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# Dead Sea

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Deal signed to save shrinking Dead Sea by connecting it with Red Sea
Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians signed the agreement in Washington today.
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Dec 9th 2013, 9:53 PM
Google launches Dead Sea Scrolls online library
Only five conservators worldwide are authorized to handle the Dead Sea Scrolls, but now, everyone can view them.
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Dec 20th 2012, 9:58 AM
Two-thousand-year-old Dead Sea Scrolls go online
A joint project by Google and Israel’s national museum allows people to search high-resolution images of the scrolls for specific passages and translate verses into English.
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Sep 26th 2011, 5:48 PM
Israeli forces announce weapons boat seizure
Military says two Palestinian men who were on board the vessel were arrested.
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Jul 25th 2011, 1:20 PM
Dead Sea threatened both by shrinking and flooding
While the water level of the fabled Dead Sea is dropping nearly 1.2 metres a year – part of it is also overflowing and threatening one of Israel’s key tourism destinations.
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Jun 13th 2011, 1:22 PM