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Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
JERUSALEM, May 10 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will not relinquish control of the occupied Golan Heights.
Speaking at a Likud Party ministers' meeting, Netanyahu's comments made clear that the Turkish-mediated talks held between Syria and the previous Israeli government of Ehud Olmert government have been frozen with little prospect of renewal, Ynetnews.com reported.
The remarks were praised by Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, formerly chairman of the Knesset's Golan Lobby, who said: "The prime minister's statement carries good news to Israel's security. It is a message to the United States, the region's countries and the rest of the world."
Netanyahu's stance comes before his first meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama this week, and one day after Washington moved to renew economic sanctions imposed on Syria.
"This message is undoubtedly very significant, on the eve of the prime minister's visit to the White House." Katz told Ynetnews.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The late Steve Jobs, co-founder of the U.S. computer giant Apple, had faults in his personal life but was a business visionary, associates told the FBI.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
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