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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: Religious Conflicts, Religious Leaders, The Pope, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Rome (Italy)
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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: Regional Authority, Terrorism, Gaza Crisis (2008), Prosecution, Armed Conflicts
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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: Religious Conflicts, Television, Murder, Terrorism, 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: Religious Conflicts, Gaza Crisis (2008), Civil Unrest, Mahmoud Abbas, Refugee
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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 Crisis (2008), Corporate Crime, Justice System, Employers, Employment
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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: Death, Gaza Crisis (2008), Scott McClellan, Suicide, Peace Negotiations
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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: U.S. Embassy, Television, Terrorism, Transportation Accidents, Air and Space Accidents
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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: United Nations, Death, Terrorism, Gaza Crisis (2008), Armed Forces
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Yitzhak Shamir dies at 96; former Israeli prime minister
JERUSALEM — Yitzhak Shamir, the onetime underground Jewish fighter and long-serving Israeli prime minister whose unyielding belief in the right of Jews to all of the biblical Land of Israel often exasperated U.S. policymakers, has died. He was 96....Tags: United Nations, Gaza Crisis (2008), Palestine, Peace Negotiations, Benjamin Netanyahu
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Obama to honor Medal of Freedom recipients
WASHINGTON (AP)— President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will honor a diverse cross-section of political and cultural icons — including former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, astronaut John Glenn, basketball coach Pat...
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Egyptian military holds on to power despite presidential vote
CNNAn Islamist backed by the Muslim Brotherhood declared victory as Egypt's first democratically elected president even as the country's military rulers issued a decree that stripped the position of much of its power. The move by the Supreme Council of...Tags: Egypt, Elections, Cairo (Egypt), Separation of Church and State, Parliament
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Israeli president's Medal of Freedom may revive Pollard spy case
World NowPresident Obama's decision to award Israeli President Shimon Peres the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this year was followed by pressure in Israel to take the opportunity to ask for the release of Jonathan Pollard from American prison....
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