Israeli Lions Symbols of Peace at Palestinian Zoo
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Shouts of joy from excited schoolboys greeted the arrival of an Israeli convoy on its entry to a Palestinian town where visitors from the Jewish state are usually soldiers searching for militants.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres said Thursday he was &quot;more optimistic&quot; about the possibility of peace between Israel and the Palestinians, after meeting with the pope and Italian leaders in Rome.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank -- Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem have brought an atmosphere of peace and goodwill to the holy city.
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AL-BAIYADA, Lebanon  - The white-and-blue Star of   David flag flutters from an Israeli army post near this   Lebanese border village, reminding residents of the fragility   of a truce between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas.
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Ahmed Zayat and Earle Mack hope that naming a racehorse after the famous Jewish philosopher Maimonides will spread a message of peace.
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VATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II shooed a dove - a symbol of peace - out his apartment window Sunday, chuckling with children who watched in delight as the bird flew back into his room overlooking St. Peter's Square.
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Israel allowed free travel into Bethlehem on Christmas Eve and handed out candy to Palestinians and foreign pilgrims at roadblocks, the latest sign that Israeli-Palestinian relations have warmed since the death of Yasser Arafat.
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They endured a summer of war, but now relief is coming for Lebanon's little known victims &#151; cats and dogs abandoned when their owners fled the country during the early days of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
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By LES NEUHAUS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Ethiopia is a perilous place to be an Abyssinian lion - so perilous that an Italian aid group brought two orphaned cubs to the Italian Embassy, where the wife of a diplomat has been caring for them inside a fenced garden.
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The United Nations has accorded Yasser Arafat honors as a head of state, holding a tribute in the General Assembly and flying the flag at half staff.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Thousands of Palestinians  including armed militants gave presidential election  frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas a hero's welcome on Saturday in a  Gaza refugee camp shattered by fighting with Israel.
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The somber official end to mourning for  Yasser Arafat on Tuesday contrasted with a new sense of  optimism in the Middle East after his death.
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Israeli officials Wednesday said that a "sign of life" had been received from Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants.
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Israeli army spotters have a new job: counting wild animals on both sides of the West Bank separation barrier to help naturalists assess the problems caused by the huge structure, an army publication reported.
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Ramallah: Supporters bade a tearful farewell to Yasser Arafat Friday, as the man who has symbolised the Palestinian struggle for statehood for four decades flew out of the West Bank for possibly the last time.
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A lion has attacked a man who jumped into its enclosure shouting &quot;Jesus will save you!&quot;, at a zoo in Taiwan&#39;s capital.
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Eastern Europe's lions in winter have rediscovered their roar. When Ukraine descended into postelection chaos this week, the most stirring pleas for a peaceful resolution came not from Washington but from Warsaw and Prague.