Nearly 500 Palestinian prisoners were released by Israel on Tuesday, all in exchange for detained Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Gilad Shalit was released on Tuesday, after being held captive for five years by Palestinian political group Hamas. After years of protests, failed compromises and international outrage, the Israeli solder was finally reunited with his family.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released to a national outpouring of joy Tuesday after five years in captivity, exchanged for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in a deal with Gaza's Hamas rulers.
Israel and Hamas on Tuesday morning started exchange of prisoners. Hamas handed over Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who has been held since June 2006, to Egypt in exchange of Palestinian prisoners.
Kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians will return home Tuesday in an exchange with the Hamas movement that rules Gaza that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a historic deal.
A long-awaited prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas began before dawn Tuesday when the first of hundreds of Palestinian inmates were bused from their jails to border crossings where they will be swapped for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Inside the Texas governor's big, black SUV rides a small-town girl who never expected to be first lady of the state. Anita Perry, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry, is still a nurse at heart, reaching out to friends and strangers with warmth and health advice. But the quiet blonde who first dated Perry in high school has blossomed over the years into a formidable partner in his political career.
A total of 1,027 Palestinians will ultimately be released as part of the unprecedented agreement between Hamas and the Israeli government.
Last week, Israel rejoiced at the news that captured soldier Gilad Shalit would be released from a Hamas prison after five years. But now, many Israelis are angered by the lopsidedness of the prisoner exchange, in which Israel will send home 1,027 Palestinian detainees.
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Sgt. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by Gaza militants and held for five years, will likely return home Tuesday, according to a spokeswoman for his family on Friday.
Israeli President Shimon Peres told media that he was “pleasantly surprised” by Erdogan's help in winning Shalit’s release,
Jake Winebaum is betting on a Web-based solution to take the hassle and price worry out of a health obligation many of us fear and some can't even afford - going to the dentist.
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be released by Hamas in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive in the Gaza Strip for five years, will be released after Israeli and Hamas officials agreed on a prisoner swap deal.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with his 29 cabinet ministers in Jerusalem on Tuesday, after which he announced that an agreement was finally summarized and both sides signed.
In Egypt, Coptic Christians mourned the 25 people killed on Sunday when a protest in Cairo turned violent. Above the sadness, there is anger -- the intense frustration of being ignored and persecuted, of being blamed by the government for starting the violence that killed their own.
Herman Cain is red hot. After winning the Florida Straw Poll, the Republican candidate for president has surged to the top of many polls in recent weeks. Yet perhaps because Cain, a former Godfather's Pizza CEO has never held an elected office, many American's profess they don't know much about him. Thus, here are 10 important things to know about Herman Cain, a GOP presidential race front-runner, courtesy of tidbits found in his new autobiography published last week, This is Herma...
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Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology received the Nobel Prize for discovering quasicrystals. He will be receiving 10 million-kronor, or $1.4 million, in monetary rewards. All of Israel celebrates in his accomplishments as this scientific breakthrough brings the small country great pride in their technological innovation.
Atomic structures of crystals were thought to not be able to create the patterns discovered by Shechtman.
