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NEW YORK (JTA) -- A rare copy of a famous denunciation of French anti-Semitism will be auctioned in London this month.

Christie's auctioneers estimate Emile Zola's "J'Accuse" will sell for $6,600. The 1898 letter by the French novelist denounces the imprisonment of Jewish officer Alfred Dreyfus on false charges of spying for Germany. Dreyfus was pardoned in 1906 after serving part of his life sentence on the Devil's Island penal colony.

Do Pokemon cards bear Nazi symbols?

TOYKO (JTA) -- The American distributor of the popular Pokemon trading cards said this week it will forward complaints to the Japanese creator about a card that includes a swastika.

Nintendo of America Inc. said the symbol on the card, which came to America through unauthorized importing and sales, represents an ancient symbol of hope in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions.

Japanese magazine apologizes for article

TOYKO (JTA) -- The publisher of a major Japanese magazine agreed to run an apology and a retraction for an anti-Semitic statement in a recent article.

The Oct. 15 article in the Shukan Post, Japan's second-largest weekly magazine, claimed that "Wall Street Jews" were behind an American company's Sept. 28 takeover of a Japanese credit bank.

The company that publishes the magazine also agreed to hold a seminar on the Holocaust and human rights.

ADL director resigns from Latvian panel

BERLIN (JTA) -- The national director of the Anti-Defamation League resigned from an international commission of historians created to examine Latvia's role in the Holocaust.

Abraham Foxman said he resigned from the Commission of Historians, established by Latvia's previous president, Guntis Ulmanis, because "I am deeply concerned that Latvia is not yet ready to truly examine and confront the experience of Latvian Jews during the Holocaust."

Russia won't stop sale of nukes to Iran

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Russia's prime minister rejected Israeli calls for Moscow to stop the transfer of nuclear technology to Iran.

Speaking at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak after they met Tuesday in Oslo, Vladimir Putin offered to ease Israeli concerns by forging a joint committee to deal with the issue.

But at the same time, he said it would be "stupid" to allow Russia's defense contractors to be "forced out of the very attractive and lucrative market" and be "replaced by other suppliers, mostly from the West."