The value of building permits rose 18.0% in October to $6.1 billion. The increase was mainly a result of gains in the value of non-residential permits and in construction intentions for single-family dwellings.
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PARIS - The Chief Rabbi of France, Gilles Bernheim, called "for the Europeans to change their opinions on Islam" after the Swiss referendum banning the construction of minarets, calling it "unfair" in a article published Thursday by Le Figaro.
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The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the US Congress on 3 December 2009 of a possible foreign military sale (FMS) to the United Arab Emirates of 16 CH-47F Chinook helicopters, and communication equipment, as well as associated parts, equipment, training and logistical support.
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Within its Spike anti-tank guided missile family, the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. recently unveiled a new version with non-line of sight (NLOS) capability, meaning that the system can strike targets which are not located in view of the missile launcher.
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Employment rose by 79,000 in November, bringing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.5%. Despite November's gain, employment was 321,000 (-1.9%) below the peak of October 2008.
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19 people have been killed and many wounded in an explosion in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to the latest reports.
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EU NAVFOR is holding 13 pirate suspects today after an attack on the general cargo ship BBC TOGO 150 n-miles south of Salalah, Oman.
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Cargo vessel freed from Somalia - all 10 crew-members reported to be well. Seized in the afternoon on Friday June 12, 2009, the relatively small 2,800-tonne general cargo ship MV CHARELLE has been released by her captors after they received a ransom, maritime observers working with ECOTERRA Intl. reported.
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On the morning of 29 November 2009, 175 nautical miles east of Victoria, Seychelles a Spanish Fishing Vessel was attacked by pirates in two attack skiffs. Her embarked security team fired warning shots after which the pirates broke of their attack.
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Romania’s Embassy to Athens was officially informed by the Greek authorities in connection with the hijacking of Greece-flagged Maran Centaurus carrier by Somali pirates and that among the 28 crew members on board there is also a Romanian citizens, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) confirmed on Monday.
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