Israel Gas Field Is Now Twice the Size of Previous Estimates

By George Whitten, Worthy News, Jerusalem

Israel's discovery of the one of the world's largest natural gas fields is much larger than previously estimated, according to a new report obtained by Worthy News.

The Tamar Gas field, offshore from Haifa, is now worth $8 billion, nearly double previous estimates of local analysts, said a report prepared by Wood Mackenzie Research and Consulting.

Tamar is the world's second largest natural gas discovery over the past 18 months. Natural gas will be flowing into Israel by 2012, officials said.

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Saudi Forces Free Kidnapped Christian Girls In Yemen

Report from Worthy News' Stefan J. Bos:

Saudi Arabia's security forces freed two German Christian girls kidnapped nearly a year ago in neighboring Yemen but the fate of their abducted parents, their infant brother and a British engineer remained unknown, officials and Christians said on May 18.

Anna Hentschel, 3, and Lydia Hentschel, 5, were reportedly rescued in an operation targeting the hideout of their abductors in Yemen. The raid, in which Saudi military helicopters took part, happened in the Shada district of the north-western Yemeni province of Saada, Monday afternoon, May 17, officials said.

The girls, who were part of a group of Christians kidnapped in Saada in mid-June last year, were transferred to Saudi authorities, the Saudi interior ministry confirmed.