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Egypt orders slaughter of all pigs over swine flu Posted: 29 Apr 2009 11:46 AM PDT Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said. ...

How Gideon Levy's first scoop got buried Posted: 29 Apr 2009 11:33 AM PDT He arrived in the evening, accompanied by his bodyguards. I was living in a cheap hotel at the time and the reception clerk had never seen anything like this entourage at his hotel. We went out to a nearby bar. He, a Palestinian diplomat, ordered whiskey on the rocks and I did the same. We had one shot after another, and chatted. All of this took place in a major European center of beer. ...

Deprived of concrete, Gaza discovers bricks Posted: 29 Apr 2009 09:15 AM PDT Jihad Al-Shaer got tired of waiting for Israel to allow cement and steel into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip and took matters into his own hands, building a house of clay bricks. ...

Netanyahu: Israel to do all in its power to bring Shalit home Posted: 29 Apr 2009 06:32 AM PDT Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed on Wednesday the state's commitment to the parents of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit to do all in its power to win the corporal's release. ...

Israeli couple found dead after light plane crash in Greece Posted: 29 Apr 2009 04:44 AM PDT An Israeli couple was killed on Tuesday in a light aircraft crash in Greece. The Foreign Ministry is arranging for the return of the bodies to Israel. ...

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