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Year in Review Monday, March 26, 2012

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GUARDIAN UK - guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2013

1) Toulouse shooting sparks France´s largest ever manhunt (GUARDIAN UK) Angelique Chrisafis in Toulouse 03/21/12)

2) Libya campaign ´has made UN missions to protect civilians less likely´ (GUARDIAN UK) Richard Norton-Taylor 03/19/12)

3) Syria votes on new constitution as shelling of Homs continues (GUARDIAN UK) Martin Chulov in Beirut 02/27/12)

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ISRAEL HAYOM - Israel Hayom

1) ´Israel won’t warn US before launching strike against Iran´ (ISRAEL HAYOM) News Agencies 02/28/12)

2) Settlers can´t always get what they want, says Begin (ISRAEL HAYOM) Yori Yalon and Israel Hayom Staff 02/27/12)

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1) Syria Continues Drive to Retake Rebel Strongholds as Diplomacy Suffers a Setback (NY) TIMES) By HALA DROUBI BEIRUT, Lebanon 03/25/12)

2) Toulouse Victims Buried in Israel (NY) TIMES) By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/22/12)

3) Fury in Israel at Remark Linking Gaza to Toulouse (NY) TIMES) By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/21/12)

4) Hawks Steering Debate on How to Take on Iran (NY) TIMES) By ERIC LICHTBLAU and MARK LANDLER WASHINGTON 03/18/12)

5) Mideast Din Drowns Out Palestinians (NY) TIMES) By ETHAN BRONNER RAMALLAH, West Bank 03/08/12)

6) Iran, Israel and the United States (NY) TIMES EDITORIAL) 03/06/12)

7) Pondering a Threat, but Taking Panic Off the Table (NY) TIMES) By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/09/12)

8) Israeli Officials Voice Skepticism of Iran’s Nuclear Intentions (NY) TIMES) By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/08/12)

9) Pro-Israel Delegates Have Washington’s Ear on Iran (NY) TIMES) By JODI RUDOREN WASHINGTON 03/07/12)

10) Israel Guards Against Increased Terror Peril From a Laxly Patrolled Sinai (NY) TIMES) By ISABEL KERSHNER and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK NEGEV DESERT, Israel 03/03/12)

11) Iraq’s Prime Minister Gains More Power After Political Crisis (NY) TIMES) By TIM ARANGO BAGHDAD, IRAQ 02/28/12)

12) Syrians Said to Approve Charter as Battles Go On (NY) TIMES) By NEIL MacFARQUHAR and ALAN COWELL BEIRUT, Lebanon 02/28/12)

13) Syria Offers a New Charter as Battles in Cities Continue (NY) TIMES) By NEIL MacFARQUHAR BEIRUT, Lebanon 02/27/12)

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1) Livni optimistic at bleak TA polling station (JERUSALEM POST) By LAHAV HARKOV 03/27/12)

2) Livni, Mofaz augur Kadima’s doom if other elected (JERUSALEM POST) By GIL HOFFMAN 03/27/12)

3) Kadima candidates face off on religion, state (JERUSALEM POST) By LAHAV HARKOV 03/26/12)

4) High Court slams state´s ´last minute´ Migron deal (JERUSALEM POST) By JOANNA PARASZCZUK, TOVAH LAZAROFF 03/23/12)

5) Barak: Iran not completing nukes out of fear (JERUSALEM POST) By JPOST.COM STAFF 03/22/12)

6) High Court slams state´s ´last minute´ Migron deal (JERUSALEM POST) By JOANNA PARASZCZUK, JPOST.COM STAFF 03/22/12)

7) Peres: Assad doesn´t have his father´s wisdom (JERUSALEM POST) By GREER FAY CASHMAN 03/20/12)

8) Obama: Iran imposing ´electronic curtain´ on its citizens (JERUSALEM POST) By JPOST.COM STAFF, REUTERS 03/20/12)

9) IDF arrests 3 Palestinians after Gilad Farm arson (JERUSALEM POST) By YAAKOV LAPPIN 02/28/12)

10) Liberman: Tal Law can´t be extended one hour (JERUSALEM POST) By LAHAV HARKOV 02/27/12)

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1) France´s Jews trapped between neighbours and politics (THE GLOBE AND MAIL) DOUG SAUNDERS MARSEILLES, France 03/24/12)

2) Israel mourns at funeral for victims of French shooting (THE GLOBE AND MAIL) PATRICK MARTIN 03/22/12)

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1) Patrick Cockburn: The attempt to topple President Assad has failed (INDEPENDENT UK COMMENT) 03/25/12)

2) Toulouse killer: So far he has struck every four days. And Friday is day four (INDEPENDENT UK) JOHN LICHFIELD 03/21/12)

3) Syria holds ´farcical´ poll while violence continues (INDEPENDENT UK) JUSTIN VELA ANTAKYA, SOUTHERN TURKEY 02/27/12)

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1) Palestinian Authority faces economic woes, public anger as statehood efforts lag (WASHINGTON POST) By Karin Brulliard RAMALLAH, West Bank 03/26/12)

2) Islamists poised to dominate panel tasked with writing Egypt´s constitution (WASHINGTON POST) By Leila Fadel CAIRO, EGYPT 03/24/12)

3) How bad would Iran be with the bomb? (WASHINGTON POST) By Walter Pincus 03/20/12)

4) Rabbi, three children shot dead outside Jewish school in France (WASHINGTON POST) By Edward Cody PARIS, FRANCE 03/19/12)

5) Playing for time through a strike on Iran (WASHINGTON POST OP-ED) By Richard Cohen 03/20/12)

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - © Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2013

1) Israel breaks off ties with ´biased´ UN Human Rights Council (TELEGRAPH UK) By Adrian Blomfield, Jerusalem 03/27/12)

2) Syria´s opposition says UN statement allowing Bashar al-Assad to ´push ahead with repression´ (TELEGRAPH UK) By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent 03/23/12)

3) Toulouse shooting: four Jewish victims laid to rest in Jerusalem (TELEGRAPH UK) By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent 03/22/12)

4) Benjamin Netanyahu: Toulouse school shooting had ´anti-Semitic motive´ (TELEGRAPH UK) 03/20/12)

5) Syria: second bid to evacuate journalists fails (TELEGRAPH UK) By David Blair 02/28/12)

6) Hamas risks Damascus base to support Syrian opposition (TELEGRAPH UK) By Phoebe Greenwood 02/27/12)

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1) Barak: Fear of US attack is holding back Iranian nuke program (TIMES OF ISRAEL) By STUART WINER 03/22/12)

2) The agony of Hamas (TIMES OF ISRAEL) By EHUD YAARI 02/27/12)

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1) Israel: Iran bombed diplomatic car / Explosion in India, defused bomb in Georgia like attacks on Iranian scientists (WASHINGTON TIMES) By Sujoy Dhar NEW DELHI, India 03/14/12)

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1) Egypt military looking to keep its grip at least on economy (LA TIMES) By Jeffrey Fleishman CAIRO, EGYPT 03/25/12)

2) 4 slain in shooting at Jewish school in France (LA TIMES) By Kim Willsher PARIS, FRANCE 03/20/12)

3) Syria´s conflict has significance far beyond its borders (LA TIMES) By Patrick J. McDonnell BEIRUT, LEBANON 03/19/12)

4) Israel politician Tzipi Livni faces stiff Kadima primary fight (LA TIMES) By Edmund Sanders JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/17/12)

5) On Iran, patience and power (LA TIMES EDITORIAL) 03/07/12)

6) Syria votes on new constitution; opposition, U.S. reject the poll (LA TIMES) By Patrick J. McDonnell and Rima Marrouch Reporting from Beirut, LEBANON 02/27/12)

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1) Hamas Says It Wouldn´t Join a War on Israel (WSJ) WALL STREET JOURNAL) By JOSHUA MITNICK 03/07/12)

2) Attacks Threaten Gaza Cease-Fire / Palestinian, Israeli Shelling Comes After Netanyahu Calls Area a ´Forward Operating Base for Iran´ (WSJ) WALL STREET JOURNAL) By JOSHUA MITNICK TEL AVIV, ISRAEL 03/16/12)

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REUTERS NEWS SERVICE - © Thomson Reuters 2013

1) U.S. seeks missile-defense shields for Asia, Mideast (REUTERS) By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON 03/26/12 10:08pm EDT)

2) Israel cuts contact with U.N. rights body over probe (REUTERS) Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Toby Chopra JERSALEM, ISRAEL 03/26/12 8:43am EDT)

3) Egyptian MPs pick constitution-setting assembly (REUTERS) By Tamim Elyan CAIRO, EGYPT 03/24/12 6:42pm EDT)

4) Palestinian PM says freed U.S. aid to help ease crisis (REUTERS) Reporting by Ali Sawafta; Writing by Maayan Lubell; Editing by Mark Heinrich RAMALLAH, West Bank 03/24/12 12:41pm EDT)

5) Special Report: Intel shows Iran nuclear threat not imminent (REUTERS) By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON 03/23/12 12:00pm EDT)

6) Egyptians learn fast in campaign for historic vote (REUTERS) By Tom Perry and Dina Zayed CAIRO, EGYPT 03/23/12)

7) Dispute with Egypt triggers fuel crisis in Gaza (REUTERS) By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA 03/22/12 9:47pm EDT)

8) France fears Jewish school gunman could strike again (REUTERS) writing by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Anna Willard 03/20/12 11:46am EDT)

9) From Middle East to France, a Jewish school´s journey (REUTERS) By Lionel Laurent PARIS, FRANCE 03/20/12 9:06am EDT)

10) Palestinians ask for U.N. human rights investigation (REUTERS) Reporting by Tom Miles; Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem; Editing/Andrew Osborn GENEVA 03/19/12 3:36pm ED)

11) Netanyahu warns against diplomatic path with Iran (REUTERS) By Jeffrey Heller OTTAWA, CANADA 03/02/12 3:17pm EST)

12) Obama, Netanyahu give no sign of narrowing gap on Iran (REUTERS) By Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON 03/05/12 5:46pm EST)

13) Obama, Netanyahu face struggle over Iran "red lines" (REUTERS) By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON 03/05/12 2:21pm EST)

14) Insight: In Israeli military, a growing orthodoxy (REUTERS) By Dan Williams JERSALEM, ISRAEL 03/05/12 9:32am EST)

15) Israel-Gaza violence rages into fourth day (REUTERS) By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA 03/12/12 7:10pm EDT)

16) Syria divides Druze in occupied mountain homeland (REUTERS) By Maayan Lubell MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights 03/14/12 6:08pm EDT)

17) U.S., Egypt lurch into perilous limbo on NGO case (REUTERS) By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON 02/28/12 1:30am EST)

18) Israel seen slow to dig in as Iran war talk simmers (REUTERS) By Dan Williams JERSALEM, ISRAEL 02/27/12 7:16am EST)

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1) Israel to bar UN fact-finding team from entering (AP) Associated Press) By AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/26/12 2:25 pm ET)

2) Hamas holds dozens of drivers in Gaza power crisis (AP) Associated Press) By IBRAHIM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip 03/26/12 11:56 am ET)

3) Israel to bar UN fact-finding team from entering (AP) Associated Press) By AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/26/12 9:09 am ET)

4) Israeli charged with trafficking African migrants (AP) Associated Press) By DANIEL ESTRIN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/25/12 12:28 pm ET)

5) Small amounts of Israeli fuel reaching Gaza (AP) Associated Press) By IBRAHIM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip 03/23/12 8:15 am ET)

6) Israeli Arab village muffles loud prayer calls (AP) Associated Press) JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/22/12 10:53 am ET)

7) Israel indicts suspect in kidnapping, bombing plot (AP) Associated Press) JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/21/12 7:31 am ET)

8) Doctors say Palestinian hunger striker is critical (AP) Associated Press) By DIAA HADID JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/20/12 12:35 pm ET)

9) Israelis laugh about Iran nukes, government threat (AP) Associated Press) By TIA GOLDENBERG JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/17/12 4:04 am ET)

10) Israel policy of detaining kids questioned (AP) Associated Press) By DIAA HADID BEIT UMAR, West Bank 03/17/12 7:27 am ET)

11) World Bank: Palestinian economic growth slowing (AP) Associated Press) By ARON HELLER JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/15/12)

12) Israeli aircraft hit Gaza in response to rockets (AP) Associated Press) By AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/15/12 10:44 am ET)

13) Israeli ultra-Orthodox say they won´t be drafted (AP) Associated Press) By AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 02/27/12 11:15 am ET)

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1) Hamas rejects claims it used death of Gaza baby to highlight electricity shortage (HA´ARETZ NEWS) 03/26/12)

2) Debating settlement boycotts at J Street conference (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Natasha Mozgovaya / Blog 03/26/12)

3) Netanyahu refutes reports of early election (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Ophir Bar-Zohar 03/26/12)

4) Livni aims to stop Mofaz-Dichter merger ahead of Kadima primary vote (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Ophir Bar-Zohar 03/25/12)

5) Economic distress, not ideological fervor, is behind Sinai´s terror boom (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Zvi Bar´el 03/25/12)

6) J Street stresses urgency of peace in opening of annual conference in Washington (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Natasha Mozgovaya 03/25/12)

7) Capitol letter / Iran and Peter Beinart roil the American Jewish pot (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Natasha Mozgovaya 03/22/12)

8) Political pressure forced Israeli planning official to change her mind over Migron deal, documents show (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Chaim Levinson 03/22/12)

9) U.S. war game predicts Israeli strike on Iran will result in regional war, hundreds of Americans dead (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Haaretz 03/20/12)

10) Barak: Israel must take U.S. vote into account when mulling Iran strike (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Jonathan Lis 03/20/12)

11) Israeli Arab farmers brought into state quota system for first time (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Amiram Cohen 03/19/12)

12) Steinitz: Latest banking sanctions ´could lead to total collapse of Iran´s economy´ (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Haaretz Staff and Agencies 03/19/12)

13) Israeli couple´s pledge not to bomb Iran sparks Facebook frenzy (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Oded Yaron 03/19/12)

14) Top Iran official: All options on the table if nuclear facilities attacked (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Haaretz 03/16/12)

15) U.K´s Cameron: No justification for Israeli attack on Iran (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Haaretz 03/16/12)

16) Portraying the real picture / The recent proliferation of news outlets covering Israel can be a mixed blessing (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Anshel Pfeffer 03/16/12)

17) Report: U.S. asked Russia to warn Iran of ´last chance´ to avoid military strike (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Haaretz 03/15/12)

18) Israel, Kurdish fighters destroyed Iran nuclear facility, email released by WikiLeaks claims (HA´ARETZ NEWS) By Anshel Pfeffer and Ron Ben-Tovim 02/28/12)

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1) Israel suspends ties with U.N. Human Rights Council (CNN) Cable News Network) From Kareem Khadder JERUSALEM, ISRAEL 03/26/12)

2) Gaza fuel shortage sparks power blackouts (CNN) Cable News Network) Paul Colsey, Kareem Khadder and Kevin Flower and journalist Talal Abu Rahma contributed to this report 03/25/12)

3) Barak Warns Iran Nuclear Program Soon to be Strike-Proof (CNN) Cable News Network) By Samira Said 03/20/12)

4) Putin: Iran nuclear issue must be settled peacefully (CNN) Cable News Network) By Ed Payne 02/27/12)

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1) Sarkozy Promises Crackdown on Extremism (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Gavriel Queenann 03/22/12)

2) Peres to Iran: If You Bomb, Nobody Will Bomb You Back? (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Gavriel Queenann 03/19/12)

3) German Woman Attempts to Throw Fireworks on Israeli Embassy (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Rachel Hirshfeld 03/19/12)

4) Literary Icon Warns: Judaism Important? Come to Israel (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu 03/18/12)

5) A7 Exclusive: Hunting a Nazi War Criminal with Efraim Zuroff (INN) ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS) By Hana Levi Julian 03/18/12)

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1) Toulouse gunman visited Israel in 2010: Israeli security (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/26/12)

2) Israel weighs UN rights council boycott (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/25/12)

3) Israel court rejects Palestinian hunger striker appeal (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/25/12)

4) Palestinian detainees take on Israel with hunger (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) By Hossam Ezzedine 03/25/12)

5) Israel founded as a haven for Jews under threat: Netanyahu (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/22/12)

6) Israel, EU agree on aviation deal (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/22/12)

7) Palestinians urge donors to cough up promised funds (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/22/12)

8) Stop using Palestinian cause to justify terror: PM (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/21/12)

9) Israel mourns as victims of French shootings buried (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) By Yoav Lemmer 03/21/12)

10) Israel media decries anti-Semitism after France attack (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/20/12)

11) Palestinians back unity, split on chances of success: poll (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/19/12)

12) Israel using Gaza as trial run for Iran strike: Hamas (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/19/12)

13) Israel´s Barak makes ´$3 mn profit´ on property sale (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/18/12)

14) Egypt´s military struggles with Sinai, its white elephant (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) By Samer al-Atrush 03/17/12)

15) Top Hamas official says strategy to remain unchanged (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/15/12)

16) Palestinians ask Israeli court to halt DNA tests (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/15/12)

17) Israel, Palestinians trade fire but truce largely holding (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 03/15/12)

18) Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to Gaza truce (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) By Adel Zaanoun 03/13/12)

19) Iran slams using oil as ´political tool´ (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) By Ali Khalil 03/14/12)

20) Obama warns Iran window of diplomacy ´shrinking´ (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) By Stephen Collinson 03/14/12)

21) Israeli leaders must guarantee Israel´s existence: PM (AFP) AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE) 02/27/12)

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1) Syria´s opposition faces ´divided we fall´ moment (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) By Nicholas Blanford BEIRUT, LEBANON 03/26/12)

2) Syria crisis causes Iran-led ´axis of resistance´ to fray (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) By Scott Peterson ISTANBUL, TURKEY 03/16/12)

3) Israel´s calculus on Iran: Shaped by leaders´ youth in daring commando unit? (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) By Joshua Mitnick, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL 03/04/12)

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1) Mofaz ahead of Kadima primary: I´ll be next PM (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Gilad Morag Published: 03.25.12, 20:14)

2) Tel Aviv: 1,000 march against Iran strike (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Shahar Chai Published: 03.24.12, 20:19)

3) Israel to get ´international aid bid´ lessons (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Yoav Zitun Published: 03.22.12, 19:19)

4) Knesset approves ´Lapid bill´ (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Moran Azulay Published: 03.21.12, 15:41)

5) ´Israel must show sensitivity to US reality over Iran strike´ (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Moran Azulay Published: 03.19.12, 14:12)

6) Peres urges Iranians to shake free of ´corrupt regime´ (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Yair Altman Published: 03.19.12, 14:27)

7) Cameron: No justification for Israeli strike on Iran at this point (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 03.16.12, 07:54)

8) Soldier with 188th Armored Brigade left behind – again (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Yoav Zitun Published: 03.15.12, 20:04)

9) Hebron funeral becomes target of ´skunk´ weapon (YNetNews.Com -Yedioth Internet) Elior Levy Published: 02.28.12, 19:20)

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1) Red Cross rescue fails as Assad´s tanks roll back into Homs (INDEPENDENT UK) JUSTIN VELA THE TURKISH-SYRIAN BORDER 02/28/12)

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1) Jailed Palestinian leader Barghouti urges resistance (BBC) British Broadcasting Company) 27 March 2012 Last updated at 12:02 GMT)

2) US exempts Japan and EU nations from Iran oil sanctions (BBC) British Broadcasting Company) 21 March 2012 Last updated at 05:55 GMT)

3) Toulouse victims buried in Israel (BBC) British Broadcasting Company) 21 March 2012 Last updated at 17:03 GMT)

4) Press voices scepticism over Gaza truce (BBC) British Broadcasting Company) 14 March 2012 Last updated at 16:34 GMT)

5) Hamas political leaders leave Syria for Egypt and Qatar (BBC) British Broadcasting Company) 28 February 2012 Last updated at 12:45 GMT)

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1) Excerpts from Mahmoud Abbas address denying Jewish history in Jerusalem (IMRA) INDEPENDENT MEDIA REVIEW ANALYSIS) 02/26/12)

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