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        11/5/2009, Cheshvan 18, 5770

      Shabtai Kalmanovich Funeral at 11:00


      Shabtai Kalmanovich will be laid to rest at the Petach Tikva cemetery at 11:00 am Thursday. He was assassinated three days ago in Moscow.

      During much of his life, Kalmanovich was a double agent who worked for the Soviet Union's KGB service and the Israeli Shin Bet at the same time. He was sentenced to jail in Israel for espionage and was released after 5.5 years.