Endeavour launched
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Endeavour blasts off for mission to space station
Stephen Hawking's initials seen in space

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JERSEY CITY: Summations in Deputy's Bribery, Extortion Trial
-- Attorneys in the first trial stemming from New Jersey's largest federal corruption sting are offering jurors their interpretation of the evidence. Suspended Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona...

NEW BRUNSWICK: 6 Sorority Members Plead Not Guilty to Hazing
-- Six members of a suspended Rutgers University sorority pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of hazing. A lawyer for five of the women said they deny the allegations of paddling Sigma Gamma Rho...
Asbury Park arts group sponsors dinner
— The Arts Coalition of Asbury Park is sponsoring a dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11 to celebrate the students and teachers of the Culinary Education Center of Monmouth County, 101 Drury...
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World
NATO aware of Taliban buildupNATO aware of Taliban buildup
It has been suggested by Afghan villagers that the Taliban may be preparing for a major offensive against NATO...

Gas plant explodes in US
In the United States, at least five people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured after an explosion ripped through a gas power plant under construction in Middletown in...
Man dies after stowing away on jetMan dies after stowing away on jet
The body of a man has been found slumped in the landing gear of a plane at Japan's Narita...
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Business News
U.S. stocks slip into red MondayU.S. stocks slip into red Monday
U.S. stocks hovered in and out of positive territory Monday, with the bears only slightly getting the upper...

Stocks could be on a downer this weekStocks could be on a downer this week
There is a growing sense that the US stock market's rally from the lows of March 2009 has run out of...
Nissan decides not to desert SpainNissan decides not to desert Spain
Japanese carmaker Nissan has it will not close its Avila plant in Spain, although it will run at less than 50 percent capacity for at least three...
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New Jersey's Republican Governor Chris Christie has named an Indian American doctor, Poonam Alaigh, as the commissioner of the state Health and Senior Services Department, a cabinet post.

Alaigh, 45, has a multifaceted background in health care administration and delivery, including clinical practice, hospital practice, hospital administration, managed care, pharmaceutical medicine, and health care policy.

'It is important we have a qualified team with the attitude and willingness to get to work, make tough decisions and strive for results. These appointments will assure that the status quo isn't acceptable and the health and education of New Jersey's citizens will be in the best of hands,' Governor Christies said, announcing Alaigh's name.

The state Senate has to confirm her appointment. Alaigh said her first priority is to help the governor balance the budget.

Currently director of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, she is also working as an assistant professor in the department of family practice at University of Medicine and Dentistry/Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School.

At Horizon, she is responsible for the major clinical areas. Prior to joining Horizon, she served as national medical director for GlaxoSmithKline and was working with health plans on a number of national issues, including better use of health care technology, the reduction of disparities in health care and health care access to the under and uninsured population.

Horizon is the largest health insurer in the state, which hired Alaigh 10 months ago as its executive medical director for quality and care management.

Alaigh practises medicine at the New Jersey Veterans Administration Hospital in Lyons and is a member of the College of New Jersey Board of Trustees and has served as president of the American Heart Association of North Jersey.

She earned her MD and her masters in health care policy and management from State University of New York at Stony Brook. Alaigh is one of the founding members of SATHI (the South Asian Total Healthcare Initiative).

She is a board-certified internist with a specialty in vascular diseases. She published research papers on vascular disease and population health.


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