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JERUSALEM 鈥?Israel will not negotiate with hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who launched a hunger strike to press for better conditions, a government minister said Tuesday, adding that the organizer of the protest has been placed in solitary confinement.If sustained, the strike led by Marwan Barghouti, a Palestinian leader jailed during the second Palestinian uprising, would be the large
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stanley termosar iations. Israeli rule over the West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories captured during the 1967 war and claimed by the Palestinians as part of a future state, reaches the half-century mark in June. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Palestinian prisoners seek better conditions, including more contact with relatives, and an end to Israel practice of detentions without trials.Israeli officials said some 1,100 prisoners joined the strike Monday. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Palestinian officials and activists put the number of hunger strikers at
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TORONTO 鈥?Canada main stock index suffered its biggest daily decline in nearly eight months while U.S. markets also tanked amid heightened anxieties about emerging Chinese risks, a global economic slowdown and impending Federal Reserve action.The SP/TSX composite index closed down 335.82 points to 20,154.54
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stanley becher points at 33.970.47. The SP 500 index was down 75.26 points at 4,357.73, while the Nasdaq composite was down 330.07 points at 14,713.90. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Investors are wary of an economic slowdown in China, with concerns Monday over the potential insolvency of Chinese property developers, particularly Evergrande, said Craig Fehr, investment strategist, Edward Jones.The fear is that a potential collapse there could send a chain reaction through the Chinese property-development industry and spill over into the broader financial system, similar to h
stanley kubek ow the failure of Lehman Brothers inflamed the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW All of this is ... coming at the same time that the Fed is looking to dial back some of the stimulus so that adding a little bit to the indigestion today, he said in an interview.Fehr said the market movement isn ;t a sign of broader change in direction for the North American