Israel opens Gaza border to aid after 10 days of total closure
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Fri, 12/26/2008 - 08:58.
Israel opened three of its border crossings with the Gaza Strip Friday morning to allow in essential humanitarian supplies for the first time in 10 days.
Palestinian militants shower Israel with rockets
Submitted by William Kaelin on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 17:39.Palestinian militants showered southern Israel with rockets Wednesday morning, causing Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak to reverse a decision to open Gaza Strip crossing points to allow an aid conv
Israel to partially open Gaza crossings Wednesday
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Wed, 12/24/2008 - 09:18.Israel has agreed to partially open the crossing points into the Gaza Strip, to allow aid convoys to enter the salient, Israeli media reported Wednesday morning.
Palestinian militants fire five rockets at Israel
Palestinian militants fired five makeshift rockets at southern Israel early Thursday morning, hours after the Israel Air Force attacked what it said were weapons factories in the Gaza Strip.
Veteran legislators big winners in Israel ruling party primary
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Thu, 12/18/2008 - 08:50.
Parliament Speaker Dalia Itzik won the most votes in primaries to choose the Knesset list for Israel's ruling Kadima party, results released early Thursday showed.
27 tourists injured in Israeli bus accident remain in hospital
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 09:01.Twenty-seven Russian tourists of the 31 evacuated from the scene of a horrific bus accident in Israel late Tuesday afternoon were still in hospital Wednesday morning, Police Spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld
Mideast peace process in doubt as new year
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Wed, 12/17/2008 - 08:18.The Middle East peace process is hanging by a thread as 2009 is nearing - just one year after negotiations were revived following seven years of violence.
Israeli police roadblocks cause traffic jams amid terrorism alert
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 09:13.Israeli police set up roadblocks in central Israel Tuesday after receiving intelligence information that a suspected suicide bomber was planning to carry out an attack in Tel Aviv.
German exports plunged in November to record the biggest fall in nearly two decades, data released Thursday showed, as the deepening world economic downturn hits Europe's biggest economy.
When the Spirit rover landed on Mars five years ago, no one expected it or its sister rover Opportunity to make it to their first birthdays, let alone their fifth.
The San Antonio Spurs turned up their trademark defense down the stretch to turn back another opponent. 
US singer and Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, 27, dominated the nominations for the 40th NAACP Image Awards.
After the Taipei Zoo received two giant pandas from China, another Taiwan zoo said Friday it is seeking to receive a pair of pandas from China.