In Recession, Palestinians Try a Cheaper Way to Wed
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BANI NAIM, West Bank -- Of the many troubles that the economic slide has brought to this town on the edge of the Judean Desert, Jihad Manassrah saw none more threatening than the growing number of single women walking in prim pairs through its narrow streets.
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One month after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, realignments on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli divide are raising fragile hopes for a mutual retreat from four years of fighting.
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MIDEAST:Residents hope lessening Israeli-Palestinian violence can help the town regain its tourist industry. BY LAURA KING. BETHLEHEM, West Bank - In this Christmas season of hopes and fears, the little town
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It's not easy to find romance in a conservative Muslim country torn by war. Here's how some young Iraqis are trying
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Fighting between Palestinian factions is dividing their turf and dashing statehood hopes.
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Gaza's children used to light colorful lanterns to mark Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting. But this year, many parents can't afford those small $1 toys as the coastal strip sinks deeper into poverty amid an aid cutoff to punish the Hamas-led government.
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The last two years have been the gloomiest in the history of labor relations in the Israeli economy. The Histadrut, representing about a third of the wage earners in the country, was struck by a series of
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Suha Daoud Tawil Arafat, 41, has been the focus of resentment and controversy among Palestinians for most of the time that she has been married to the founder and chief symbol of the Palestinian national movement.
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The citrus industry in the land of   Jaffa oranges, squeezed for a decade by economic decline and a   Palestinian uprising, is blossoming again.
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SHYOUKH, West Bank  - Life is booming in one hilltop West Bank town despite a year of crippling Western sanctions against a Hamas-led government and recent bloodshed elsewhere between rival Palestinian factions.
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SALFIT, West Bank -- Palestinians hoping for a morale boost after four years of bloody conflict with Israel were disappointed yesterday, when their contestant in a much-watched contest for the Arab world's best singer lost to a Libyan.
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With recession looming, there are pitfalls and opportunities.
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Israelis and Palestinians are in the midst of rapidly evolving events that could lead to a period of instability in both camps, but could also usher in the changes necessary to resume peace negotiations.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - There are plenty of spare   rooms at Jericho's luxury InterContinental hotel, opened at a   time of rare optimism in the region but now a symbol of what   might have been for the Palestinian economy.
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The odds are stacked against Valentine's Day in Hamas-ruled Gaza: The holiday is considered "haram," or forbidden by Islam, most residents don't have money for frills and the requisite red roses are grown only beyond a closed border with Israel.
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Palestinians have a choice -- they can hold onto the past or look to the future. And to make progress, the US and Israel will have to help.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Divided more than ever after Hamas's armed takeover of Gaza, Palestinians are watching their dream of statehood turn into even more of a nightmare to achieve.