IN: israel is to grant the ministry of foreign affairs power to prevent the export of `` sensitive materials '' that could be used to develop chemical , biological or nuclear weapons , the israeli newspaper ha'aretz reported wednesday .
summary: israel to tighten measures on exporting sensitive materials

IN: portland trail blazers guard sebastian telfair faces national basketball association discipline for carrying a handgun on a team flight , even though he did so inadvertently .
summary: blazers guard telfair to be disciplined for bring handgun on flight

IN: kenya 's insurance industry has warned that it might cease covering some areas of banking if immediate measures were not taken to stern the recent wave of armed raids on banks in the east african country .
summary: kenya insurers issue warning on bank raids

IN: spain 's conservative opposition leader mariano rajoy has joined the social networking website facebook as he seeks to boost his campaign for march elections .
summary:
spain 's opposition leader joins facebook ahead of elections