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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 15, 2010 - 12:07:57 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/haaretz-logo_336.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"haaretz-logo_336.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nThe response from the Israel Defense Forces spokesman came surprisingly quickly; a mere two or three hours after the query had been sent by Haaretz, the spokesman replied orally, and then in writing, that \"following the reporter\'s question and after receiving most of the facts, the chief [military] prosecutor, Col. Jana Modzagbrishvili has instructed the military police to look into the matter.\"';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 15, 2010 - 12:04:42 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/ips_195.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"ips_195.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nIsraeli riot police and soldiers have, since Friday, sealed off the Al Aqsa mosque, Islam\'s third holiest shrine, restricting entry to women and Palestinian men over 50. Outside the walled Old City, where the Al Aqsa mosque is situated, and in several West Bank villages, clashes were reported between Palestinian protestors, their Israeli and international supporters, and the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), leaving at least 20 Palestinians wounded. ';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Obama aide calls Israeli settlement announcement an \'insult\' to the US';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 15, 2010 - 12:03:54 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/guardian-logo_255.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"guardian-logo_255.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nOne of President Obama\'s most senior aides has described Israel\'s sudden announcement of plans to build 1,600 homes in occupied East Jerusalem as an \"affront\" to the US which could undermine peace efforts in the Middle East. Yesterday, David Axelrod said the move, which overshadowed a visit to Israel by the US vice-president, Joe Biden, was \"very destructive\".';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 14, 2010 - 1:55:46 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/al-jazeera-logo_423.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"al-jazeera-logo_423.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \nIsrael has extended a lockdown on the occupied West Bank and restricted access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem as tensions continue over its plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers in mainly Arab east Jerusalem. The lockdown, which was due to end on Saturday night, was extended until Tuesday at midnight, because of a continued risk of attacks, an army spokesman said.';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Children of Gaza: Scarred, trapped, vengeful';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 14, 2010 - 1:50:15 AM';
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  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Tiff or tipping point?';

 
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 14, 2010 - 1:45:44 AM';
  syndicate.article_summary[ syndicate.index ] = '         \n\n      \n       <table class=\"tablefix\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"15\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"100\">\n         <tr><td>\n\n         \n         \n\n         <img src=\"http://imeu.net/engine2/uploads/2/ips_194.gif\" vspace=0  alt=\"ips_194.gif\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"  border=1 />\n            <div class=\"image_caption\"></div>\n\n      	</td></tr>\n      </table>\n\n  \n      \n\n   \n\n\n   \n\"Condemn\" is not a word that rolls trippingly off the tongue of a U.S. politician addressing anything having to do with actions, however objectionable, by Israel. So it was no surprise that close observers of U.S. Middle East policy sat up a lot straighter in their seats when Vice President Joseph Biden used the word not once, but twice, during his visit to Israel this week in reference to the Israeli Interior Ministry\'s announcement that it intends to build 1,600 new housing units for Jews in an Arab neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.';
  syndicate.index++;  syndicate.article_title[ syndicate.index ] = 'Gaza swimmers hope to make splash at Asia games';
  syndicate.article_url[ syndicate.index ] = 'http://www.jordantimes.com/?news=24834';

  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 14, 2010 - 1:27:47 AM';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 13, 2010 - 1:55:23 AM';
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  syndicate.article_date[ syndicate.index ] = 'Mar 13, 2010 - 1:50:22 AM';
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