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Tel Aviv - Some 4.8 million Israelis (of a total population of 7.5 million) are eligible to vote in Tuesday's election.
Of them, 81 per cent are Jews, 14 per cent are Muslims, Arab- Christians or Druze, and 5 per cent are immigrants or their families who are not registered as Jews.
Voting will take place at 9,263 polling stations,...
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Jakarta - Women's emancipation and political differences have contributed to a sharp rise in divorce rates in Indonesia since democratic reforms were introduced more than 10 years ago after the fall of autocratic president Suharto, the Ministry of Religious Affairs said Thursday.
The divorce rate has increased steadily every...
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Jakarta - The speaker of an Indonesian provincial council died Tuesday after protestors carrying a mock coffin stormed into his office and attacked him, a report said.
Abdul Aziz Angkat, speaker of the North Sumatran provincial council, was meeting with other councillors when hundreds of protestors stormed the plenary room and...
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Islamabad - Up to 40 Islamic militants were killed in overnight clashes between the rebels and government forces in Pakistan's restive Swat valley, an official said on Tuesday.
"Artillery and helicopter gunships targeted several locations of insurgents in Khwazakhela subdistrict," said a military official who spoke on...
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Tehran - Iran expects US President Barack Obama to adopt a fair and rational approach toward the Islamic state, former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani said at a Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran.
"Repeating the policies by [former US president George W] Bush would not solve anything, but the new administration...
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Nairobi/Khartoum - The chief conflict mediator for a joint United Nations-African Union mission in Sudan's restive Darfur province warned Thursday that a recent upsurge in fighting is undermining the chances of peace.
The UN says more than 9,000 people have fled their homes in south Darfur in recent weeks as Sudanese government...
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Gaza City - The Israel Air Force rocketed a motorcyclist in the southern Gaza Strip late Thursday morning, injuring the rider, a Hamas militant, as well as seven passersby, hospital officials said.
The motor cyclist was in critical condition, the officials at Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis said.
All the...
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Kabul - Afghan government said Wednesday that it would seek a "national decision" on what to be done with international military operations in the country if the NATO-led alliance does not respond to a draft agreement that calls for an end to civilian casualties within the period of one month.
The government sent an...
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Tel Aviv - Israeli aircraft bombed tunnels under the Gaza-Egyptian border early Wednesday morning, in response to an attack against an Israeli army border patrol Tuesday which killed one soldier, the Israeli military said in a statement.
The statement gave no further details, and there was no word of casualties.
Israel...
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Israel on Friday gave Hamas and other Palestinian militant factions in the Gaza Strip 48 hours to reduce ongoing rocket and mortar attacks from the salient or risk an Israeli military operation into the strip.
For the first time in 10 days, Israel opened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip Friday morning to allow in essential...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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