Monday 17 October 2011

World News Briefs -- October 17, 2011 (Evening Edition)




Prisoner Swap Between Israel, Hamas Moves Ahead -- USA Today/AP

JERUSALEM (AP) – The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter enemies swung into motion Monday, as hundreds of Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home in one of the most dramatic recent developments in the otherwise deadlocked Israel-Palestinian conflict.

The Israel-Hamas deal, to take place Tuesday morning, is going ahead despite criticism and court appeals in Israel against the release of 1,027 Palestinians for a single captured Armored Corps sergeant, Gilad Schalit, held by militants in Gaza since 2006.

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