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Israel to ban underweight models
Israel to ban underweight models

Israel is to ban the use of size 0 models in an attempt to introduce more realistically sized women to the catwalk. This campaign is supported by Israeli fashion photographer Adi Barkan who started an international campaign 'to change the definition …

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Nakba demonstrations
Nakba demonstrations

'Nakba' or Catastrophe Day was marked by serious clashes in the Gaza Strip, Golan Heights, the Lebanese border and Cairo yesterday. Nakba refers to the date in 1948 that the Israeli state was founded when 760,000 Palestinians fled or were forced from…

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Dead Sea competes for New Seven Wonders of Nature accolade
Dead Sea competes for New Seven Wonders of Nature accolade

During 2011, the Dead Sea in Israel is in competition with 27 other modern natural phenomena to be named as a New Wonder of Nature. The River Amazon, the Galapagos Islands, Grand Canyon and the Maldives are just four of the locations in contention fo…

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