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• Israel Joins NatGas Bandwagon, Taps Offshore Source Monday, 1 Apr 2013 | 10:37 AM ET

  

  Israel moved closer to its goal of energy independence as natural gas from a large offshore field began flowing into the country, a harbinger of important change that will benefit the country.

• Israel says fires into Syria after Golan attack on troops Sunday, 24 Mar 2013 | 6:55 AM ET

  *Israel says latest firing from Syria was deliberate attack. JERUSALEM, March 24- Israel said it fired into Syria on Sunday and destroyed a machinegun position in the Golan Heights from where shots had been fired at Israeli soldiers in a further spillover of the Syrian civil war along a tense front.

• UPDATE 8-Obama talks tough on Syria, counsels patience with Iran Wednesday, 20 Mar 2013 | 5:54 PM ET

  *Obama: chemical arms allegations in Syria must be probed* Says still time for diplomacy over Iran nuclear issue* Netanyahu says Israel has right to defend itself By Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller.

• EXCLUSIVE-Israeli finance chief expects cuts to defense spending Monday, 28 Jan 2013 | 7:33 PM ET

  NEW YORK, Jan 28- Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz, fresh from a record-setting sale of Israeli bonds to investors in Florida, said on Monday that balancing the government budget will require "moderate but still significant" cuts to the defense sector.

• Despite debt crisis, EU wins Nobel Peace Prize Friday, 12 Oct 2012 | 8:39 AM ET

  OSLO, Norway-- For fostering peace on a continent ravaged by war, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.