Israel frees scores of Palestinian prisoners
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed more than 250 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.
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Description: Israel announces it will free 170 Palestinian prisoners in the coming week. Officials said Israel had promised the release to Egypt&#39;s President Hosni Mubarak in exchange for the release by Egypt two weeks ago of an Israeli-Arab businessman.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.
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Israel says it&#39;s considering releasing some Palestinian prisoners -- as part of a deal in which Egypt has freed an Israeli Arab man convicted of spying.
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Israel agreed Sunday to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a good-will offering to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
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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 begins releasing Palestinian inmates to relieve overcrowding in its detention centres.
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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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The Israeli Cabinet agreed in principle on Sunday to release scores of Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt and Palestinian officials in the run
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Israel has agreed to release 170  Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian  election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted  Israeli spy, officials said Sunday.
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JERUSALEM Israel on Sunday agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a goodwill offering to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.
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Israel agrees to free about 90 Palestinian prisoners as a "gesture of goodwill" toward the Palestinian president.
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Israel released the top Hamas leader in the West Bank from prison on Thursday after he finished a 28-month sentence for being a member of an outlawed organization.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday as he looked to bolster the new moderate PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas and cement his own hold on power by finalising a new broad-based coalition.
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ISRAEL has agreed to release 170Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy.
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Israel agreed on Sunday to free about another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.