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Archaeologists Unearth Gold Coins in JerusalemJerusalem, Israel - Archaeologists in Israel said they have unearthed more than 250 gold coins dating back to the seventh century A.D., making it the largest cache of gold coins from that period ever found in Jerusalem. |
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Electric shock: East coast network by 2012Eastern Coast of Australia - Australians could soon be able to sign up for an electric car in much the same way they do now for a mobile phone -- even getting a new car for nothing and paying only for the running costs, equivalent to what we now pay for petrol. |
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Jerusalem ancient walls unveiled
Archaeologists in Jerusalem give a sneak preview of newly exposed 2,100-year-old walls to the south of the Old City.
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Roman temple found under church
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of a Roman temple beneath the foundations of a church.
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Israel and Hamas reach Gaza truce deal
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement have agreed to begin a Gaza truce in two days, Egyptian mediators said Tuesday after months of negotiations to try to halt bloodshed in and around the impoverished territory.
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Saudi King makes plea for new interfaith dialogueRIyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews -- the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols. |
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Really? Men Who Do More Housework Have More SexChicago, Illinois, USA - American men still don't pull their weight when it comes to housework and child care, but collectively they're not the slackers they used to be. |
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Israel vows to introduce electric cars by 2011Jerusalem, Israel - Israel's government on Monday endorsed the ambitious plan of a private entrepreneur to install the world's first electric car network here by 2011, with half a million recharging stations to crisscross the tiny nation. |
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Renault to develop electric cars for Israel project
Renault-Nissan said on Monday it signed a deal to begin mass producing electric cars as part of an Israeli-led project to develop alternative energy sources.
Renault-Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said electric vehicles will be available in Israel from 2011.
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
news from the Middle East
- Archaeologists Unearth Gold Coins in Jerusalem
- Top UN official upbeat as many Member States commit to emergency relief fund
- Iraq: UN official welcomes creation of human rights commission
- Electric shock: East coast network by 2012
- Newly-discovered fungus strips pollutants from oil
- Iraq seeks Heritage status for restored marshlands
- Jerusalem ancient walls unveiled
- Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
- Landmark cooperation deal signed between UN and Iraqi Government
- Roman temple found under church
