Thousands of Palestinians Protest West Bank Barrier

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NABLUS, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians staged protests of Israel's West Bank barrier Saturday and Israel prepared to remove a small stretch of its fencing, two days before the start of world court hearings on the legality of the structure.

In one of the largest public outpourings of anger over the barrier, Palestinians across the West Bank fired guns in the air and shouted anti-barrier chants -- the first of several protests planned to coincide with the opening of hearings on Monday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Thousands of Palestinians Protest West Bank Barrier

Today, Israeli workers are to begin removing a part of the barrier -- about five miles of fencing, razor wire and trenches -- that has isolated the Palestinian town of Baka al-Sharkia fro...

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