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Famous for its crabbing industry, it is home to about 1,700 civilians as well as South Korean military installations. There are about 30 other small islands nearby. North Korea fired dozens of rounds of artillery in three separate barrages that began in midafternoon, while South Korea returned fire with about 80 rounds, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. Naval operations had been reinforced in the area, the military said early Wednesday, declining to elaborate. Columns of thick black smoke rose from homes on the island, video from YTN cable TV showed. Screams and shouts filled the air as shells rained down on the island just south of the disputed sea border. Island residents fled to some 20 shelters on the island and sporadic shelling ended after about an hour, according to the military. A North Korean statement said it was merely "reacting to the military provocation of the puppet group with a prompt powerful physical strike," and accused Seoul of starting the skirmish with its "reckless military provocation as firing dozens of shells inside the territorial waters of the" North. The supreme military command in Pyongyang threatened more strikes if the South crossed their maritime border by "even 0.001 millimeter," according to the North's official Korean Central News Agency. Government officials in Seoul called North Korea's bombardments "inhumane atrocities" that violated the 1953 armistice halting the Korean War. The two sides technically remain at war because a peace treaty was never signed, and nearly 2 million troops — including tens of thousands from the U.S. — are positioned on both sides of the world's most heavily militarized border. 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That Netanyahu allowed a junior member of the coalition to push through so critical a bill probably reflects his own ambivalence toward President Barack Obama's peace push — and the peace enterprise in general. Under heavy American pressure, Netanyahu has pledged to reach a deal with the Palestinians by September. But he leads a party that is cool to surrendering captured territory and has himself given few indications that he is willing to make the dramatic concessions that would be needed. The law could still come under a Supreme Court challenge. But if it survives, UGG Bailey Button 5803 UGG Button Triplet 1873 UGG Classic Short 5825 UGG Classic Tall 5815 UGG Classic Cardy 5819 it would require 80 of 120 lawmakers to approve any withdrawal from those two areas. Without that special majority, the government would need to win approval in a binding national referendum. The law comes as there is some renewed talk of changing the makeup of Netanyahu's coalition by bringing in the centrist Kadima party, which would enable him to proceed more easily with peace moves. During a parliamentary debate before the vote, Kadima member Meir Sheetrit said that requiring a referendum would weaken the parliament's decision-making powers. "There is only one referendum here. That referendum is called elections," he said. "If the government doesn't want to withdraw, let it say that. 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