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A group calling itself "The Free People of the Galilee" claimed Wednesday that it abducted an Israeli-American woman in 2003 and demanded that Israel release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for information about her fate.
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Israeli left-wing activists have demonstrated in Tel Aviv in support of an Israeli woman who has placed in administrative detention.
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A hitherto unknown militant group says it has kidnapped a Polish woman in Iraq and is demanding that Poland withdraw its forces, Al Jazeera television reports.
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A Palestinian man demanding  medical expenses for a battle wound abducted three American  women near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday,  and freed them an hour later, Palestinian sources said.
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Rights groups in Tunisia say women who wear an Islamic headscarf are being persecuted by officials.
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A special ministerial committee on Sunday decided to release 170 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons. Of the group, 120 prisoners are members of Fatah and 50 were arrested for illegally residing within Israel.
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An Israeli organization charged with locating the property of victims of the Holocaust has put its findings on the Internet.
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Hardline religious students in Islamabad abduct a group of people, including women, accusing them of prostitution.
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JERUSALEM -- Israeli security forces frequently beat Palestinians working illegally in the country, sometimes severely, and detain them for hours without food and water, an Israeli human rights group said in a report published yesterday. Security officials said in response to the report by the B'Tselem human rights group that the troops are operating under tough conditions to prevent Palestinian ...
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At least 25 Palestinian U.N. workers have been detained by Israel for about two years under charges the Jewish state won't reveal, two spokesmen for the United Nations charged Wednesday.
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TABA, Egypt - A few dozen Bedouin tribesmen have been detained on suspicion they supplied the explosives for coordinated car bombings at two Egyptian resorts that killed at least 33 people, most of them Israelis, officials said Saturday.    Israel's counter-terrorism chief, meanwhile, urged Israeli tourists still in Egypt to return home immediately, saying they were in danger...
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A group claiming to have captured two Indonesian women in Iraq has said it will release them if Jakarta frees Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir being held for alleged terrorist links.
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Left-wing Israeli activists demonstrate in Tel Aviv in support of an Israeli woman detained without trial.
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The Israeli police announced the arrest of a group of young immigrants from the former Soviet Union on Sunday on charges of attacking religious Jews, homosexuals, Asians and other foreigners.
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A hitherto unknown group calling itself the Salafi Brigades of Abu Baker Siddik said Thursday it kidnapped a Polish woman in Iraq.
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TABA, Egypt - Dozens of Bedouin tribesmen have been detained on suspicion they supplied the explosives for coordinated car bombings at two Egyptian resorts that killed at least 33 people, most of them Israelis, officials said Saturday.    Israel's counter-terrorism chief urged Israeli tourists in Egypt to return home immediately, saying they were in danger...
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An Iraqi militant group claiming to have kidnapped two Indonesian women said it would release them if Jakarta freed a Muslim cleric detained on suspected terror links, Al Jazeera television reported Saturday.