Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

This Christmas week, Christian pilgrims are flocking to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, which is built on the site where Jesus is believed to have been born. Read More

The greater Silicon Valley has lost 50,000 jobs in the past year, and its unemployment rate, almost 12%, is on par with the state, a rarity given Silicon Valley's highly trained workforce. Read More

President Shimon Peres met with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Copenhagen on Friday to discuss the theft of the infamous entrance sign to the former Nazi death camp Auschwitz. Read More

A Nazareth house has been uncovered dating to the time of Jesus. Read More

Behind the U.S. drive for harsh new sanctions on Iran is growing concern that the Iranians are acquiring the know-how to build a nuclear weapon. Read More

Sgt. Gilad Shalit, held captive by Hamas since June 2006, has become a cause célébre in Israel, where his possible release has eased some concerns on the right that any prisoner exchange to win his freedom would present a serious national-security threat. Read More

Dozens of Israeli rabbis have signed a document expressing their support of Har Bracha Yeshiva Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, snubbing Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Read More

Israeli troops launch ground offensive in Gaza with tanks and helicopter gunships. 7 - Trooper Brian Good of CFB Petawawa is killed by roadside bomb north of Kandahar City in Afghanistan. Read More

Networks Corporation [OTC: NRTLQ] announced today that it, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited, and certain of its other subsidiaries including Nortel Networks Inc. and Nortel Networks UK Limited have completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of Nortel's global Enterprise Solutions business as well as the shares of Nortel Government Solutions Incorporated and DiamondWare, Ltd. to Avaya Inc. (Avaya). Read More