Scattered clashes at Jerusalem holy site
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Police scuffled on Friday with Muslims protesting Israeli construction outside a disputed Jerusalem holy site, but the scattered clashes were quickly contained and no one was seriously hurt, police said.
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More than a dozen people were injured Friday when fighting broke out in the West Bank city of Ramallah amid growing tensions between rival Palestinian factions.
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Palestinian leaders appealed for calm, and the clashes were not as intense or as widespread as on Sunday.
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The recent conflict between Hezbollah and Israeli forces&#151;now halted by a tentative cease-fire&#151;appears to have left historic sites in the war-torn country unscathed.
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NAJAF, Iraq  - Heavy fighting has broken out between Iraqi Shi&#39;ite militiamen and US troops in the holy city of Najaf, leaving many people killed and wounded, medical officials say.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Explosions and gunfire shook Najaf's Old City on Sunday in a fierce battle between U.S. forces and Shiite militants, as negotiations dragged on for the handover of the revered shrine that the fighters have used for their stronghold...
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The site of an Israeli archaeological dig that has sparked angry Muslim reaction worldwide contains what could be a Muslim prayer room, an Israeli archaeologist said Sunday.
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ISTANBUL The police on Sunday clashed with hundreds of rock-throwing nationalists who staged a protest outside the seat of the spiritual leader of the world&#39;s Orthodox Christians.
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Jerusalem - It is now four years since the first clashes of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, broke out after a visit by Israel&#39;s Ariel Sharon to Jerusalem&#39;s Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
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It may be called the City of Peace, but no other city has been more bitterly fought over than Jerusalem. Eric Cline, a historian, archaeologist, and author of the new book Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel discusses the holy city's turbulent history.
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Several loud explosions resonated near a holy shrine in Najaf on Monday as sporadic clashes continued between US-backed Iraqi forces and Shiite militiamen, witnesses said.
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One man died and two others were injured  in uncertain circumstances in southern Egypt, a police source  said on Thursday, in the latest in a series of clashes between  Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
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One man died and two others were injured in uncertain circumstances in southern Egypt, a police source said on Thursday, in the latest in a series of clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
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An Israeli-Arab legislator Friday helped negotiate an end to a standoff between Palestinians and police at a disputed Jerusalem holy site.
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NAJAF: A fierce gunbattle erupted between US troops and radical Shi&#39;ite militants near Najaf&#39;s holy shrine this morning, a Reuters witness said.
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Fighting in Najaf, a holy city for Shi&#39;ite Muslims in Iraq, is at crisis point. Militiamen led by anti-US cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are holed up in the golden-domed Imam Ali mosque in a standoff against Iraq&#39;s interim government and American troops.
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Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli police in Jerusalem over building work being done at disputed holy site.