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TEL AVIV, Israel, December 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Imaging Ltd. ("EI" or the "Company") (TASE, NASDAQ: EMITF) announced today the results of the Annual General Meeting of its shareholders, held on Monday, December 31, 2012, in Tel-Aviv, Israel. At the meeting, all of the proposals set forth in EI's proxy statement dated December 10, 2012 were duly approved. About Elbit Imaging Ltd. Elbit Imaging Ltd. operates in the following principal fields of...
HAIFA, Israel, December 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE:ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it was awarded various contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD"), in a number of fields of activity for a total value of approximately $315 million. The contracts relate to the following areas: Avionics Systems: battle management systems ("BMS") and avionics for helicopters, virtual training for the Israeli Air Force's...
TSX.V: ADL TORONTO, Dec. 27, 2012 /CNW/ - ADIRA ENERGY LTD. (TSXV: ADL) (OTCBB: ADENF) (FRANKFURT: AORLB8). Adira Energy Ltd. ("Adira" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Energy and Water of the State of Israel (the "Ministry") has granted an extension of the date for the execution of a drilling contract of the first well on the Yitzhak offshore license from December 31, 2012 to June 30, 2013. Jeffrey E. Walter, Chief Executive Officer of Adira Energy...
Adv. Paz Itzhaki-Weinberger, Esq., Chairman of Israel's information security outfit IWC Limited, has been elevated to become a senior member of IEEE. Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL (PRWEB) December 26, 2012 Adv. Paz Itzhaki-Weinberger, Esq., Chairman of Israel's information security outfit IWC Limited, has been elevated to become a senior member of IEEE. IEEE (pronounced "Eye-triple-E") stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, and is the world's largest...
ADIRA SECURES OPTION TO ACQUIRE INTERESTS IN ADDITIONAL LICENSE IN SYRIAN ARC OIL TREND, OFFSHORE ISRAEL TSX.V: ADL TORONTO, Dec. 24, 2012 /CNW/ - ADIRA ENERGY LTD. (TSXV: ADL) (OTCBB: ADENF) (FRANKFURT: AORLB8). Adira Energy Ltd. ("Adira" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated June 23, 2012, Modi'in Energy L.P ("Modi'in") signed an addendum to the detailed drilling contract (the "Addendum") it has with Noble International Limited...
YAHUD, Israel, December 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Magal Security Systems, Ltd. (NASDAQ GM: MAGS) announced today that its major shareholder, the Kirsh Group, which is controlled by Mr Natie Kirsh, has acquired the entire shareholding of the Even Ezra family at $5.00 per share, a 26% premium to Magal's closing share price on December 14, 2012. This brings the Kirsh Group's holding in Magal to 44.4%. Mr. Kirsh said, "I have been involved with Magal from the beginning. This...
HAIFA, Israel, December 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE:ESLT) ("Elbit Systems") announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Israel Ministry of Defense ("IMOD") to upgrade the Israeli Air Force's ("IAF") C-130H (Hercules) transport aircraft. The contract value is in an amount that is not material to Elbit Systems. The modernization project will extend the operational life of the aircraft and significantly improve its...
TEL AVIV, Israel, December 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Israel's Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MEW) have selected four projects to receive $3.5 million under the 2012 Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Energy program. Each of the cooperative projects includes a U.S. and Israeli partner and addresses energy challenges and opportunities of interest to both countries, while focusing on commercializing clean energy...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Nanophotonics strikes again, making it possible to add the power of night vision to any regular pair of glasses. This new technology is being developed by a team at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beersheba, Israel and is said to be only one-micron thick. The Israel National Nanotechnology Institute is even interested in this new technology and has offered a $6.5 million grant to BGU and other teams to create this...
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, December 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tadiran Telecom, a leader in communications solutions, announces an OEM partnership with Surf Communications (SURF), a global leader in multimedia processing and applications. The partnership will allow Tadiran Telecom to integrate SURF's video conferencing technology into its recently launched Aeonix, Unified Communications and Collaboration Solution. Tadiran Telecom's Aeonix UC&C solution consolidates...
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Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana) is native to areas of the Middle East. Its range includes Egypt, Afghanistan, Turkestan, the West Bank, Israel, northeast Iran, and southwest Pakistan. It has many other common names including the royal fox, dog fox, steppe fox, black fox, and king fox. Blanford's fox can reach and average body length of seventeen inches, and weigh as much as 6.5 pounds. The fluffy tail is approximately twelve inches in length and bears a black tip. The fur is tan in color,...
Symbol: TRIS4 Group: Dicot Family: Fabaceae Classification: Kingdom Plantae – Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass Rosidae Order Fabales Family Fabaceae – Pea family Genus Trifolium L. – clover...
The Canaan Dog is Israel's national breed, which has existed in the Middle East for thousands of years. It has the appearance of a wild dog combined with a medium collie-type breed, and belongs to the Spitz family. The Canaan Dog has ears which stand straight up. It has a double coat which is short to medium in length. The undercoat is soft, and the outer coat is flat and harsh. It can be all shades of brown, red, black, or cream, usually with some white patches and sometimes masks. It...
The Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus), is a species of bird in the Pteroclididae family of birds. It is found in Afghanistan, Algeria, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Western Sahara.
The Southern-East Asian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes), also known as the Turkish or Iranian Wolf, is a subspecies of Gray Wolf which ranges from Northern Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iran. Israel seems to be the last hope for the Southern-East Asian Wolf's survival in the Middle East because it is the only country in the region where they have legal protection. There are between 150-250 wolves all over northern and central Israel. The biggest dangers to the wolves in...
