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ABC News: A Year Later, Hamas Rule Deepens in Gaza
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A year into Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip, courts are meting out justice, police are arresting thieves, motorists are paying for licenses and authorities are blocking Internet porn sites. (article 4)
The 30-year-old was one of seven young Palestinians from the Gaza Strip who won a prestigious U.S. Fulbright scholarship, and he had hoped to earn an MBA at Michigan State. (article 2)
Human Rights Watch has urged Hamas to investigate the abduction and alleged torture of three Palestinians in Gaza by an Islamist militant group that accused them of spying for Israel. (article 6)
JERUSALEM (CNN) The U.S. government has taken Fulbright scholarships away from eight students in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, citing Israeli travel restrictions imposed on the Hamas-ruled zone, a U.S. official said Friday. (article 1)
The scholarships, which bring international students to the United States to study at American universities, will be given to students in the West Bank, said Stacey Barrios (article 1)
U.S. officials are pressing Israel to give exit visas to Palestinians who have won Fulbright scholarships, State Department spokesman Tom Casey said Friday. (article 1)
Barrios said earlier that neither the State Department-sponsored Fulbright program nor any other U.S. government exchange program was being canceled for Gazans. (article 1)
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Source articles
- U.S. cancels Fulbright scholarships for Gaza students (CNN, 05/30/2008, 465 words)
- U.S. Tries to Open Door to Gaza Scholars (ABCNews, 06/01/2008, 1034 words)
- ABC News: Israel Denies Fulbright Scholars Exit Visas (ABCNews, 05/30/2008, 452 words)
- ABC News: A Year Later, Hamas Rule Deepens in Gaza (ABCNews, 06/01/2008, 348 words)
- Two migrant workers wounded in Qassam strike on Negev (haaretz.com, 05/31/2008, 560 words)
- Rights group to Hamas: Probe abductions of 'collaborators' (haaretz.com, 05/31/2008, 444 words)
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