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State: IDF not to blame for activist Rachel Corrie's death
H&M opens Israel store amid calls to boycott European branches
Sweden to extradite suspect in Auschwitz sign theft
Biden to Israelis: Mideast status quo unsustainable
Hamas releases British journalist detained in Gaza

State: IDF not to blame for activist Rachel Corrie's death

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 10:28 AM PST

The State Prosecutor's Office appealed Thursday to the Haifa District Court to dismiss outright the civil suit filed by U.S. activist Rachel Corrie's family against the Defense Ministry for unspecified compensation for their daughter's death. ...

H&M opens Israel store amid calls to boycott European branches

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 10:26 AM PST

More than 24 European and Middle Eastern pro-Palestinian organizations on Thursday condemned the opening of H&M's flagship store in Israel and called to boycott the clothing chain's stores in Europe in response. ...

Sweden to extradite suspect in Auschwitz sign theft

Posted: 11 Mar 2010 09:16 AM PST

A Swedish man accused of organising the theft of the "Arbeit Macht Frei" sign from the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz will be extradited to Poland, a Swedish district court said on Thursday. ...