Israel agrees to free 90 Palestinian prisoners
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Israel agreed on Sunday to free another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.
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Israel Thursday approved a troop  pullback from West Bank cities and the release of 900  Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of a  summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 19. - Israel today approved the release of dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture meant to promote reconciliation with Egypt and the new Palestinian leadership, officials said.
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BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, many of them serving the  final months of their sentences, in a gesture to the new  Palestinian leadership after Yasser Arafat's death.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed 159  Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate  new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a  "serious release" of thousands of security detainees.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel yesterday approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egypt and encouragement to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in hopes of future negotiations.
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Israeli officials approve a list of 250 Palestinian prisoners in its jails expected to be released on Friday.
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Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners Monday as a gesture to Egypt and moderate new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, but he called for a "serious release" of thousands of security detainees.
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Israel on Monday began releasing 159 Palestinian prisoners as part of a prisoner swap with Egypt and in what is also seen as a gesture to the new Palestinian leadership.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in a gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah faction.
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Israel is to free 170 Palestinian prisoners within days after the move wins ministerial committee backing.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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BEERSHEBA, Israel  - Israel began the release of  159 Palestinian prisoners Monday, many of them serving the  final months of their sentences, in a gesture to the new  Palestinian leadership after Yasser Arafat's death.
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Israeli Cabinet ministers on Thursday approved the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners and a withdrawal from the West Bank town of Jericho, officials said, in a pair of gestures ahead of a regional summit next week.
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Israeli leaders approved on Thursday  a troop pullback from West Bank cities and the release of 900  Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of a  summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.
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Israel's cabinet agreed on Sunday to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a move meant to show goodwill ahead of elections to replace Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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Israel's cabinet agreed on Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners in the latest attempt to strengthen Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas's seizure of the Gaza Strip.