Gaza official: 6 women, 55 children set for release

Palestinians hold pictures of their jailed relatives as they take part in a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in Gaza City on Dec. 12, 2011. (REUTERS/ Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)   GAZA CITY —  Six women and 55 children are among the detainees due to be released in days in […]

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Israeli PM Netanyahu: We Won’t Let Radicals Start a Religious War

  ISRAEL  —  Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised his supporters in Likud Thursday that “whoever dares raise his hand against soldiers or police will pay a heavy price for it.” Regarding the recent riot in an army base, he said: “We will arrest the rioters, we will distance them and we will try them. There will […]

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Panetta, Dempsey to Mark End of Iraq Mission

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, meets with U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Forces Iraq, right, and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq James F. Jeffrey, left, before the ceremony marking the end of the U.S. military mission in Iraq in Baghdad, Dec. 15, 2011. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo […]

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