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World’s Most Innovative Cruise Line Celebrates Steel Cutting and Reveals Names of Newest Ships

MIAMI, February 5, 2013 – Royal Caribbean International took a major step this week in the development of the cruise line’s next generation of cruise ships when the first piece of steel was cut for the first of two Project Sunshine ships. The steel cutting took place at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, where the two ships will be built.

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SANTIAGO, Chile, 10 February 2013, (BWNS) — A new video detailing progress of the construction of the Baha'i House of Worship for the South American continent has been released.

The video highlights the completion of the building's concrete foundation, the beginning of construction work on the basement and service tunnel, and the installation of ten isolators to counteract seismic activity. It can be viewed online through the official website at http://templo.bahai.cl/noticiario_eng.htm

Construction began with site excavation and the installation of utility lines in November 2010 and advanced to major concrete work in March 2012.

When completed, the edifice in Santiago will be the eighth in a series of Baha'i Houses of Worship, and the final one to be erected to serve an entire continent.

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President Shimon Peres, today (Thursday, 17 January 2013), at the Ghetto Fighters' House Museum at kibbutz Lohamei HaGeta'ot, took part in a ceremony to commemorate 70 years since the outbreak of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, along with fighters from the ghetto, Holocaust survivors and their grandchildren.

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InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has been awarded the World’s Leading Hotel Brand for the fourth
year running, as well as World’s Leading Business Hotel for the second year in a row at the Grand
Final Ceremony of the 2012 Word Travel Awards in New Delhi, India.

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President Shimon Peres swore-in 12 new judges and one senior registrar at a ceremony at the President's Residence under the auspices of the President of the State of Israel, Justice Minister and President of the Supreme Court:

 President Shimon Peres to the new judges:

"An independent and impartial judicial system is a prerequisite for an enlightened democratic society"
The President of the State of Israel, President Shimon Peres, delivered remarks this morning at a swearing-in ceremony for eleven new judges to the Magistrates Courts, one to the Transportation Court and one senior registrar. The ceremony was also attended by the President of the Supreme Court, Asher Grunis, and the Justice Minister, Yaakov Neeman.

  1. President Shimon Peres hosted a reception for the leaders of the Christian faith in Israel in honor of the New Year
  2. President Peres address Israel's ambassadors and heads of mission from across the world at a special event at the President's Residence
  3. British Embassador Mr Matthew Gould was awarded an honorary degree from Ben Gurion University
  4. Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year