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Thu 07 Jul 2008Israel swaps five prisoners for soldiers' remains
MIDDLE EAST:FIVE LEBANESE prisoners returned to native soil amid fanfare last night, having been released in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by Hizbullah in an ambush that sparked the July 2006 war.
The mood in Israel earlier in the day had been sombre as the nation waited to learn whether the two soldiers were alive or dead. The Jerusalem Post dubbed the Lebanese festivities "a celebration of evil".
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