**Visits to Israel leap ** While inbound tourism dropped by 11% over the year earlier in February, outbound tourism increased, according to the results of the Passengers Survey. In February 72,824 residents
The cost of construction inched up in February, as the price index of construction materials rose by 0.24% over the previous month to reach 126.22 (base 2005=100.00). For the first two months
Industrial turnover in 2011 dropped by 1.5% compared with 2010, according to the Statistical Service, Cystat. Industrial production in 2011 fell by 7.4%. In December alone, the industrial turnover index (base 2005=100)
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Turkey suspended all activities at its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said, as the security situation in Syria deteriorated further. Last year Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip
"Titanic" film director James Cameron has completed the world's first solo dive to the deepest-known point on Earth, reaching the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench southwest of Guam in a
APOEL Nicosia have been besieged by fans desperate for tickets for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Real Madrid but even the club's most ardent supporters know this will
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Monday to pursue further nuclear arms cuts with Russia, saying the United States has more warheads than necessary, even as he issued stern warnings to North
Tokyo Electric Power Co , the operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima power plant, shut its last operating nuclear reactor on Monday for regular maintenance, leaving just one running reactor supplying Japan's creaking
Asian shares mostly fell on Monday, with materials and technology stocks losing ground amid concerns about the impact on profits of a slowdown in the global economy. Commodity-linked currencies such as the
