Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit arrives in Israel in swap with Palestinian prisoners



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 TEL NOF AIR FORCE BASE, ISRAEL — Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit returned to Israel Tuesday morning after five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said.
His release by the militant Palestinian group Hamas was the first and crucial step of a prisoner swap that will include the release of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails.
Shalit, 25, was brought from Gaza into Egypt, then turned over to Israeli officials and taken across the border. He is expected to speak to relatives by telephone and undergo a medical examination before being flown to this air base, where his relatives are waiting.

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Clinton arrives in Libya bearing aid and encouragement

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TRIPOLI, Libya -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to the Libyan capital on Tuesday, bringing encouragement and millions of dollars in new U.S. aid to a transitional government struggling to consolidate its control over a country ravaged by dictatorship and civil war.
Clinton arrived in Tripoli just after noon, becoming the first cabinet-level U.S. official to visit the country since autocratic leader Moammar Gaddafi was driven from the capital nearly two months ago.
She was scheduled to meet with top officials of the transitional government and address a town hall-style gathering during a five-hour visit steeped in both security and symbolism.

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Ahmed Wali, Afghan president's brother, shot dead

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President Hamid Karzai's controversial brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, was shot and killed Tuesday, according to a provincial government spokesman.

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Insurgents Disappear When U.S. Tips Off Pakistan

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This might pose a problem to the U.S. and Pakistan's new joint counterterrorism plan. The U.S. has given Pakistan the location of insurgent bomb-making factories several times in recent weeks, only to have the insurgents learn their cover had been blown and disappear. The U.S. gave Pakistan the intelligence as part of a trust-building exercise following the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, but now officials are worried the information was either accidentally leaked or deliberately given to the insurgents. The leaks will likely be a primary topic of conversation between Pakistani officials and CIA Director Leon Panetta, who arrived in Pakistan Friday.

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Five U.S. soldiers killed in central Iraq

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June 6, 2011
3:30 a.m.

The U.S. military says five American troops have been killed in central Iraq.

The military said in a brief statement that the five were killed on Monday. It gave no additional details about where the incident occurred or how the five died.

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Yemen’s President Is Taken to Saudi Arabia

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President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, injured in an attack on his compound in Sana on Friday, has arrived in Saudi Arabia for medical treatment, Saudi officials said Saturday.
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Is Pakistan's Army Murdering Journalists?

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Courageous Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, who had scored major scoops on al Qaeda and the Taliban, was abducted and brutally murdered this week. Was the ISI, the country's shady intelligence agency, to blame? Ron Moreau, Fasih Ahmed, and Marvi Sirmed report on the ISI's history of intimidation—and why Shahzad's death may have been a bloody warning to scare off their critics in the media.

Egypt permanently reopens its border with Gaza

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Egypt permanently reopens its border with Gaza, opening access to Palestinians. The Rafah border had been blockaded by Egypt and Israel after Hamas took control of Gaza in June 2007.

Egypt will open its only crossing with the Gaza Strip this weekend

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Breaking News Alert: Egypt to open border crossing for Palestinians, easing Gaza blockade

May 25, 2011 1:41:21 PM

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Egypt will open its only crossing with the Gaza Strip this weekend, the Cairo military government announced Wednesday, significantly easing a four-year blockade on the Hamas-ruled territory but setting up a potential conflict with Israel.

This gives Gaza Palestinians a way to freely enter and exit their territory for the first time since 2007, when Hamas overran the territory, and Israel and Egypt closed the crossings.

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In Britain, Pomp for Obama but Serious Business Too

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Obama calls Britain

With Libya, Afghanistan, and Mideast peace on the agenda during a two-day visit, President Obama was welcomed with a ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Divisions Clear as Netanyahu and Obama Discuss Peace

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In a meeting with President Obama on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel listed a series of nonnegotiable conditions for a deal with Palestinians.

Ed Koch Slams Obama, ‘Most Dangerous Period Ever’ for Israel

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Ed Koch Slams Obama, ‘Most Dangerous Period Ever’ for Israel

One of the nation’s most influential Democrats, former New York Mayor Ed Koch, tells Newsmax.TV that Israel is facing its “most dangerous and critical period,” and warned he may cross party lines in 2012 and vote against Pres. Obama. Koch said, “This is the most dangerous and critical period that Israel has ever faced and regrettably it does not have the support of the president of the United States.”

Obama Sells Out Israel, Wants It in Pre-1967 Borders

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On Thursday, President Obama became the first president to officially endorse a Palestinian state and demanded that Israel return to its pre-1967 borders, borders difficult to defend.

Obama Backs Mideast Plan Based on 1967 Borders

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Obama Backs Mideast Plan Based on 1967 Borders
Declaring that "the dream of a Jewish and democratic state
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President Obama says peace between Israelis and Palestinians

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President Obama says peace between Israelis and Palestinians will involve "two states for two peoples."


"The borders of Israel and Palestine should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states," Obama said

Obama announces $1 billion in debt forgiveness

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Obama announces $1 billion in debt forgiveness for Egypt and $1 billion in loan guarantees to finance infrastructure.

President Obama is imposing tough sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

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President Obama is imposing tough sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and six other senior Syrian officials in an effort to stop the regime's fierce crackdown on protests, the U.S. Treasury Department says.


The Treasury Department also is targeting two top Iranian officials whose unit was a "conduit for Iranian material support" to Syrian intelligence.

Pentagon may let detainees' families visit Guantanamo, aides say

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Breaking News Alert: Pentagon may let detainees' families visit Guantanamo, aides say

May 11, 2011 7:16:16 PM

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The Pentagon is considering allowing the families of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to visit them, according to congressional aides. The International Committee of the Red Cross, which monitors conditions at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, has been in serious discussions with the Pentagon about a visitation program.

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In ordering bin Laden raid, Obama rejected the advice of some of his national security team, he says

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Breaking News Alert: In ordering bin Laden raid, Obama rejected the advice of some of his national security team, he says

May 8, 2011 7:18:34 PM

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President Obama faced sharply divided counsel and, in his mind, barely better-than-even odds of success when he ordered the daring May 1 commando raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, the president said in an interview broadcast Sunday. "At the end of the day, this was still a 55/45 situation," Obama told CBS's "60 Minutes" in his first broadcast interview since bin Laden’s death. "I mean we could not say definitively that bin Laden was there. Had he not been there, then there would have been some significant consequences."

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A DNA match confirms Osama bin Laden

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A DNA match confirms Osama bin Laden was killed, a senior administration official tells CNN.