Israel Frees More Palestinian Prisoners

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Turkish forensic officers prepare to remove a vehicle front of the US consulate in Istanbul. Police detained one man after he threatened to detonate a bomb he said he was carrying. Bomb experts discovered he was not carrying a bomb.

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A prisoner released from an Israeli prison (C, back to camera) is welcomed by relatives in Ramallah, West Bank, Dec. 31, 2013.

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Relatives of Palestinian prisoner Rami Barbakh, who has been held by Israel since 1994, celebrate ahead of his expected release in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Dec. 30, 2013.