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Obama is surprise winner of Nobel Peace Prize

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Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement and drew both praise and skepticism around the world.
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Peace fragile, prized as Palestinians tend new crops

The olive branch is a symbol of peace in the Middle East, but for Yusuf Sabaani the thousands of tiny olive seedlings he has just planted are a more tangible image of his dream for the future of his children.
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Palestinians warn Israel on Jerusalem tensions

A senior Palestinian official on Tuesday accused Israel of deliberately creating an extremely dangerous situation in East Jerusalem, to trigger violence, justify a crackdown and tighten its grip on the disputed city.
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Israeli planes strike Gaza tunnels and building

Israeli planes carried out strikes on tunnels used for smuggling along the Gaza-Egypt border and a building east of Gaza city on Saturday, causing damage but no casualties, security forces and the Israeli military said.
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Video shows Israeli soldier well; prisoners freed

A two-minute video of an Israeli soldier held captive by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for the past three years shows him healthy and coherent and speaking to the camera, Israeli officials said on Friday.
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The Trial: Judge tackles Kafka archive nightmare

An Israeli court has stepped into a battle over a legacy that may include lost manuscripts of the great 20th century writer Franz Kafka, ordering an elderly heiress to open up a secret hoard of papers, Israel's Haaretz newspaper said Friday.
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Israel says Gaza war report threatens peace efforts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday the United Nations would deal a fatal blow to prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace if it endorsed a report critical of Israel's January war in Gaza.
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Clean technology top U.S. venture investment: group

Clean technology has for the first time become the top category in U.S. venture capital investment, eclipsing biotech and software, as private money follows the government's lead, the Cleantech group reported.
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Iran warns West against past mistakes

Iran said on Tuesday it would refuse to discuss a newly declared nuclear plant at forthcoming international talks and cautioned Western powers it could curb cooperation further if they repeated past mistakes.
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Iran students hold anti-government protest: website

Students demonstrated at Tehran University against the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday, a reformist website reported, more than three months after Iran's disputed presidential election.
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Iran flexes muscle ahead of talks with major powers

Iran test-fired missiles on Monday which a commander said could reach any regional target, flexing its military muscle ahead of this week's crucial talks with major powers worried about Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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Oil trades near $66, eyeing dollar

Oil traded around $66 a barrel on Monday, steadying after an earlier decline which extended last week's 8.4 percent slide, as the U.S. dollar lost ground and stock markets moved higher.

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