US missile defence site in Qatar: Report
July 18th, 2012 - 4:49 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 18 (IANS) US is building a missile defence radar station in Qatar, and construction was due to be completed this month, a media report said Tuesday.The radar site ... Read more...
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Israel grows purple carrots, tiger-striped tomatoes
January 31st, 2012 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Jan 31 (IANS) Ever heard of purple carrots or black or tiger-striped tomatoes? Farmers in Israel have now grown differently-coloured varieties -- not as a result of genetic modification ... Read more...
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Iran has ‘technical ability’ to make HEU needed for nuke bomb development: Wikileaks
January 21st, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Tehran, Jan 21 (ANI): US secret diplomatic cables released by the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' have revealed that Iran has 'technical ability' to make highly enriched uranium (HEU) that is required to ultimately ... Read more...
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Israel’s Stuxnet Worm tests delay, not destroy Iran’s nuke plans
January 16th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan.16 (ANI): Israel's decision to test the Stuxnet Computer Worm in the Dimona complex in the Negev Desert appears to have wiped out roughly a fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges ... Read more...
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Palestinian militants fire rocket into Israel
September 4th, 2010 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Sep 4 (IANS) Palestinian militants fired a rocket Saturday from the Gaza Strip into Israel, the first such attack since direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) ... Read more...
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Israeli settlers legitimate targets: Hamas
September 4th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
London/Jerusalem, Sep 4 (DPA) A Hamas official Saturday said hurting Israeli settlers in the West Bank was a "natural thing" as they are armed and constitute the first reserve military force of ... Read more...
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Indian-origin aid worker on ship attacked by Israel (Lead)
June 2nd, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 2 (IANS) An Indian-origin British aid worker, who was on a ship that was part of the Gaza-bound aid flotilla attacked by Israeli commandos, is believed to be in an ... Read more...
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‘Cooling’ forests can ‘heat’ as well
January 23rd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 23 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have found out that although forests help to remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, some forests can directly absorb ... Read more...
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Not all forests act against global warming
January 22nd, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 22 (IANS) The notion that forests remove carbon dioxide from the air and prevent global warming has some complications, says a new study. There's a kind of forest that does ... Read more...
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Lizards can change their diet to avoid predators
December 3rd, 2009 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 3 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have shown that a particular lizard species from the Negev Desert in the Near East changes its diet to avoid predators.The research was ... Read more...
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Israel seeks US help to build nuclear power plant: Report
July 31st, 2009 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, July 31 (Xinhua) Israel has sought help from the US to build a nuclear power plant in the country, a media report said Friday.
Israel has already conveyed its request to the ... Read more...
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World’s first “self-irrigating” plant discovered in Israeli desert
July 2nd, 2009 - 4:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 2 (ANI): Researchers from the University of Haifa-Oranim in Israel have managed to make out the "self-irrigating" mechanism of the desert rhubarb, which enables it to harvest 16 times the ... Read more...
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Oldest patch of ground on earth discovered in Israel
May 6th, 2009 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 6 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the oldest patch of ground on Earth in Israel's Negev desert, which remains virtually the same as it was 1.8 million years ago.According to a ... Read more...
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Israel successfully tests Arrow 2 defense system
April 8th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Apr.8 (ANI): The Israel Air Force conducted its 17th test of the newly upgraded Arrow 2 missile defense system on Tuesday.The Jerusalem Post quoted officials as saying that it was ... Read more...
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Cracks in Earth may contribute to global warming
February 20th, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 20 (ANI): A new study has found that the cracks in Earths surface exhale large quantities of gas, perhaps enough to contribute to global warming.According to a report ... Read more...
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Israeli air raids hit Gaza tunnels
February 18th, 2009 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Feb 18 (DPA) Israeli fighter jets bombed tunnels running to Egypt and a Hamas post early Wednesday in the southern Gaza Strip, apparently in retaliation for a mortar fired overnight ... Read more...
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US supplies Israel with long-range radar system
September 29th, 2008 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.29 (ANI): The United States has supplied Israel with a powerful long-range radar system that would provide an extra early warning in case of an Iranian missile attack.
According to The ... Read more...
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Concept of ‘Greater Israel’ is dead: Olmert
September 14th, 2008 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 14 (DPA) The concept of an undivided, or greater, Israel is dead, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told his ministers Sunday, as the cabinet prepared to debate a plan to pay ... Read more...
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Israel, US agree on deployment of radar defence system
August 17th, 2008 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
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Tel Aviv, Aug 17 (DPA) Israel and the US have agreed to deploy high-power early-warning missile radar, which would be linked to a US satellite-based alert network, the Ha'aretz daily reported Sunday. ... Read more...
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