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Settlers Reject Netanyahu Plea To Reduce Tensions

Dec. 3, 2009
West Bank settler leaders rejected a personal plea from the prime minister to respect a government-ordered construction freeze in their communities, vowing to keep confronting security forces sent to enforce the edict.
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Youngsters compete in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Contestants (L-R) Cooper Barth of West Long Branch, New Jersey, Eboseremhen Eigbe of Galloway, New Jersey, Jacob Bayly Hunter of Sante Fe, New Mexico and Massound Sharif of Albany, New York, all await their turns to compete during the 3rd round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. UPI/Mike Theiler