Middle East Caught In 'Biblical' Drought
11 December 2010 12:31
...over the weekend, though not on the same scale as Israel. Not everyone was complaining when Sky News filmed on the beach in Tel Aviv. Israelis were making the most of the unusual conditions, sunbathing and eating ice creams, while sparing a thought for people...
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Middle East Gasps In The Grip Of Drought
9 December 2010 02:23
...the weekend, though not on the same scale as Israel. Not everyone was complaining when Sky News filmed on the beach in Tel Aviv. Israelis were making the most of the unusual conditions, sunbathing and eating ice creams, while sparing a thought for people shivering...
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Comatose Ex-Israeli PM Home From Hospital
12 November 2010 05:34
...prime minister was taken home by ambulance Doctors transported the incapacitated ex-leader from Tel Hashomer hospital near Tel Aviv to his ranch in the Negev, southern Israel. The man once known as the bulldozer was reduced to a persistent vegetative state...
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Critics Oppose New Israeli Oath Of Loyalty
8 October 2010 06:31
...that Netanyahu feels in his heart, it wasn't his policy," analyst Jonathan Spyer of the Interdisciplinary Centre near Tel Aviv said. "It looks like a sop to try and get Lieberman's vote for the extra 60 days." But public radio quoted Yisrael Beitenu officials...
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Ex-Israeli parliament speaker Shilansky dead at 86
9 December 2010 03:19
JERUSALEM – Dov Shilansky, a former Israeli parliament speaker and advocate for memorializing the victims of the Nazi Holocaust of World War II, died Thursday, a parliament official said. He was 86. The diminutive politician with an unruly thatch of
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Israel Chemicals To Pay $270 Mln For a Scotts Unit
7 December 2010 09:24
TEL AVIV -- Israel Chemicals Ltd., the Tel Aviv provider of fertilizer and chemicals, proposed to pay $270 million for Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.'s global professional business. In a Tuesday statement, the Israeli firm said the Scotts assets involved in the
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Israeli Police Make Arrests in Fire
4 December 2010 05:55
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Tel Aviv Picture Gallery
28 September 2010 06:24
Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team Coach Eli Gutman (L) and forward Itay Shechter (R) attend a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team Coach Eli Gutman (L) and forward Itay Shechter (R) attend a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Tel Aviv's Israeli coach Eli Gutman plays with the ball during a training session on the eve of the Champions league football match Olympique de Lyon versus Happoel Tel Aviv at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, central eastern France, on December 6, 2010.
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Israeli�s Hapoel Tel Aviv Coach Eli Gutman react during their Group B UEFA Champions League football match againts France�s Olympique Lyonnais at the Bloomfield Staduim in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 29, 2010. Olympique Lyonnais won 3-1.
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Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team player forward Itay Shechter (L) attends a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team Coach Eli Gutman (L) and forward Itay Shechter (R) attend a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team player forward Itay Shechter attends a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Tel Aviv's Brazilian defender Douglas Da Silva (L) fights for the ball with Lyon's French forward Bafetimbi Gomis (R) during the Champions League football match Olympique de Lyon versus Happoel Tel Aviv on December 7, 2010 at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, central eastern France.
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Tel Aviv's Israeli forward Ben Sahar (L) is congratuled by teamates after scoring during the Champions League football match Olympique de Lyon versus Happoel Tel Aviv on December 7, 2010 at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, central eastern France.
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Israeli�s Hapoel Tel Aviv Coach Eli Gutman react during their Group B UEFA Champions League football match againts France�s Olympique Lyonnais at the Bloomfield Staduim in Tel Aviv, Israel on September 29, 2010. Olympique Lyonnais won 3-1.
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Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team player forward Itay Shechter attends a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv football team player forward Itay Shechter attends a training session at Wolfon Stadium near Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010, on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against France's Olympique Lyonnais.
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Tel Aviv's Israeli coach Eli Gutman plays with the ball during a training session on the eve of the Champions league football match Olympique de Lyon versus Happoel Tel Aviv at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, central eastern France, on December 6, 2010.
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Tel Aviv's Israeli midfielder Eran Zahavi is congratuled by teamates after scoring during the Champions League football match Olympique de Lyon versus Happoel Tel Aviv on December 7, 2010 at the Gerland stadium in Lyon, central eastern France.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of a vistor to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate his feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of vistors to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate their feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. . Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of a vistor to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate his feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of vistors to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate their feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of vistor to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate his feet while a woman receives a foot massage at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of a vistor to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate his feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of a vistor to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate his feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of a vistor to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate his feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of vistors to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate their feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A life-size art installation, by Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, is displayed before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: A visitor to the Cielo fish therapy spa has his feet exfoliated on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking. A half hour session is then followed by a foot massage.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israeli artist Noam Braslavsky stands near his life-size art installation of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lying comatose in a hospital bed, before it's official opening at the Kishon Gallery on October 18, 2010 in Tel Aviv. Sharon has been in a coma since suffering a massive stroke in January 2006.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 31: Doctor fish nibble on the dead skin of vistors to a fish therapy spa as they help to exfoliate their feet at the Cielo Spa on October 31, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Customers sit with their feet in a tank filled with 300 - 400 fish which remove any dead skin by nibbling and sucking.
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Israelis stop their vehicles in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2010 as sirens sound across the country for two minutes to mark Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day, which is followed on April 19 by the 62nd anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, commemorates soldiers and civilians killed since Jews first settled outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City in 1860.
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Israelis stop their vehicles in Tel Aviv on April 18, 2010 as sirens sound across the country for two minutes to mark Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day, which is followed on April 19 by the 62nd anniversary of the creation of the Jewish state in 1948, commemorates soldiers and civilians killed since Jews first settled outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City in 1860.
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Israeli Rabbi Maimoun, 67, from Tel Aviv and born in Tunis, reads the Torah in the Ghriba Synagogue on April 29, 2010 on the eve of the Jewish annual pilgrimage in Djerba. This week marks the eight anniversary of the suicide bombing that racked this sleepy island resort, desecrating an ancient synagogue and killing 21 people. More than 6,000 Jewish pilgrims are expected including 1,500 Israelis on May 22/23, in a rare pilgrimage to an Arab land.
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France's Olympique Lyonnais football team defender Jeremy Toulalan (C) attend a training session at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv.
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France's Olympique Lyonnais football team defender Jeremy Toulalan (C) attend a training session at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of their UEFA Champions League football match against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv.
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France's Olympique Lyonnais football team Coach Claude Puel speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv on September 28, 2010 on the eve of his team's UEFA Champions League football match against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv.
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A picture taken on September 29, 2010 shows Israel�s Hapoel Tel Aviv defender Dani Bondarv before the start of his team's Group B UEFA Champions League football match against France�s Olympique Lyonnais in Tel Aviv. Olympique Lyonnais won 3-1.
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France�s Olympique Lyonnais player Michel Fernandes Bastos (C-bottom) celebrates with his teammates after he scored a goal against Israel's Hapoel Tel Aviv during their Group B UEFA Champions League football match in Tel Aviv on September 29, 2010.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 19: Women stand in a store window at a shopping mall with price tags on their hands on October 19, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The store, opened for a day, was used to raise awareness of the trafficking of women.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 19: Women stand in a store window at a shopping mall with price tags on their hands on October 19, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The store, opened for a day, was used to raise awareness of the trafficking of women.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 19: Women stand in a store window at a shopping mall with price tags on their hands on October 19, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The store, opened for a day, was used to raise awareness of the trafficking of women.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 19: A woman stand in a store window at a shopping mall with price tags on her hand on October 19, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. The store, opened for a day, was used to raise awareness of the trafficking of women.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 01: An Israeli rescue worker during a Plane Crash Evacuation Drill on November 1, 2010 at the Ben Gurion air port near Tel Aviv, Israel. The drilll is preparation for the authorities in how to deal with aviation accidents rather than terrorism incidents.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: An Israeli chess player waits for Israeli Grandmaster Alik Gershon, during an attempt to break the Guinness world record of simultaneous chess play on October 21, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hundreds of chess players in Israel are attempting to break the Guinness world record of simultaneous chess play. Iran currently holds the world record of 500 games played simultaneously.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 21: Israeli chess players wait for Israeli Grandmaster Alik Gershon, during an attempt to break the Guinness world record of simultaneous chess play on October 21, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hundreds of chess players in Israel are attempting to break the Guinness world record of simultaneous chess play. Iran currently holds the world record of 500 games played simultaneously.
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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 4: British Foreign Minister William Hague meets with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak at the Defense Ministry on November 4, 2010 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Willian Hague is on a two-day official visit to Israel his first as foreign secretary. Diplomatic tension rose after a high-level security and defence meeting was cancelled on November 3, 2010 due to a row over universal jurisdiction legislation in the UK.
