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• 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 ...
• Israeli official says Livni closer to PM post
... by former Kadima leader Ehud Olmert, who resigned as prime minister under the cloud of a corruption investigation. If Livni fails to put together a coalition in the coming weeks, early elections would have to be called, further disrupting Israel's ...
• Bush critic Krugman wins economics Nobel
Aumann , of Israel and the United States, and American Thomas C. Schelling , for their work in game-theory analysis. —2004: Finn E. Kydland , Norway, and Edward C. Prescott , United States, for their contribution to dynamic macroeconomics. —2003: ...
• 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 ...