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    Oliphant and Lowry Discuss War in Iraq, Karl Rove's Statement About Liberals

    Jun 24, 2005 04:00 AM EST

    ... and are looking for some changes in our approach that don't have a partisan tinge to them. And the big question, I think, on Tuesday night is whether the president is just hortatory or whether he's also realistic and perhaps ready to announce some tweaking of our policy.

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    Celebration, Challenges Welcome New East Timor

    May 20, 2002 04:50 PM EST

    ... the profits, is expected to be worth $7 billion over the next 20 years. Although the country faces critical challenges, new Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta, a 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner, told Reuters he's confident East Timor will weather the storms to come. "So far we have disproved ...

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    East Timor Election Passes Peacefully

    Aug 30, 2001 04:30 PM EST

    ... bloody 1999 end to its 24 years as an Indonesian territory, say 93 percent of East Timorese voters headed to the polls today. Jose Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and longtime East Timorese independence leader, applauded his people's efforts. "My work for 24 years is done," he ...

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    East Timor to Hold First Free Elections

    Aug 29, 2001 07:00 PM EST

    ... in tomorrow's vote. National figures including rebel leader Xanana Gusmao, widely expected to become East Timor's president, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos Horta and U.N. chief administrator Sergio Vieira de Mello have toured the countryside to drum up voters and encourage partisans not to resort to ...

  • Israel says Hamas handed over additional remains believed to be of a hostage

    Israel says Hamas handed over additional remains believed to be of a hostage

    Nov 05, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    ... not disclosed how many bodies it is holding or where they were recovered, but has been returning 15 each time the remains of an Israeli hostage are returned from Gaza. The ceasefire deal will not move to subsequent phases until all the remains of Israeli hostages are returned. The next ...

  • Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage

    Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage

    Nov 04, 2025 07:49 PM EST

    JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of a hostage in Gaza have been turned over and are now in Israel, the military said Tuesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Ahead of the announcement, Hamas had returned the remains of 20 hostages to Israel under the ...

  • Israel says it received remains of 3 hostages from Hamas in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds

    Israel says it received remains of 3 hostages from Hamas in Gaza as fragile ceasefire holds

    Nov 02, 2025 08:21 PM EST

    ... destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas began with the Hamas-led 2023 attack that killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage.Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 68,600 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between ...

  • News Wrap: Israel says it received remains from Hamas that don’t belong to hostages

    News Wrap: Israel says it received remains from Hamas that don’t belong to hostages

    Nov 01, 2025 09:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Saturday, Israel says the remains of three people Hamas handed over don’t belong to any hostages, Ukrainian forces say they destroyed a key fuel pipeline supplying the Russian army, emergency aid is arriving in hurricane-battered Jamaica, two new suspects in the Louvre jewel heist ...

  • Israel says latest remains Hamas returned from Gaza are not of hostages, straining ceasefire

    Israel says latest remains Hamas returned from Gaza are not of hostages, straining ceasefire

    Nov 01, 2025 07:11 PM EST

    ... destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas began with the Hamas-led 2023 attack that killed about 1,200 people and took 251 others hostage. Israel’s military offensive has killed more than 68,600 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between ...

  • Palestinian militants hand over 2 sets of remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza

    Palestinian militants hand over 2 sets of remains of hostages to Red Cross in Gaza

    Oct 30, 2025 08:17 PM EST

    JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Thursday that Palestinian militants handed over remains of two hostages, in the latest indication that the fragile ceasefire agreement is moving forward despite Israeli strikes on Gaza this week. The two sets of remains were given to the Red Cross in Gaza and then ...