Anti-terror barriers credited with stopping scores of attacks

Posted: August 31, 2010
5:20 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers his
speech during his party's meeting for the upcoming Jewish New Year in
Tel Aviv August 30, 2010. Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas are expected to meet U.S. President Barack Obama ahead of the
launch of Mideast talks on September 2nd.

JERUSALEM -- Today's deadly terror attack that killed four people took
place on a road where the Israeli government removed staffed anti-terror
checkpoints in line with requests from the Obama administration, we have
has learned.

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by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
Israel National News

The Palestinian Authority religious affairs minster, a week before peace
talks in Washington, warned of war if Jerusalem is not "returned" to
"its owners. And we are its owners."

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Benjamin Netanyahu has reassured his right-wing Likud bloc in Israel's
ruling coalition he will not bow to territorial concessions in direct
peace talks with the Palestinians due to take place in Washington.

Published: 12:26AM BST 31 Aug 2010

Netanyahu 'will not bow to territorial concessions' during peace talks

"You don't need to worry. Nobody needs to teach me what it is to love
Eretz Israel," he told Likud members, using a biblical term for the Land
of Israel.

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Four Jewish settlers were shot dead in their car by suspected Hamas
militants on Tuesday, on the eve of the first peace talks between the
Israelis and Palestinians after a break of nearly two years.

By Mark Weiss in Jerusalem and Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 7:39PM BST 31 Aug 2010

The shooting was the deadliest attack by militants in the West Bank for
more than a year and was seen as an attempt to derail negotiations in
Washington, where President Barack Obama was preparing to host a dinner
for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Mahmoud Abbas,
the Palestinian president, before the two leaders meet face-to-face on
Wednesday.

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     * By Peter Farquhar, Technology Editor
     * From: news.com.au
     * August 25, 2010 3:40PM

Solar storm

The first solar storm of this cycle hit the Earth early this month,
causing it to light up spectacularly / NASA Source: NASA

     * Sun ramping up for Solar Max
     * First Max event since mid-80s
     * US studies effects of 'digital bomb'
     * ISS search for dark matter, anti-universe

AFTER 10 years of comparative slumber, the sun is waking up - and it's
got astronomers on full alert.

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     * by Staff Writers
     * From: AFP
     * August 28, 2010 5:21PM

THREE people, including two children, have been killed and 40 others
injured in an earthquake which struck Iran's biggest desert, Dasht-e
Kavir, state television reports.

The 5.9-magnitude quake struck south of the northern city of Damghan.

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