Hamas reverse on schoolbook ban
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The Hamas-led Education Ministry lifts a ban on a Palestinian folktale book following public outcry.
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The Malaysian government reverses its decision to ban a Christian newspaper for using the word Allah to mean God.
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JABALYA, Gaza Strip  - Thousands of supporters of the Islamist group Hamas protested in the Gaza Strip on Friday against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad that sparked Muslim outrage two years ago.
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The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas said on Wednesday it would boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas has postponed a tour of Muslim countries because of Israeli travel restrictions, his office said Monday.
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In a major test of the Hamas government, unpaid teachers shut down hundreds of schools across the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Saturday, the first day of the school year.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected as unconstitutional the government appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to replace a Hamas-led cabinet, and called for parliament to convene to try to reverse the decision.
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from carrying $35 million into Gaza on Thursday, allowing the Hamas leader to return from fund-raising in Muslim countries only after he left the money behind.
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The Hamas-run Education Ministry has ordered an anthology of Palestinian folk tales pulled from school libraries, reportedly over mild sexual innuendo, the most direct attempt by the Islamic militants to impose their beliefs on Palestinian society.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed Hamas's top  West Bank leader Thursday after two years in jail and he  swiftly called on the Jewish state to release all Palestinian  inmates as a condition for any truce.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  lifted a ban on contacts with the Palestinians on Wednesday  after new leader Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to  halt militant attacks on Israelis within days.
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Hamas boycotts an emergency session of the Palestinian parliament called by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Thousands of supporters of  the Islamist group Hamas protested in the Gaza Strip on Friday  against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad  that sparked Muslim outrage two years ago.
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The Palestinian president reasserted his authority over the West Bank and issued a decree outlawing the armed militias of Hamas.
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A leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas announced Wednesday that its members will boycott presidential elections scheduled for January 9, reports the Associated Press.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a  ban on contacts with the Palestinians on Wednesday after  Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on  Israelis and officials from both sides met within hours.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Hamas's top leader in the  West Bank was released from an Israeli prison Thursday after  completing a two-year sentence, potentially bolstering the  militant Palestinian group's standing in the area.