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• Step-on scanner lets air travelers keep shoes on
LOD, Israel - Israel has introduced a step-on scanner that spares airline travelers the nuisance of having to remove their shoes so they can be X-rayed for hidden weapons, though the new device cannot yet sniff out explosives. Only the shoes of ...
• Olmert to Moscow: Don't arm Israel's enemies
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, said Sunday he would urge Moscow not to sell sophisticated weapons to Israel's enemies. Iran is interested in buying anti-aircraft missiles ...
• Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur
JERUSALEM - Israel came to a virtual standstill at sundown Wednesday as Jews across the country began observing Yom Kippur, the holiest day of their calendar. The somber holiday caps the "Days of Awe," a 10-day period of soul searching that began ...
• Smuggling by tunnel goes legit in Gaza
With the Gaza Strip's borders virtually sealed by Israel and Egypt for the past 16 months, the tunnels — some 200, by conservative estimate — are among the territory's main lifelines and are seen as vital for keeping the Islamic militant Hamas in ...
• Hezbollah: Israeli MIA escaped, believed dead
Ron Arad, an Israeli air force navigator who was captured after his fighter jet went down in Lebanon in 1986, is shown in this file photo provided by Israel's Channel One on July 13. JERUSALEM - Israel's most famous missing soldier escaped from ...