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Mideast peace accord is near, Olmert says -
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He denounced Israeli rule in Gaza as " aggression, injustice, humiliation, killing and settlement activity. (article 4)
Former British prime minister Tony Blair has cancelled a planned trip to the Gaza Strip because of a " specific security threat a spokesman said Tuesday. (article 3)
Blair had been set to visit the Middle East enclave Tuesday, his first trip there since the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control a year ago from the Palestinian Authority. (article 3)
Israel has continued its construction of homes on lands the Palestinians want for a future state and has done little to scale back a network of roadblocks in the West Bank that hinder Palestinian movement and have hurt the Palestinian economy. (article 6)
Israel, meanwhile, says Abbas hasn't done enough to curb militants bent on attacking Israel, and the Palestinian leader remains powerless against Hamas militants who wrested control of the Gaza Strip last year. (article 6)
The father of an Israeli soldier kidnapped and held for the past two years in the Gaza Strip lashed out Monday at Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over a plan to release dozens of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. (article 5)
Noam Shalit's son, Gilad, was abducted from his army base close to the Gaza Strip in a cross border attack in June 2006. (article 5)
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Source articles
- Envoy Blair cancels visit to Gaza (BBC News, 07/15/2008, 182 words)
- Blair nixes Gaza visit in light of Shin Bet warning of attack (haaretz.com, 07/15/2008, 501 words)
- Tony Blair cancels trip to Gaza amid 'security threat' (cbc.ca, 07/15/2008, 339 words)
- "The mission has been completed and an era has end... (haaretz.com, 07/16/2008, 1012 words)
- Noam Shalit: Don't free Palestinians while my son still held in Gaza (haaretz.com, 07/14/2008, 480 words)
- Mideast peace accord is near, Olmert says - (baltimoresun.com, 07/15/2008, 492 words)
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