Unesco to add Bethlehem to World’s Heritage List
June 30th, 2012 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, June 29 (IANS) The Unesco Friday decided to include the West Bank city of Bethlehem and the Church of Nativity in world's heritage list, reported Xinhua citing local media ... Read more...
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Bethlehem names street in Putin’s honour
June 27th, 2012 - 10:24 am ICT by IANS
Amman (Jordan), June 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was surprised when told that a street in Bethlehem was named in his honour.Mahmoud Abbas, head of the ... Read more...
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Dozens of Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers
March 31st, 2012 - 12:33 am ICT by IANS
Gaza/Ramallah, March 30 (IANS) Palestinian demonstrators marking the 36-year-anniversary of Land Day on Friday in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip clashed with the Israeli security forces, leaving dozens ... Read more...
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Fatah congress’s outcome was below par: UAE paper
August 10th, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Aug 10 (IANS) The Fatah movement, which is holding its first congress in two decades, has failed to resolve differences within in the party and reconnect with Palestinians, a major UAE ... Read more...
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Fatah holds first conference in 20 years
August 4th, 2009 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bethlehem (West Bank), Aug 4 (DPA) The Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began its first party conference in 20 years Tuesday.
More than 2,000 delegates gathered in the southern West Bank ... Read more...
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West Bank wall is tragic, Pope tells refugees
May 14th, 2009 - 1:16 am ICT by IANS
Aida refugee camp (West Bank), May 13 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI called Israel's West Bank security wall "tragic" Wednesday, as he paid a solidarity visit to a Palestinian refugee camp isolated by ... Read more...
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Pope prays at Jesus’ birthplace in Bethlehem
May 13th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Bethlehem, May 13 (DPA) Pope Benedict XVI arrived Wednesday afternoon to pray at the traditional birthplace of Jesus Christ in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
His prayer at the Church of the ... Read more...
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No talks with Hamas unless it changes: Sarkozy
June 24th, 2008 - 8:53 pm ICT by IANS
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Bethlehem (West Bank), June 24 (DPA) French President Nicolas Sarkozy Tuesday called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas a "man of peace", and vowed that France would not talk to Hamas unless it renounced ... Read more...
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When Israeli fighter pilots almost killed Tony Blair
May 23rd, 2008 - 3:06 pm ICT by admin
London, May 23 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair came within moments of being killed when two Israeli fighter aircraft threatened to shoot down a private jet taking him to ... Read more...
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Lull in Gaza ends as Jihad avenges West Bank deaths
March 13th, 2008 - 10:19 pm ICT by admin
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Gaza/Tel Aviv, March 13 (DPA) A fragile lull in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza ended Thursday, as the radical Islamic Jihad faction retaliated for the killing of five of ... Read more...
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Israeli troops kills five militants in West Bank
March 13th, 2008 - 3:00 am ICT by admin
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Ramallah, March 13 (DPA) Israeli soldiers have killed five Palestinian militants during raids in the West Bank, Palestinian security officials said. Israeli undercover soldiers in civilian clothes shot dead four militants outside ... Read more...
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