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Palestinians mark 1948 uprooting with rallies

AP - Thu May 15, 10:52 AM ET

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their uprooting with rallies, sirens and black balloons Thursday — an annual ritual made even darker this year by crippling internal divisions and diminishing independence hopes.

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Off the Wires

Web site: Bin Laden to release Israel message AP - 50 minutes ago
Bin Laden to release speech for Israel anniversary: reports AFP - 2 hours, 54 minutes ago
Feuding Lebanese factions agree to begin dialogue AP - Thu May 15, 7:01 PM ET
Bush to press Saudi king on oil prices and Iran Reuters - Thu May 15, 6:20 PM ET
Bush leaves it to Olmert to push Mideast peace AP - Thu May 15, 5:49 PM ET

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News Stories

Bush's Promised Mideast Agreement Still Mission Unaccomplished Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Sun, May 11, 2008
New Gaza tragedy threatens Cairo truce talks The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Wed, Apr 30, 2008
Gazan Mother and 4 Children Killed During Israeli Operation at The New York Times - Mon, Apr 28, 2008
Four children killed in Gaza raid at BBC - Mon, Apr 28, 2008
Hamas Proposes Truce With Israel at Al Jazeera - Thu, Apr 24, 2008

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Feature Articles

In literature, too, an Israeli-Palestinian split The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 15, 2008
Gaza Rocket Rocks Bush's Israel Trip Time.com via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 15, 2008
Frank Israeli film examines 1982 Beirut massacres Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 15, 2008
Israel at 60: Proud but facing an uncertain future AP via Yahoo! News - Wed, May 07, 2008
Sixty years on, Palestinians mourn loss of homeland Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue, May 06, 2008
At 60, Israel a study in contrasts Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue, May 06, 2008

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Opinion & Editorials

Hamas Hysteria Time.com via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 15, 2008
Bush in Israel: Unplugged McClatchy Blog - Checkpoint Jerusalem via Yahoo! News - Thu, May 15, 2008
Inauspicious Visit at The Washington Post - Tue, May 13, 2008
Why Hezbollah should be condemned at The London Times - Tue, May 13, 2008
Hamas condemns the Holocaust at The Guardian (UK). - Mon, May 12, 2008
Israel's 60th is no happy birthday at Sydney Morning Herald - Sat, May 10, 2008

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Photos

Mideast Conflict

Hezbollah members remove roadblocks along the route to the airport to allow the Arab League convoy passage into the city in Beirut May 14, 2008. (Sharif ...

Related Web Sites

Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs - site includes updates on developments in the peace process, a section on the Palestinian intifada, policy statements.
Office of The Prime Minister of Israel - official site that includes press releases, text of speeches, and more.
PLO Negotiations Affairs Department - includes maps, position papers, and factsheets
Wikipedia: Hezbollah - examines the history and role of the governmental and militant Lebanese Islamist group.
GlobalSecurity.org: Lebanon - includes a map of the country, examines its political and social makeup, and looks at the history of Lebanon's military conflicts with Israel and other Mideast neighbors.
Amnesty International: Israel and the Occupied Territories - includes updates, and annual reports on the state of human rights in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.