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• Smuggling by tunnel goes legit in Gaza
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Gaza's smugglers are going legit: Owners of the scores of tunnels running under the Gaza-Egypt border have registered with the Hamas authorities, pledged to pay workers' compensation and hooked up their operations to the ...
• Russia starts dismantling Georgia posts
Russia recognized the independence of both regions after the fighting, a moved denounced by Georgia and the West; so far, only Nicaragua and the Hamas government in Gaza have followed suit with recognition. Troops lower flags On Sunday, troops lowered ...
• Polls: Livni wins Israel ruling party bid
Sharon set up Kadima as a personal bastion after his hard-line colleagues in Likud blasted his unilateral pullout from the Gaza Strip in 2005. It was widely predicted that the party would disintegrate after his exit, but the moderate Livni's victory ...
• Olmert, Abbas make final push for peace
Internal Palestinian violence in Gaza Tuesday between the ruling Islamic Hamas and an outlaw clan underlined a basic problem facing Abbas and Olmert — Abbas rules only the West Bank. His Fatah forces were expelled from Gaza by Hamas last year ...