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Mon 11 Nov 2009Israel 'eases' prison deal terms
Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two enemies are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian inmates for an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, officials said today.
A delegation from Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, planned to meet Egyptian security officials in Cairo later today to discuss the deal that Egypt and Germany have been mediating.
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