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Mon 11 Nov 2009Prisoner deal on Israeli soldier close - Arab media
IN A MEETING in Cairo yesterday Israeli president Shimon Peres and his Egyptian counterpart Hosni Mubarak discussed efforts to conclude a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas, amid a flurry of Arab media reports that a deal was close.
Under the deal, Israel would free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in return for Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier seized by militants on the Gaza border more than three years ago.
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