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AP: Israel frees 57 Palestinians
Mohammed Daraghmeh | October 2BEITUNIYA CHECKPOINT, West Bank - Greeted by throngs of jubilant well-wishers, 57 Palestinian prisoners got off buses Monday and kissed West Bank ground after Israel freed them in a goodwill gesture ahead of a U.S.-sponsored peace conference. But the goodwill was tempered by Israeli plans to inaugurate a West Bank police headquarters in an area whose settlement has been blocked by the U.
