Egypt, Israel Exchange Prisoners in Sign of Warming Relations
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JERUSALEM, 6 December 2004 - In a sign that relations strained by the Palestinian uprising were warming, Egypt freed an Israeli Druze jailed eight years ago for spying and the Jewish state released six Egyptian students.
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CAIRO, Egypt  - In a series of dramatic steps capped Sunday by a high-profile prisoner swap, Israel and Egypt are moving rapidly to improve relations, seizing the opportunity for a Middle East peace deal presented by Yasser Arafat's death.
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Egypt released today an Israeli convicted of spying and Israel reciprocated by freeing six young Egyptians arrested in August after slipping into Israel's southern desert.
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A convicted Israeli spy was released by Egypt on Sunday in exchange for six imprisoned Egyptian students under a prisoner swap. Azzam Azzam, an Israeli businessman jailed by
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A DRAMATIC prisoner exchange between Israel and Egypt at the weekend is the clearest sign yet that a new age of peacemaking and diplomacy between Cairo and Jerusalem has begun.
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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 Suntoday agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a goodwill offering to Egypt&#39;s President Hosni Mubarak.
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Six Egyptian students held in Israel have been released in a reported exchange for the release of Azam Azam, an Israeli businessman serving a 15-year sentence for espionage in Egypt.
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Egypt yesterday freed an Israeli member of the Druze religion convicted of spying, in exchange for Jerusalem&#39;s release of six Egyptian students - a move that
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THE depth and scale of the covert diplomatic manoeuvring to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was dramatically illuminated yesterday when Egyptian government officials confirmed their involvement in talks leading up to a mid-year peace conference
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An Israeli Druze business-man, convicted of espionage and held for eight years in an Egyptian jail, was released yesterday in exchange for six Egyptian
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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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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said   Israel may release more Palestinian prisoners than expected as   part of a possible deal covering the release of an Israeli   soldier held by Palestinians.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said  Israel may release more Palestinian prisoners than expected as  part of a possible deal covering the release of an Israeli  soldier held by Palestinians.
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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 for future negotiations.
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Relatives and friends screamed in delight at the homecoming of an accused Israeli-Arab spy whose release from an Egyptian prison could signal a thaw in Israel-Egypt relations.
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Egypt raised the prospect of a framework for a Middle East peace deal and said it could soon return an ambassador to Israel, a move that would revive full diplomatic ties after a four-year break.