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Mother said Josh Powell threatened her
JERUSALEM, July 17 (UPI) -- The number of tourists visiting Israel in the first half of this year dropped by 20 percent, a report released by the Ministry of Tourism said.
The report said 1.2 million tourists visited Israel between January and June, a 20 percent drop compared to the same period last year.
The Central Bureau of Statistics said 208,000 tourists visited Israel in June, a 16 percent decrease compared to the number of visitors in June 2008.
Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov said his ministry has increased the marketing budget for the next two years to curb the trend. Details of the report were published on Ynetnews.com
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TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
The mother of Josh Powell, who killed himself and his sons in a fire in Washington state, said in divorce papers he exhibited disturbing behavior as a teenager.
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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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XINXIANG CITY, China, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
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