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Economy Driving More Arabs into IDF
Colonel Ahmed says trends in recruitment cannot be tied to events in the Arab war against the Jewish state. He notes that recruitment rates rose after a brief drop, following Arab rioting in October 2000 in northern Israel during which 12 Israeli Arabs and a Gaza resident were killed. From the end of the Al-Aqsa intifada in 2004 until last year, the rate dropped.
Israeli police on alert after worst Arab-Jewish riots in years
Tel Aviv - Israeli police were on high alert in mixed-community cities Friday after two days of the worst Arab-Jewish clashes in years in the northern port town of Acre. Acre police arrested at least 11 rioters by late Thursday and planned to press charges against them Friday morning.
Hevron Jews Plead with Barak: Don't Abandon City to Terrorists
Hevron Jewish community leaders have pleaded with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a letter to scrap plans to allow the Palestinian Authority (PA) to deploy its American-trained and armed security forces in the city. More than 150 PA policemen are undergoing training at an American base in Jordan before being transferred to Hevron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, and the PA also plans to deploy several hundred others.
IAF jets scrambled to northern border
Thirty-five years after the Yom Kippur War erupted, the Israel Air Force scrambled fighter jets to the border with Lebanon after a suspicious aircraft was detected approaching Israeli airspace.
Hamas to regulate Gaza tunnels
The Hamas government in Gaza has issued new ordinance under which all underground tunnels connecting the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with its Egyptian side, must be register with local bureaus and connected to the city's power grid, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday.
IAEA says Russian scientist may have aided Iranian nuclear program
International nuclear inspectors have begun investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to European and American officials.
Russia says no plans to sell missile systems to Iran
"We have repeatedly said that we do not plan to supply those types of weapons to countries located in volatile regions," spokesman Andrei Nesterenko was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Such a move would "run contrary to both Russia's foreign policy and its interest in maintaining stability in different regions," said the spokesman.
France's Foreign Min In Georgia To Check On Russian Pull-out
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was in Georgia Friday to determine firsthand whether Russian forces had withdrawn as required by a European Union-brokered ceasefire agreement.
Russian troops dig in for long stay in S.Ossetia
The base sits on a hill between South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali and the border with Russia. It is designed to accommodate a brigade, or up to 2,000 men, and most of the facilities were built after the war in August.
Turkish jets strike PKK group in N. Iraq
The Turkish General Staff said Friday that Turkish jets opened fire on a group of militants of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) as they were about to infiltrate in Turkey from northern part of Iraq on Thursday night to stage "acts of terrorism."
Off the lawless coast of Somalia, pirates say they are merely patriots protecting...
Somalia's pirates want the world to know they are regrettably misunderstood.
They are merely "gentlemen who work in the ocean." Indeed, many are salty patriots risking their lives at sea while "protecting Somalia's shores." And the sea -- ah, she is the pirates' beloved "mother."
NATO forces will be sent to scatter Somali pirates
NATO defence ministers have been meeting in Hungary to agree on means of sending a joint task force to the area by the end of the year.
NATO officials say the force would also escort World Food Program ships delivering aid to Somalia.
Russia approves $86bn bank rescue
Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, has approved a raft of measures worth $86bn (£51bn) to assist banks hit by the credit freeze.
The government will make $50bn available to banks and firms that need to refinance foreign debt. The rest will be available as loans to banks.
Sales of household safes rocket in Britain
British savers with too much cash to hide under the mattress have been buying up household safes to protect their wealth from the global market turmoil, the Times newspaper said Thursday.
One company said that sales had increased by a quarter, while another said that its staff had received calls from panicking investors who now wanted to keep their savings locked away at home.
Hong Kong's stock index tumbled 7.2 percent
Hong Kong's key stock index had tumbled 7.2 percent as worried investors gave up holdings after steep losses in Wall Street overnight and regional bourses. The blue chip Hang Seng index plunged 1,146.37 points, or 7.2 percent, to 14,796.87 Friday after falling by more than 9.5 percent at one point. It is the first time the benchmark index has fallen below the 15,000-level since January 2006.
Why China Won't Have a Similar Financial Crisis
As the financial crisis in the United States spreads around the world, China appears to be safe. With government-owned land, higher quality mortgages, a closed financial system and huge foreign exchange reserves, the country is unlikely to face a similar economic crisis.
Japan to propose bailout fund at G-7 AP
North Korea bans IAEA inspectors
The IAEA has reported Pyongyang told its inspectors that it was preparing to restart the facility, therefore agency monitoring was no longer appropriate.
Drug-resistant HIV strains turning up in China
Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading Chinese AIDS researcher said.
Scots grow concerned that Sharia law may be on the way
Residents of Scotland are concerned Sharia courts, which have been operational in England for more than a year, will soon be set up in Scottish cities.
Colonel Ahmed says trends in recruitment cannot be tied to events in the Arab war against the Jewish state. He notes that recruitment rates rose after a brief drop, following Arab rioting in October 2000 in northern Israel during which 12 Israeli Arabs and a Gaza resident were killed. From the end of the Al-Aqsa intifada in 2004 until last year, the rate dropped.
Israeli police on alert after worst Arab-Jewish riots in years
Tel Aviv - Israeli police were on high alert in mixed-community cities Friday after two days of the worst Arab-Jewish clashes in years in the northern port town of Acre. Acre police arrested at least 11 rioters by late Thursday and planned to press charges against them Friday morning.
Hevron Jews Plead with Barak: Don't Abandon City to Terrorists
Hevron Jewish community leaders have pleaded with Defense Minister Ehud Barak in a letter to scrap plans to allow the Palestinian Authority (PA) to deploy its American-trained and armed security forces in the city. More than 150 PA policemen are undergoing training at an American base in Jordan before being transferred to Hevron, home to the Cave of the Patriarchs, and the PA also plans to deploy several hundred others.
IAF jets scrambled to northern border
Thirty-five years after the Yom Kippur War erupted, the Israel Air Force scrambled fighter jets to the border with Lebanon after a suspicious aircraft was detected approaching Israeli airspace.
Hamas to regulate Gaza tunnels
The Hamas government in Gaza has issued new ordinance under which all underground tunnels connecting the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with its Egyptian side, must be register with local bureaus and connected to the city's power grid, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday.
IAEA says Russian scientist may have aided Iranian nuclear program
International nuclear inspectors have begun investigating whether a Russian scientist helped Iran conduct complex experiments on how to detonate a nuclear weapon, according to European and American officials.
Russia says no plans to sell missile systems to Iran
"We have repeatedly said that we do not plan to supply those types of weapons to countries located in volatile regions," spokesman Andrei Nesterenko was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.
Such a move would "run contrary to both Russia's foreign policy and its interest in maintaining stability in different regions," said the spokesman.
France's Foreign Min In Georgia To Check On Russian Pull-out
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was in Georgia Friday to determine firsthand whether Russian forces had withdrawn as required by a European Union-brokered ceasefire agreement.
Russian troops dig in for long stay in S.Ossetia
The base sits on a hill between South Ossetia's capital Tskhinvali and the border with Russia. It is designed to accommodate a brigade, or up to 2,000 men, and most of the facilities were built after the war in August.
Turkish jets strike PKK group in N. Iraq
The Turkish General Staff said Friday that Turkish jets opened fire on a group of militants of the banned Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) as they were about to infiltrate in Turkey from northern part of Iraq on Thursday night to stage "acts of terrorism."
Off the lawless coast of Somalia, pirates say they are merely patriots protecting...
Somalia's pirates want the world to know they are regrettably misunderstood.
They are merely "gentlemen who work in the ocean." Indeed, many are salty patriots risking their lives at sea while "protecting Somalia's shores." And the sea -- ah, she is the pirates' beloved "mother."
NATO forces will be sent to scatter Somali pirates
NATO defence ministers have been meeting in Hungary to agree on means of sending a joint task force to the area by the end of the year.
NATO officials say the force would also escort World Food Program ships delivering aid to Somalia.
Russia approves $86bn bank rescue
Russia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, has approved a raft of measures worth $86bn (£51bn) to assist banks hit by the credit freeze.
The government will make $50bn available to banks and firms that need to refinance foreign debt. The rest will be available as loans to banks.
Sales of household safes rocket in Britain
British savers with too much cash to hide under the mattress have been buying up household safes to protect their wealth from the global market turmoil, the Times newspaper said Thursday.
One company said that sales had increased by a quarter, while another said that its staff had received calls from panicking investors who now wanted to keep their savings locked away at home.
Hong Kong's stock index tumbled 7.2 percent
Hong Kong's key stock index had tumbled 7.2 percent as worried investors gave up holdings after steep losses in Wall Street overnight and regional bourses. The blue chip Hang Seng index plunged 1,146.37 points, or 7.2 percent, to 14,796.87 Friday after falling by more than 9.5 percent at one point. It is the first time the benchmark index has fallen below the 15,000-level since January 2006.
Why China Won't Have a Similar Financial Crisis
As the financial crisis in the United States spreads around the world, China appears to be safe. With government-owned land, higher quality mortgages, a closed financial system and huge foreign exchange reserves, the country is unlikely to face a similar economic crisis.
Japan to propose bailout fund at G-7 AP
North Korea bans IAEA inspectors
The IAEA has reported Pyongyang told its inspectors that it was preparing to restart the facility, therefore agency monitoring was no longer appropriate.
Drug-resistant HIV strains turning up in China
Drug-resistant HIV strains are turning up in parts of China as the virus stretches beyond high-risk groups and gains a stronger foothold in the general population, a leading Chinese AIDS researcher said.
Scots grow concerned that Sharia law may be on the way
Residents of Scotland are concerned Sharia courts, which have been operational in England for more than a year, will soon be set up in Scottish cities.