Israel frees scores of Palestinian prisoners
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released 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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Israel freed 159 Palestinian prisoners on Monday, in a move the Palestinian leadership welcomed while calling for the releases of thousands more who remain jailed.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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Israel has agreed to free 170  Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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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 free 170  Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a  convicted Israeli spy and to show goodwill ahead of a  Palestinian election, officials said on Sunday.
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Israel agreed on Sunday to free up to 200 Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill after Egypt freed a convicted Israeli spy and ahead of elections for Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor, officials said.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called a goodwill gesture to bolster new Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and build mutual trust.
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Egypt yesterday freed an Israeli Arab businessman, convicted of spying, in exchange for Israel&#39;s release of six Egyptian students.
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KITSIYOT, Israel  - Israel began releasing dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.- backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas following the takeover of the Gaza Strip by Hamas Islamists.
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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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JERUSALEM,  - Israel began freeing 159 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Palestine Liberation Organisastion chairman Mahmud Abbas.
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Two Israelis suspected of being spies were released from prison and deported Wednesday after serving two months of six-month jail sentence, the government said.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy and to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election, officials said on Sunday.
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The Israeli cabinet agreed Sunday morning to free dozens of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture ahead of the upcoming Palestinian presidential elections, officials said.
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved  the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners in what Prime Minister  Ariel Sharon called a goodwill gesture to bolster new  Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and build mutual trust.
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ISRAEL released almost 160 Palestinian prisoners today as an act of goodwill towards Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak but Palestinians dismissed the move as a public relations gimmick.