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By Robert Berger Jerusalem 14 September 2007 In Israel, tension overshadowed the first Friday prayers for Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the focal point of the latest tensions was the

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April is National Poetry Month in the United States. The Academy of American Poets started the special celebration ten years ago. National Poetry Month brings together publishers, booksellers, poetry groups, libraries, schools and poets around the co

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered many Palestinians, in his recent speech, when he proclaimed Israel's intentions to keep Jerusalem as the united capital of the Jewish state. The Palestinians claim the eastern part of the city as the capital

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At least four people were killed and about 40 others injured when a Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a deadly rampage in downtown Jerusalem. The man was killed by an off-duty soldier and police say the incident was a terrorist attack. VOA's Jim

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By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 09 February 2007 There were violent clashes Friday at Jerusalem's Dome of the Rock between Israeli security forces and Muslim worshippers angered over a controversial Israeli archeological dig at the base of the complex. VOA's

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