Israeli pianist Barenboim takes Palestinian passport
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Daniel Barenboim, the world  renowned Israeli pianist and conductor, has taken Palestinian  citizenship and said he believed his rare new status could  serve a model for peace between the two peoples.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his wife Suha hold hands prior to Arafat&#39;s departure from his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah in this file picture released by the Palestinian Authority Friday Oct. 29, 2004.
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The Prime Minister has confirmed the two Israelis convicted and sentenced earlier this year for passport fraud, have been deported.
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Nasser al-Qidwa, nephew of the deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, arrived Sunday in Parisfrom Cairo to pick up Arafat&#39;s medical records, French TF1 television reported.
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Iran today returned the passport of American journalist Parnaz Azima, who has been detained in Tehran since arriving to visit her ailing mother on Jan. 25, according to her family and employer, Radio Farda.
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Riad Ali, who is an Israeli Arab, was handed over to Palestinian police today, nearly 24 hours after he was abducted at gunpoint from a CNN van.
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BEIRUT - Mahmoud Khalifa has tried five times to sneak into Europe. Each time, he was caught and sent back to Lebanon, the country where he was born but is denied some of the most basic rights because he is a Palestinian refugee.
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The conductor Daniel Barenboim, already a contentious figure among fellow Israelis for championing Palestinians' rights and the works of Hitler's favorite composer, has accepted honorary Palestinian citizenship.
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A Lebanese civilian airliner flying   directly from Paris circled Beirut before landing on Thursday,   marking the lifting of an Israeli air blockade against Lebanon,   airport sources said.
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Israeli officials said it was a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy, and to the new Palestinian leadership ahead of next month&#39;s Palestinian elections.
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A spokesperson for the French Defence Ministry has said the medical records of the late Yasser Arafat can be released to certain parties, such as his family.
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LONDON - Yasser Arafat&#39;s nephew will travel to France Friday to pick up medical records that could show what caused the Palestinian leader&#39;s death.
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The Israeli former nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu has been detained, trying to enter Bethlehem in defiance of a travel ban. Mr Vanunu was released in April after 18 years in jail for disclosing details of Israel&#39;s nuclear weapons programme.
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The Palestinian prime minister promised Friday to make public the cause of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, as Palestinian leaders dispatched an emissary to Paris to pick up his medical records.
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With his considerable experience, personality and public profile, Daniel Barenboim seems a logical candidate for music director of the New York Philharmonic in 2009.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and his wife Suha hold hands prior to Arafat's departure from his compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah in this picture released by the Palestinian Authority Friday Oct.
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Arafat bid farewell to his people in Palestine. 75-year-old Palestinian leader Arafat left Amman&#39;s military airport aboard a French plane at around 8:00 am (0600 GMT) Friday on his way to Paris for medical treatment.