Cease-fire announced in Gaza
Palestinians search the rubble of destroyed houses after returning to their homes in the Rafah border in southern Gaza on January 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)
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President Mohamed Morsi has ordered the Egyptian army to free seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers and police officers in the Sinai, officials said.
Egyptian police protested the kidnapping of seven officers and soldiers Saturday by refusing to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza.
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Israel says military dogs are getting their own personnel files with serial numbers, medical backgrounds, performance reports and photos.
A Palestinian company said it has found business success by bringing chicken from KFC into Gaza across the Egyptian border.
Assailants abducted seven Egyptian security personnel at gunpoint in the northern Sinai Peninsula early Thursday, officials said.
Palestinians observed Nakba Day Wednesday with rallies and stone-throwing attacks on Israel soldiers and police, a military spokeswoman said.
Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a unity government in the Gaza Strip within three months, a senior Hamas official said.
Refugees make up nearly half the Palestinian population, which is estimated at 11.6 million worldwide, a Palestinian agency said Tuesday.
A member of the British Parliament has resigned his seat after saying a Jewish conspiracy was responsible for his three-month imprisonment, officials say.
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