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Israel boosts missile interceptor system
Aug 6th, 2012
Israel has improved the accuracy of its Arrow 2 missile interceptor system, including its ability to intercept medium-range missiles present in the arsenals of Iran and Syria, media reported on Monday. (Source: AFP) -
JERUSALEM (AP) - An official Israeli committee on Thursday handed the government its proposal for ending a contentious system that grants Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students automatic exemptions from military service, setting the stage for what could become the first major conflict in the new Israeli coalition government. (Source: Associated Pr... [Full Article]
Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street expectations, and the world's ... (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Chookyung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range missiles on Monday, making six launches in three days, and it condemned South Korea for criticizing what it said were its legitimate military drills. South Korea's Defense Ministry said North Korea had fired one missile on Monday morning and a second one in the afternoon. Bot... [Full Article]
With many of the world's ecosystems threatened or endangered by human activities like logging and urbanization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its criteria for a new "Red List" of endangered ecosystems today (May 8) in the journal PLOS ONE. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]