Hamas praises abduction, denies role
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Khaled Mashaal&#039;s aides praised the capture of an Israeli soldier as a daring operation but claimed Wednesday that the Damascus-based Hamas leader played no role in it. Israel sees him as the brains behind the abduction and threatened to try to assassinate him.
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Kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston said he was in good health and being treated well in a video released on Friday, his first message from captivity since militants seized him 11 weeks ago.
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Hamas representatives are in touch with leaders from the United States and the European Union, even though Hamas appears on the countries&#39; lists of terror organization, according to Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal.
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Hamas - regarded as a terror group by Israel and the West â-ade a strong showing in West Bank local elections â - first time the Islamic militant group competed at the polls.
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A militant group which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan said on Saturday the hostages were safe.
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GAZA: The Palestinian Islamic militant group, Hamas, called on Tuesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, saying it could add to the isolation of Israel and the United States.
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Kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston said his captors had treated him well in an Internet video issued by them on Friday.
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Shunned by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization, the Islamist group Hamas scored a publicity coup this week by defending its policies in Gaza with opinion pieces in two of the country's most influential newspapers on the same day.
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A militant group which has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan says the hostages are safe. The Jaish-e-Muslimeen (Army of Muslims), a breakaway Taliban faction
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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The Palestinian group Hamas denied on Sunday that it would ever carry out attacks in the United States. It also condemned the arrest of two members by American authorities, saying they are politically motivated.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Hamas militants in Gaza posted an audio tape of a captive Israeli soldier on the Internet on Monday, just hours before their rivals for power among the Palestinians were to hold a summit with Israel.
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A Hamas leader on Friday offered a message to the father of an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in June: If you want your son to be released, get your country to follow our demands.
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A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the West Bank was released after two years of detention in an Israeli jail, Palestinian witnesses said Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Two unlikely factors - the maneuverings of Hamas, a group the United States considers a chief sponsor of terrorism, and a widespread fear of chaos among Palestinians - are combining to create some hope in the run-up to next month&#39;s
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Authorities believed the suspects provided support to the three Islamic militants who were arrested yesterday, an official said.
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Hamas TV said early Wednesday that kidnapped British reporter Alan Johnston has been released after nearly four months in captivity.