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Ecumenical outreach was part of vision
Sun StaffPope John Paul II prayed in a synagogue and also met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. He returned the relics of Orthodox saints and apologized for past church-inspired wrongs such as the Crusades, which caused widespread bloodshed in the Middle...Tags: Yasser Arafat, Religious Leaders, United Nations, William H. Keeler, Palestinian Liberation Organization
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Bribery charges against Israel's premier dropped
Sun Foreign StaffJERUSALEM - Israel's attorney general dropped a bribery case against Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday, sparing him from criminal charges and clearing the way for his plan to evacuate Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip. Attorney General Menachem...Tags: Gaza Strip, Employers, Parties and Movements, Bribery, Likud
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Israel retaliates for suicide bombing
Sun Foreign StaffIsraeli tanks shelled targets in the West Bank Monday night to avenge a suicide bombing hours earlier on the Israeli coast that killed two soldiers and severely wounded a third, according to Israeli security sources and Palestinian witnesses. The bombing...Tags: Television Stations, Yasser Arafat, Regional Authority, Armed Conflicts, Witnesses
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Sharon's Gaza plan rejected by party
Sun Foreign StaffJERUSALEM -- Members of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud party rejected yesterday his plan to withdraw unilaterally from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, dealing an embarrassing political setback to Sharon, who had put his prestige on...Tags: Television Stations, Armed Forces, Murder, Peter Hermann, Gaza Crisis (2008)
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Qureia has a history of working for peace
Associated PressJERUSALEM -- Ahmed Qureia, the Palestinian parliament speaker, won recognition for secret talks with Israel that led to the famous handshake on the White House lawn in 1993 between Yasser Arafat and Israel's Yitzhak Rabin -- the birth of the peace...Tags: Yasser Arafat, Hospitals and Clinics, Palestine, Oslo (Norway), Refugee
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Sharon tells Palestinian leaders, stop attacks or we'll set border
Sun Foreign StaffHERZLIYA, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave Palestinian leaders an ultimatum last night - either they stop violence and return to negotiations or Israel will take steps on its own to "disengage" and declare a provisional border. Under...Tags: Scott McClellan, Gaza Strip, Armed Conflicts, Likud, Suicide
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World reacts with horror, sorrow - joy
Staff And Wire ReportsShocked by the devastating attacks in the United States, a global audience became transfixed yesterday by images broadcast from New York and Washington. Reactions ranged from Norwegians in Oslo leaving flowers in a park near the U.S. Embassy, to...Tags: Television Stations, Yasser Arafat, Arts, Russia, U.S. Embassy
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Israelis and Palestinians cease fire
Sun Foreign StaffJERUSALEM - Israel ordered its troops to halt military actions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip yesterday after Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat announced a cease-fire that could be a first step toward ending a year of deadly violence. The Israeli army...Tags: Yasser Arafat, United Nations, Gaza Strip, Arts, Armed Forces
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Dylan, Albright to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - Musical legend Bob Dylan, novelist Toni Morrison and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright are among 13 people who will be awarded the country's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, by...Tags: Smallpox , U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights, Madeleine Albright, Bob Dylan
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INTERVIEW-"Homeland" heroine turns Mideast sleuth in season 2
Reuters* Producer sees thematic links to former project "24" * Israel beams as Americans eye adapting its TV shows By Dan Williams TEL AVIV, May 18 (Reuters) - Though booted from the CIA as psychologically unfit, the heroine of the hit TV thriller "Homeland"...Tags: Gaza Strip, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Homeland (tv program), Claire Danes, Television
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Survey tackles Jewish vote
Florida Jewish JournalA new survey conducted by the American Jewish Committee shows President Obama has increased his faltering support among Jewish voters to 61 percent, compared to 50 percent back in September. However, the number is still substantially lower than the 78...Tags: Boynton Beach, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Jeremiah Wright, Ehud Barak, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Israeli president Peres well after minor surgery
ReutersJERUSALEM, May 11 (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres successfully underwent a hernia operation in Tel Aviv on Friday, his office said in a statement. Peres, 88, was treated at short notice after returning from a trip to Canada and his personal...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Israel, Entertainment Events
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