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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 1:09 pm ET
Hamas mobilized tens of thousands of supporters on Monday for an anniversary rally meant to show the Islamic militant group has not lost support despite Israel's devastating military assault on Gaza a year ago.
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KFWB News 980 Los Angeles - Mon Dec 14, 2:22 pm ET
Hamas mobilized tens of thousands of supporters on Monday to show the Islamic militant group has not lost support in the wake of last year's Israeli military assault.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 9:50 am ET
Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters thronged downtown Gaza City Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the group's founding, a massive display that showed the Islamic militants still enjoy broad support despite years of rule that have led to war, poverty and isolation.
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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Mon Dec 14, 3:29 pm ET
A captive Israeli soldier will not not be freed until Israel releases hundreds of Palestinians from its jails, Hamas said. “These prisoners are a surety which we must redeem,” Hamas wrote in an official statement Monday that marked the 22nd anniversary of its founding.
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CNN - Sun Dec 13, 7:54 pm ET
Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, Iran, on Sunday, according to Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 6:09 am ET
Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters waving green banners gathered in Gaza City on Monday to mark the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the Islamist group that rules the isolated coastal strip.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 40 minutes ago
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti said in an interview with AFP that Palestinian elections should not be held without a national reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas.
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Deseret News - Mon Dec 14, 2:36 am ET
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Islamic militant group Hamas is marking the anniversary of its 1987 founding with...
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EARTHtimes.org - Sun Dec 13, 11:46 am ET
Tehran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday promised the Palestinian militant group Hamas continued support in their fight against Israel, state television reported. In a meeting with visiting Hamas politburo head Khaled Meshaal, Ahmadin...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 5:49 pm ET
US President Barack Obama on Monday asked Lebanese President Michel Sleiman in White House talks to take action against arms smuggling into Lebanon which he said threatened Israeli security.
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The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 11:34 am ET
Reports that Egypt is building a steel underground wall along its border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip have fueled speculation about what exactly Cairo intends to accomplish with the project, which British newspapers claim is being carried out with the help of the US Army Corps of Engineers.
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UPI - Mon Dec 14, 11:30 am ET
GAZA, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A massive celebration in Gaza marking the 22nd anniversary of the Palestinian group Hamas Monday shows it still has broad support, observers say.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 10:47 am ET
The Islamist movement Hamas served notice on Monday that it would ignore any decisions by the Palestine Liberation Organization this week about future leadership and peace talks with Israel.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 7:55 am ET
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya on Monday told tens of thousands of Hamas supporters his group remains committed to the elimination of Israel, on the 22nd anniversary of its founding.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 6:08 am ET
The Islamist Hamas movement said on Monday that an Israeli soldier held in Gaza for more than three years will not see "the light of day" until Israel releases hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 6:35 pm ET
President Barack Obama pressed Lebanon on Monday to crack down on arms smuggling into the country, saying the weapons posed a potential threat to neighboring Israel.
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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Dec 14, 7:16 am ET
Gaza City - Tens of thousands of people rallied in Gaza City early Monday afternoon to mark Hamas' 22nd anniversary, as the Islamist movement pulled out all the stops to prove it is still a force with which world leaders must reckon. Hamas, which con...
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Fox News - Mon Dec 14, 10:21 am ET
Hamas was pulling out all the stops in attempts to shore up its own popular base. A massive rally in Gaza was punctuated by Hamas leaders saying they will not budge on their proposal for a prisoner swap deal, intended to release the kidnapped Israeli Soldier, Gilad Shalit.
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UPI - Mon Dec 14, 8:50 am ET
GAZA, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The Palestinian militant group Hamas warned Monday that kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit won't be released until its demands are met.
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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Mon Dec 14, 7:13 pm ET
A Miss Palestine contest scheduled for later this month has drawn the ire of Hamas and other fundamentalist Islamic organizations. Fifty-eight Palestinian women from the West Bank and from inside Israel will compete in the Dec. 26 contest, the Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported.