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Palestine’s Hamas re-elects Meshaal as leaderHamas re-elected Khaled Meshaal on Tuesday as the Islamist group's leader, at a marathon overnight closed-door meeting held in Cairo, an official with the organisation said. Once reviled as a hardliner but now seen increasingl More… |
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Gaza rocket attacks Israel, first since truceA rocket fired from Gaza exploded in Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a November truce and an apparent show of solidarity with West Bank protests after the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli jail. Al-Aqsa Martyrs B More… |
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Israel pulls back from Gaza, invasion force intactIsrael began withdrawing the army on Thursday that had been poised to invade the Gaza Strip to go after Hamas, with both sides declaring they had won their eight-day battle. Dust-covered tanks and armoured bulldozers were winched More… |
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Gaza ceasefire fails to lift Dubai stocksDubai's bourse slipped after two sessions of gains and volumes drop to a two-week low as investors saw little reason to increase their market exposure despite a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict. The emirate's index en More… |
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Hamas-Israel ceasefire takes hold amid deep mistrustA ceasefire between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers took hold on Thursday after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last. Even after the ceasefire More… |
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Explosion hits bus in central Tel Aviv, 10 woundedAn explosion hit a bus in the heart of Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding at least 10 people in what officials said was a terrorist attack. The blast shattered windows on the bus, which was driving on a street that runs alongside Isr More… |
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Attacks continue as Clinton seeks Gaza truceIsraeli air strikes shook the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rockets struck across the border as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday, seeking a truce that can hold back Isra More… |
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Egypt sees imminent end to Gaza conflictEgypt's president predicted on Tuesday that Israel's Gaza offensive would end later in the day, Egyptian state media said, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton headed to the region to try to calm the conflict. More… |
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Clinton heads to Mideast for Gaza crisis talksUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday dispatched Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Middle East for urgent talks with Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders in his most decisive move yet to try to halt the Gaza crisis. More… |
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New Mideast balance curbs Israel Gaza actionA new balance of power in the Middle East will limit Israel's ability to impose its ceasefire terms on Hamas in Gaza, but technology is compensating by curbing the militants' capacity to cause casualties in the Jewish s More… |
