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2 missing as ships collide in Israel (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:07:04 GMT

Two ships collided just outside Israel's northern port of Haifa late Thursday, Israeli officials said. One of the ships sank, and 14 of its sailors were rescued, but two were missing, they said.


Palestinian economy ever further shackled to Israel: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:38:03 GMT

The economy of the Palestinian territories is increasingly tied to Israel as poverty, violence and occupation restrict the prospects for independent growth, a United Nations report said on Thursday.


New book challenges US support for Israel (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:14:14 GMT

An upcoming book that challenges whether diplomatic and military support for Israel is in the United States' best interests is set to spark fresh debate on Washington's role in the Middle East.


Report: Russia fueled Israel-Syria tension (UPI)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:54:47 GMT

Russia was partly to blame for the heightened tension between Israel and Syria earlier this summer, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday.


Officials' Trips to Israel Said to Tip Ethics Scale (Washington Post)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 05:34:26 GMT

Montgomery County lawmakers, along with dozens of officials from around the region, for years have taken trips to Israel, with most expenses paid by local Jewish organizations. But the trips -- now worth about $4,000 -- appear to violate the county's ethics law, according to an ethics commission...


2 Missing As Ships Collide in Israel (AP via Yahoo! Asia News)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:07:04 GMT

Two ships collided just outside Israel's northern port of Haifa late Thursday, Israeli officials said.


Israel must take steps to improve its treatment of Sudanese refugees (JTA)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:31:28 GMT

Israel must do a better job in evaluating the asylum claims of Sudanese refugees, an American Jewish Committee fellow writes. Before you continue...


Israel appoints new atomic energy commission chief (People's Daily)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:50:45 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday named Shaul Horev, a former Israel Navy chief, as the next Director General of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC), local daily Ha'aretz reported on its website. Horev was named the ...


Israel 'allowing Muslims to destroy Temple wall' (WorldNet Daily)
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Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:56:28 GMT

JERUSALEM – Israel is blocking leading archeologists from surveying massive damage Islamic authorities are accused of causing to what experts believe may be an outer wall of the Second Jewish Temple, WND has learned.


Human rights report on Israel-Hezbollah war criticized in Lebanon (People's Daily)
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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:18:53 GMT

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, which accuses Hezbollah of firing rockets indiscriminately at civilian areas in Israel during last summer's war, was sternly criticized in Lebanon, the Daily Star reported on Thursday. Hussein Rahhal, ...