Archive for December, 2007

By Barak Ravid 
A senior adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel may come into conflict with the United States over increased pressure by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to advance talks with the Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile, the Israeli and PA negotiating teams, headed by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Ahmed Qureia, respectively, are to meet Sunday...
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and they want Russian-made androids that can dance and talk.
Prototypes of tested Russian robots
"surpass foreign-produced robots with their technical
characteristics," according to a statement
from Russian Railways overnight.
They have bought eight Russian robots for testing.
Seven are 35-centimetres high,
and the
eighth is 1.4 metres tall...
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By James T. Hackett - The Dec. 17 interception of a ballistic missile by a Japanese Aegis destroyer off the Hawaiian Island of Kauai is a milestone in the U.S.-Japan missile defense collaboration.
The Bush administration's goal of global missile defenses is becoming reality, but to effectively protect the Eastern United States defenses...
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A senior Russian military official has arrived in Tehran to discuss defense cooperation with Iran, the Iranian Defense Ministry says.
Head of the Russian Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation,
Mikhail Dmitriyev arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to take part in the fourth meeting of the Iran-Russia Joint Defense Cooperation Commission. Read more »

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned that the US military is in danger of running out of money for its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He said Congressional funding for the wars was inadequate and budget constraints were undermining planning.
Congress this week approved $70bn (£35bn) - just half the sum...
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The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the government more ways to identify people at home and abroad, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
The FBI has already started compiling digital images of faces, fingerprints and palm patterns in its systems,...
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By THOMAS WAGNER
LONDON (AP) - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has left the Church of England and converted to Catholicism, the faith of his wife and children.
Blair converted during a Mass Friday night at the private London chapel of Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the head of the Catholic Church in England...
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Terror leader boastful after Britain stats list most popular baby names
Aaron Klein, WND Published:  12.20.07, 18:41 / Israel News 
Statistical information released yesterday showing Muhammad is the no. 2 most popular boys name in Britain "proves Islam is becoming the majority in the UK and will one day enter every house...
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By HELEN O'NEILL,AP
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio (Dec. 20) - The Rev. Hamilton Coe Throckmorton shivered with anticipation as he gazed at the loot - wads of $50 bills piled high beside boxes of crayons in a Sunday school classroom.
Cautiously, he locked the door. Then he started counting.
Amy Sancetta, AP Reverend Hamilton...
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 More Olmert-Fatah-Hamas collusion: Hamas has been given exclusive radio broadcast rights from the Temple Mount this week - while Jews mourning the First Temple siege are banned from the site.
This week is the Moslem holiday Ein ul-Adhaa, marking the Islamic equivalent of Akeidat Yitzchak (the binding of Isaac by Abraham); the Koran, written...
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