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PA to demand Barghouti release as part of renewed negotiations with Israel

Abbas tells Time Magazine that Olmert promised Israel would release prisoners to PA if deal went through for release of abducted IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.

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Ilan Grapel Tahrir
Israel cabinet set to approve Grapel prisoner exchange deal

News comes after Israeli negotiation team updates suspected Israeli spy on his upcoming release from Egyptian prison, where he has been held since June 12.

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Israelis protesting against biometric database.
ANALYSIS / Israeli identity theft highlights crisis of information in digital age

Digital information is gradually becoming information that can be copied perfectly with almost unbearable ease.

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Gadhafi - AP - March 2, 2011
Gadhafi buried in secret location in Libya desert

Burial comes five days after deposed Libyan leader killed in coastal city of Sirte, and shortly after council chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil promised an investigation into his death.

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David Be’eri - 25102011
Palestinian, Israeli videos offer conflicting views of East Jerusalem assault

Palestinian video shows a man subduing a boy throwing rocks, while Jewish video shows boy and other children vandalizing a house with rocks and iron rods.

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Mohammed Shawish - Emil Salman - 25102011
Israeli rights group reverses verdict, brings about indictment of abusive policeman

According to the indictment, Sahar Tannous allegedly pulled a handcuffed Palestinian by the shirt, threw him to the floor, hit him in the legs with a club and cursed him.

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Turkey - Reuters - October
Rescue workers battle to find Turkey earthquake survivors

Rescuers pulled more dead bodies from under the rubble of dozens of collapsed homes overnight while people slept around small fires in towns rattled by aftershocks across Van province.

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Ben-Gurion International Airport.
Only 2 percent of Jewish Israelis consider emigration 'reasonable,' new survey shows

According to survey conducted by the Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs, 44 percent of Jewish Israelis have never considered emigrating.

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Tel Aviv gets its style on as Fashion Week makes roaring return

Event features collections by Sasson Kedem, Dorit Bar-Or, Yaniv Parsi, Alon Livne, Alembika, Galit Levi, Doreen Frankfurt, Tovaleh, Yosef, Mira Zwillinger and Gottex.

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Middle East

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah July 2, 2011 (AFP)

Hezbollah chief accuses U.S. of 'exploiting' Arab Spring uprisings

Nasrallah says Americans will try to 'stir sedition' when it realizes its allies in the Arab world will no longer 'be in its service.'

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Haaretz special report: Turks frustrated by government's earthquake response

Comments come after Prime Minister Recip Tayyep Erdogan visited the earthquake-damaged area of Van on Monday, stating that his country would be able to contend with the disaster by itself.

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Hundreds still trapped under rubble, as Turkey fears earthquake aftershocks

Haaretz writer sends special report from site of 7.2 quake in Turkey's east, as the death toll from the country's latest natural disaster reaches 270.

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Diplomacy & Defense

Ilan Grapel

It's ridiculous to think Ilan Grapel is an Israeli spy, father tells Haaretz

Daniel Grapel says yet to receive official confirmation on a swap deal with Egypt to secure his son's release, saying he was able to talk to his son on the phone every other week.

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Netanyahu offers condolences, earthquake relief in phone call with Erdogan

Conversation represents the first time two leaders have talked in 10 months; Turkish PM thanks Netanyahu for offering aid to the quake-stricken country.

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Israel, Egypt reach swap deal to release suspected Israeli spy Ilan Grapel

Deal set to release 25 Egyptian prisoners, none of which were convicted of security-related offences; cabinet to give final seal of approval on Tuesday.

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National

Medical residents protesting - Daniel Bar-On - 11102011

Hundreds of Israeli medical interns protest government health policies in Tel Aviv

Protesters wave signs and calle for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who acts as health minister, to solve current crisis in wake of stalled negotiations between interns and the government.

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Authorities find source that leaked every Israeli's personal information online

Former Welfare Ministry employee who had access to the Population Registry stole the details in 2006 and passed them on to a business client, after which it made rounds until it was finally uploaded onto the internet.

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Shalit tells Peres: I am recovering slowly and happy to be home

Peres makes first official visit to Shalit at home, lauds him on behalf of the whole nation of Israel for his 'bravery' during five-and-a-half years in Hamas captivity.

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THEMARKER

Haim Tsuff - Moti Kimche - 25102011

Texas showdown: Former exec accuses Isramco Inc. of fraud, ‘countless failures’

Isramco Inc. shares are traded on Nasdaq at a company value of $196 million; it owns about 1,500 oil wells in the United States, mostly in Texas and New Mexico.

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Osem bows to protest, agrees to lower prices of 35 products

Other Osem Group companies will also lower some prices, including those of Tivall's vegetarian corn products and Tzabar hummus and tehina in 500 gram containers.

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Households losing NIS 2 billion a year on deposits at banks Hapoalim, Leumi

Clients could get better interest rates by venturing outside the two giants.

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Culture

Margin call

The artistic scope of the festival includes 'everything from everything.'

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Live Wire / Musical fast food

Roxette did its kitschy thing, and while Marianne Faithfull was nice, she didn't touch the soul.

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The Jimi Hendrix of the Tuareg comes to Tel Aviv

Omara Moctar, who plays the Barby on Tuesday, is compared to the great blues guitarist John Lee Hooker and to African artists like the Tinariwen band and Ali Farka Toure.

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Sports

Kostadin Hazurov - Abdallah Shama - 25102011

Soccer / Premier League / Beitar battered by Bnei Sakhnin

Beitar, in contrast, continues to struggle, with just three wins in its opening nine games, and is precariously situated just outside the relegation zone.

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The return of the forgotten man

Moshe Mizrahi has found out that he may soon be surplus to Hapoel Jerusalem's requirements, but the 31-year-old believes that a new team may get him back in the spotlight.

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Basketball / Super League / Maccabi TA made to sweat for win

Yellows overcome a stubborn Ashkelon team by 4 points.

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