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Canada deports Palestinian hijacker after 25-year legal battle
ReutersOTTAWA (Reuters) - After a 25-year legal battle, Canada has finally deported a Palestinian convicted of an attack on an Israeli airliner in 1968, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said on Monday. Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad, a former Popular Front for...Tags: Migration, Immigration, National Government, Politics, Government
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Global Voices: Palestinian quest for statehood a moving target
In the 65 years since the creation of Israel and the scattering of millions of Palestinians from their historic homeland, hope of resolving the core crisis of the Middle East has risen to joyous pinnacles like Camp David and crashed into despair with...
Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Barack Obama, Hamas, Camp David, Palestinian National Authority
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Thousands of Palestinians mark 65 years since displacement
ReutersRAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday during demonstrations to mark 65 years since what they call the Nakba (Catastrophe) when the creation of Israel's caused many to lose their...Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Hamas, Religion and Belief, Palestinian National Authority
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Palestinians unite behind Gaza Strip "Arab Idol" star
Reuters* Gaza refugee wows judges, fans in pan-Arab singing contest * Songs of love and longing for Palestinian homeland * Abbas endorses singer, Islamist Hamas praises his family By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, May 13 (Reuters) - The fractious factions in the...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Politics, Music
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Mother knew best for daughter, and now they'll graduate together at HCC
As a mother, Howard Community College student Sonia Halboni believes she always has her children's best interests at heart, yet she can remember once when her peers didn't concur. When her daughter, Daliah, graduated from Marriotts Ridge High School two...
Tags: Mother's Day, University of Maryland, College Park, Awards and Prizes, Culture, Ceremonies
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Palestinian-Syrian group says forming units to fight for the Golan
ReutersBEIRUT, May 11 (Reuters) - A militant Palestinian group in Damascus said it is forming combat units to try to recapture Israeli-occupied territory, in particular the Golan Heights, after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah that they would...Tags: Iran, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Lebanon, Israel
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Influential Muslim cleric visits Hamas-ruled Gaza
ReutersBy Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, May 8 (Reuters) - Leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi paid a high-profile visit to Gaza on Thursday, giving a boost to the Islamist group Hamas that runs the enclave, but also laying bare Palestinian rivalries....Tags: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Politics, Jihad, Al Jazeera (tv network)
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Assad and Nasrallah threaten new front line in Golan
ReutersBy Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 10 (Reuters) - Threats from Damascus and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah to turn the Golan Heights into a "resistance front" against Israel could end nearly four decades of calm across the increasingly tense ceasefire line...Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Human Rights, Beirut (Lebanon), Politics, European Union
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Gretchen Grad, Hands of Peace founder
In the months following 9/11, Gretchen Grad spent more than a few sleepless nights pondering the state of the world and the growing enmity among its peoples. During one of those bouts of insomnia, she came up with a solution, a plan to unite young...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Religion and Belief, Belief and Faith, University of Chicago, Judaism
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Israel's Netanyahu, Palestine's Abbas head to China
ReutersBy Sui-Lee Wee BEIJING, May 4 (Reuters) - China will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas next week for separate bilateral talks as it tries to shore up its role in a region where its diplomatic influence...Tags: Iran, John Kerry, Benjamin Netanyahu, Beijing (China), Ehud Olmert
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Fayyad resigned, but did he?
Salam Fayyad was 55 years old when they found him six years ago. They are the secretary of state and the European donors who wanted to help the Palestine Authority in its hour of trial but did not want to see their contributions diverted by corrupt...Tags: Elections, Hamas, Politics, Parliament, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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FEATURE-Youth voice hope for change in static Palestinian politics
Reuters* New TV gives glimpse of views of frustrated youth * Partisan rivalry, occupation defines moribund politics * Slim majority of youth think they can be force for change By Noah Browning RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 1 (Reuters) - Far from the children...Tags: Jerusalem (Israel), Mahmoud Abbas, Politics, Hamas, Parliament
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