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Obama takes offensive against Romney in debate rematch
Town hall-style debate focuses on domestic issues, but sharpest exchanges come during question on the Middle East, Libya; polls show voters judge Obama the winner, with CNN survey giving him a 46 to 39% edge over Romney.
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IAF hits Gaza targets amid ongoing rocket attacks
Palestinians fire rockets at Hof Ashkelon, Lachish regions, damaging house, lightly injuring 2; IDF responds with air strikes.
PM warns of Syria transferring WMDs to terrorists
Netanyahu tells EU ambassadors that Israel would weigh military action to prevent chemical weapons falling into terrorist hands.
Iranian car industry suffers as sanctions bite
Tehran’s currency crisis seriously affecting domestic automotive market, despite promises by gov't to control the economy.
Appeal against Olmert could cloud Knesset run
State notifies Olmert's legal team that it will be appealing both the verdict and the sentence in his corruption case.
Report: Ex-Mossad chief has transplant in Belarus
Belarusian President Lukashenko says surgeons in US, Germany, Sweden refused to operate on patient due to his spy career.
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Off-grid solar panels to be available for residents
Analysis: Will A-G indict Liberman pre-elections?
Israeli NGOs combating hunger on World Food Day
Haifa, Bat Yam skies lit up pink for breast cancer
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Army communications battalion holds war drill
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Social activism in Israel: A cult of personality
SETH J. FRANTZMAN
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TAU-led project maps out first brain ‘atlas’
MRI-based system could help identify neurological and psychiatric diseases early and improve treatment.
British ambassador moonlights in TA with medics
Matthew Gould accompanied United Hatzalah medics on the back of an ambucycle to provide emergency medical care.
Tirosh calls on government to expand R&D; funding
Chairwoman of the Knesset Science and Technology Committee recommends NIS 100 m. for financing research infrastructure.
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Time to impose sanctions on Scandinavia?
By DEBORAH DANAN
Sweden and Norway have a long history of courting radicals and anti-Israel sentiments.
When the Jewish State violates Jewish rights
By EVELYN GORDON
It’s long past time to end Israel’s disgraceful ban on Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount.
Jewish World
Amsalem announces Knesset run in Am Shalem
Expelled from Shas in 2010, maverick MK says he wants to "bring back moderate and beautiful Judaism to the Jewish people."
Vienna’s Jewish archives to remain in Israel’s hands
State archivist rejects legal claim of Austrian Jews to transfer the archives of Vienna’s Jews back from Israel.
US economists tied to Israeli academia win Nobel
Lloyd Shapley and Jewish-American Alvin Roth win the Nobel Prize in Economics for their match-making market theories.
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National News
Court rejects petition to demolish Beduin school
School, build of mud and used car tires, services community of Beduin, most of whose homes are marked for demolition.
31 years on: Vandals desecrate Dayan's grave
Vandals spray-painted former defense minister Moshe Dayan's grave, declaring "the minister of failure, on behalf of the fallen."
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'Renewable Israeli innovation suited to India'
Green energy entrepreneurs meet with Indian government delegation to form economic partnerships.
Indian energy secretary: Integrate renewables
"Israel and India are a natural fit," says Gireesh Pradhan, with hopes that Israeli companies will set up manufacturing in India.
NIS 160m. allocated for waste separation
Environmental Protection Ministry awards money to local authorities joining its waste separation “recycling revolution.”
Sports
Blue-and-white outclasses Luxembourg at home
Israel claims second win in four days to build confidence ahead of Portugal.
Sinai Says: Ram confident of overcoming injury
Thursday will be one of the most important days in Andy Ram’s career and his tennis racket will be nowhere in sight.
Israel looks to keep momentum going at home
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iPhone 5 popular in Gaza despite poverty
Apple's new phone reaches the Strip via smuggling tunnels and is selling well despite inflated prices.
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