11.   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen a former deputy chief of the Mossad with close ties to Jordan to head the troubled spy agency, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

12.   Police banned publication of many details concerning the case, local media reported.

13.   A blizzard that whipped parts of Romania this week and sent temperatures plunging claimed over a dozen lives, media reported Thursday.

14.   A bag containing hand grenades, an assault rifle and ammunition was found in the area Monday morning, Israeli media reported.

15.   A bomb exploded Thursday morning at a Gaza intersection used by Israeli settlers, killing one person and wounding three others, Israeli media reported.

16.   A family quarrel over money ended in a bomb explosion that ripped through a paint store, killing two people, official media reported Wednesday.

17.   A former minister has won a libel suit against a newspaper that accused him of being connected to a gang of mercenary murderers, media reported Tuesday.

18.   A Croatian court has decided to extradite a Bosnian Croat war crimes suspect to the U.N. tribunal, state-run media reported Wednesday.

19.   A German woman plunged to her death from a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City in an apparent suicide, state-controlled media reported Monday.

20.   A high-ranking intelligence officer who accused top officials of being involved in smuggling, complicity with criminals and spying has been dismissed, media reported Saturday.