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JERUSALEM – Israel successfully tested an anti-missile system designed to protect the country against Iranian attack, the Defense Ministry said, perfecting technology developed in response to failures of similar systems during the 1991 Gulf War. The intercept of a dummy missile was the 17th test of the Arrow system, a …

PHILADELPHIA – A woman accused of staging an abduction hoax that began near Philadelphia and ended at Florida’s Walt Disney World was returned to Pennsylvania in police custody on Friday and was held on $1 million bail. A drained-looking Bonnie Sweeten appeared in an Orlando, Fla., courtroom for a brief …

BRUSSELS – A fire sent dark smoke billowing from the executive floor of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels Monday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of workers and visitors. The cause of the fire was not immediately known, but police said it did not appear to be criminal in origin. …