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About 40 percent of Israel’s natural gas imports come from Egypt, mostly at below-market prices.

Hollande is predicted to win the second round of voting against Sarkozy, which will take place on May 6.

The committee also recommended placing such a measure on a referendum.

The fragile French economy, which has an unemployment rate of 12 percent, was clearly the dominant issue among voters; although Le Pen’s impressive finish suggests immigration was also a key concern.

A shortage of domestic coal has postponed the construction of new power plants in the energy-starved country.

India -which criticized the sanctions by the U.S., United Nations and European Union - recently became Iran's top oil buyer.

A crowd of some 2,000 people assembled outside the mosque demanding its destruction.

The two candidates with the highest vote totals in the first round will face each other in the deciding second round.

Downing Street said it is ”concerned” about the violence in Bahrain, it asserted that it cannot dictate to foreign governments what sporting events they can and cannot hold.

South Korea, Japan, the United Nations and the U.S. believe that North Korea intends to develop ballistic missile tests and have roundly condemned Pyongyang’s program.

All passengers are believed to be American nationals.

Since fleeing the capital he has lived in exile in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, but has recently made trips to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.

Pakistan has become pariah in the cricketing world.

China issued a cautious statement that seemed to downplay any threats the missile may pose.

One in four adult men in the country admitted they have committed a rape at least once in their life.

India now joins China, Russia, France, the U.S. and UK (and perhaps Israel) as the only countries on earth with similar capabilities.

The previous opposition alliance comprised four parties, including the biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, which is also part of the new coalition.

Recently, India also commissioned a Russian-made nuclear submarine, and it is negotiating with a French company for more than a hundred Rafale fighter jets.

The ship flies an Antigua and Barbuda flag and that it is chartered to a Ukrainian company.

The 50-ton, 20-meter Agni V rocket -- also known as the “China Killer” by Indian media -- could conceivably reach any target in Asia and even parts of Eastern Europe.

Prime Minister David Cameron said late last year that Britain would never join the euro as long as he held office.

Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire-Hathaway, has revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, revealed that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Hezbollah is a Shia Muslim group, making it a natural ally of Shia-dominated Iran and Assad, who is an Alawaite, a Shia offshoot.

About 90 percent of Syrian crude exports went to Europe -- oil revenues represented about one-fifth of Syria’s GDP.

The Tibetan Buddhist leader called the self-immolations “very sad” and blamed Beijing for them.

Livingstone, a self-described Socialist who has often been at odds with the mainstream Labour Party, has a history of espousing far-left views.

''The tests are about trying to create equality with China rather than trying to outdo it,'' an analyst at the New Delhi-based National Maritime Foundation, said, in a published report.

Abdul-Rahim blamed Iran for ruining efforts by Hamas and Fatah to reconcile.