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Nov 10th 2012, 23:36

أ.ش.أ: قال المتحدث باسم جيش الاحتلال الإسرائيلي إن وحدة في سلاح الجو الإسرائيلي استهدفت الليلة خلية كانت تستعد لإطلاق صورايخ تجاه مستوطنات الجنوب.
 
ونقلت صحيفة "يديعوت احرونوت" عن المتحدث قوله إن أكثر من 30 صاروخا أطلقت من قطاع غزة مساء اليوم تجاه المستوطنات ،فيما أعلن عن تعليق الدراسة غدا"الأحد" في المجتمعات المجاورة لقطاع غزة. ...

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Nov 11th 2012, 04:42

رويترز: قال وزير المالية الإسرائيلي يوفال شتاينتز يوم السبت أن إسرائيل ستكف عن جمع عائدات الضرائب للسلطة الفلسطينية ولن تسلم لها أي أموال إذا واصل الرئيس الفلسطيني محمود عباس السعي للحصول على عضوية دولة مراقبة في الأمم المتحدة.
 
وقال شتاينتز "إذا استمر الفلسطينيون في المضي قدما في تحركهم المنفرد فعليهم إلا يتوقعوا تعاونا ثنائيا. لن نجمع الضرائب لهم ولن ننقل عائداتهم الضريبية." ...

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Nov 11th 2012, 06:06

INDIANAPOLIS -- Authorities say a loud explosion has leveled a home in Indianapolis and set four others ablaze in a...

Nov 11th 2012, 06:15

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Nov 11th 2012, 06:05

By Elaine Ganley Associated Press Comments Rachida Dati built her against-the-odds career by defying convention. (AP Photo/Christian Lutz, File) Paris â€" Rachida Dati built her against-the-odds career by defying convention. So it was in character when â€" while serving as France's justice minister â€" she had a daughter and refused to say who the father was. Now, what was once thought to be an exercise in discretion has morphed into a messy scandal involving tales of power, sex and ambition. Dati, now 46, says simply: "I have a complicated private life." Dati was the toast of Paris and foreign capitals when she served as justice minister under then-President Nicolas Sarkozy from June 2007...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:48

Washington: USAID's Indian-American head Raj Shah, who has established himself as one of the most successful administrators of the agency, is being seen as a strong contender for a Cabinet position as President Barack Obama prepares for his second term and forms a new team. Given his strong credentials as a successful USAID administrator and his unflinching loyalty to Obama, administrative and political sources told a news agency that Raj could well...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:43

JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Israeli aircraft targeted a Palestinian rocket-launching crew in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday night, just moments after it fired projectiles toward southern Israel, the Israeli military said in a statement overnight. "A short while ago, the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) targeted a rocket launching squad in the northern Gaza Strip moments after it fired rockets towards southern Israel. A direct hit was confirmed, " the statement said. Gaza's armed Islamic Jihad movement, as quoted by media reports, said that a local commander named Mohammed Shkokani was killed in the airstrike. In one of the worst days of cross-border violence in recent weeks, militants...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:45

Washington • Forget political pundits, gut instincts, and psychics. The mightier-than-ever silicon chip seems to reveal the future. In just two weeks this fall, computer models displayed an impressive prediction prowess. Photos Join the Discussion It started when the first computer model alerted meteorologists to the pre-Halloween disaster headed for the Northeast from a bunch of clouds in the Caribbean. Nearly a week later, that weather system became Hurricane Sandy and grew into a superstorm after taking a once-in-a-century sharp turn into New Jersey. Then, statistician and blogger Nate Silver correctly forecast on his beat-up laptop how all 50 states would vote for president. He even...

Nov 11th 2012, 06:27

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The "fiscal cliff," a metaphor drawn from nature, was actually created by members of the U.S. Congress, who designed it to be so horrible that they and the president would come to their senses and avert it in the nick of time. That time is now with the start this week of a lame-duck session of Congress. But it is not at all certain that Republicans and Democrats are ready to make the compromises necessary to undo the trap they set in August 2011. John Boehner Republican Party Democratic Party...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:43

YANGON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Two earthquakes measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Myanmar at 0129 GMT and 0132 GMT respectively on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The two quakes, with a depth of 10.10 km, hit the same region by the strong quake, measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale at 0112 GMT. The USGS originally reported the quake was measured at 7.0 on the Richter scale. Related stories Moderate quake hits Halmahera, Indonesia 2012-09-19 Moderate quake jolts Taiwan 2012-08-14 Editor:James |Source: Xinhua Text:A A AEmail Share | Topics - Space: Asia´s largest radio telescope...

Nov 11th 2012, 06:06

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinians say a Gaza man has been killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike. Palestinian health...

Nov 11th 2012, 06:25

Bangkok: Several areas in the Thai capital, Bangkok, felt tremors after a 6.6-magnitude strong earthquake struck neighbouring...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:48

Tehran: At least four people, including a woman, were killed and 36 injured after a train derailed in central...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:54

Tweet Washington, Nov. 11 (ANI): The FBI investigation that led to the discovery of CIA Director David Petraeus' extra-marital affair and his resignation started after the agency began monitoring his emails. The agency was alerted that Petraeus' biographer Paula Broadwell, with whom he had an affair, may have had accessed his personal email account. The FBI investigation began when someone reported that suspicious emails were allegedly sent from Broadwell....

Nov 11th 2012, 06:03

By Steve Johnson San Jose Mercury News Comments While Google's self-driving car is getting heaps of attention, a lesser-known effort that would employ cutting-edge technologies to make regular automobiles safer is fast gaining traction. Under the "connected vehicle" program being developed by federal and state officials, cars, trucks and buses bristling with gadgets would wirelessly communicate with each other as well as with traffic signals, pavement-embedded sensors and other road equipment. Drivers then would get automatic warnings about everything from icy bridges and accidents in their paths to cars racing at them through red lights and lane changes they should avoid because another...

Nov 11th 2012, 06:14

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians say a Gaza man has been killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike....

Nov 11th 2012, 06:19

The Associated Press Posted: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 12:55 AM INDIANAPOLIS - Authorities say a loud explosion has leveled a home in Indianapolis and set four others ablaze in a neighborhood, causing several injuries. Capt. Rita Burris with the Indiana Fire Department told The Associated Press that firefighters are still working to put out the flames after the explosion around 11 p.m. Saturday. She told AP early Sunday there were multiple injuries but details remain sketchy and there are no fatalities reported at this point. She says the fire occurred in a south Indianapolis residential area and there's no immediate report on the cause. But she says authorities would be checking if gas was...

Nov 11th 2012, 06:28

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A strong earthquake struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, collapsing a bridge, damaging several old Buddhist pagodas and leaving at least six people dead, according to local media reports. No casualties or major damage was reported in the nearest major population center, Myanmar's second-biggest city of Mandalay, about 117 kilometers (72 miles) south of the quake's epicenter near...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:43

CAIRO, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- At least four people were killed and another 30 injured when two trains collided with each other on Saturday in Egypt's Faiyum governorate, some 85 km south of Cairo, official MENA news agency reported. The wounded have been taken to different hospitals for treatment, MENA quoted an official from Egyptian Ambulance Organization as saying, adding that the injuries are among fracture, cut, bruise and brain concussion. The accident took place in the evening between the villages of Seilla and Nasseriya in central Faiyum, when the train No. 3265 coming from Alexandria to Faiyum collided with the train No. 3607 heading to Cairo. In February 2002, a train disaster caused...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:56

Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has urged residents of the region of Catalonia to reject calls for independence. He made the comments at a rally as politicians in the...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:56

Related topics PhuketThailandLuxury accommodationSeafood restaraunt Advertisement Trisara, consistently ranked in the top 10 luxury hotels on the island of Phuket, Thailand, is opening a new ocean-side restaurant this month, Trisara Seafood. The restaurant has a private entrance, leading guests either to an outdoor, beachfront terrace under gently rustling palms or the elegant, refreshing interior. Designed along classic lines the restaurant is stylish without being pretentious. Appealing to the high-end clientele that is attracted to the Trisara, guests have the option of arriving by their own boat, using Trisara's jetty. "We wanted to bring a truly international seafood experience to...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:48

Tehran: Iran's permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh has confirmed the resumption of talks with the UN nuclear...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:56

Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed ancient golden artefacts during excavation works in the north of the country. The findings include golden rings, female figurines and a 100 gold buttons. They're...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:20

Related topics Justin TimberlakeJessica Biel Advertisement Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are definitely a fan favorite but the newlyweds may have just won over a few million more after today. Their first public appearance as man and wife did not involve a red carpet. The pair jumped in to help Hurricane Sandy victims on Saturday along with producer Timbaland in the Rockaways neighborhood of Queens, New York. E! reports that the couple handed out relief backpacks for over three hours. They volunteered until the trucks were emptied. Both Justin and Jessica took to twitter after Sandy hit the East Coast. "Taking in the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy … my thoughts and prayers go out...

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Nov 11th 2012, 05:06

LONDON — The BBC’s top executive resigned yesterday after the broadcaster’s marquee news magazine wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal. The mistake deepened a crisis that exploded after it decided not to air similar allegations against one of its own stars who police now say was one of the nation’s...

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Nov 11th 2012, 05:37

A major earthquake hit central Burma on Sunday near Mandalay, its second-biggest city, but early information...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:42

A strong earthquake struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, with local media reporting that five people were killed. Scattered damage and injuries also were reported in areas close to the quake's epicenter. According to news reports, the most significant damage appeared to be the collapsing of bridge under construction across the Irrawaddy River in the town of...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:43

Updated: November 10, 2012 11:29PM ANGON, Myanmar — A strong earthquake struck northern Myanmar on Sunday, with local media reporting that five people were killed. Scattered damage and injuries also were reported in areas close to the quake's epicenter. According to news reports, the most significant damage appeared to the collapse of a bridge...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:43

At least 24 people have been killed in various incidents of target killings in Pakistan’s biggest city in the last 24 hours. Fresh violence erupted in Karachi yesterday when armed gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on people sitting at a tea stall close to a well known Madrasa run by the Ahle...

Nov 11th 2012, 05:43

YANGON, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar's northern Mandalay region Sunday morning, according to Nay Pyi Taw Hydrology and Meteorology Department. The epicenter was determined at Tabaitgine, about 131 kilometers north of Mandalay city and 72 kilometers north of Shwebo township. With a depth of 20 km, the quake happened at 07:40:37 a.m. local time (01:10:37 GMT), the sources said. So far, there is no immediate report of casualties and damages to properties. Meanwhile, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a quake with 6.6-magnitude hit the region at 01:12:38 GMT with depth of 10 km. The USGS also reported two moderate quakes...