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Abductors present Eliyahu Asheri's ID card Popular Resistance Committees spokesman: Threat to hurt kidnapped settler is Gaza is invaded 'serious'; family members at settlement of Itamar fear for 18-year-old son's life. 'Watch over him, treat him well,' mother begs Efrat Weiss While Gaza Strip under pressure of IDF tanks, West Bank terrorists attempt to exert their own pressure: The Popular Resistance Committees organization on Wednesday afternoon presented for the first time a picture of kidnapped settler Eliyahu Asheri's identity card. Asheri, a resident of Itamar, has been missing from his home since the weekend, and his family fears for his...

PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) -- Face-scanning technology designed to recognize registered sex offenders and missing children has been installed in a Phoenix school in a pilot project that some law enforcement and education officials hope to expand. Two cameras, which are expected to be operational next week, will scan faces of people who enter the office at Royal Palm Middle School. They are linked to state and national databases of sex offenders, missing children and alleged abductors. An officer will be dispatched to the school in the event of a possible match, said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "If it works...