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German Baumkuchen ‘tree cake’ survived a disaster and world wars to become a Japanese favorite
[ad_1] NINOSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Baumkuchen originated in Germany but has become a wildly popular sweet in Japan, where a prisoner of war on…
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Israel prepares to welcome last living hostages from Gaza
[ad_1] CAIRO — Israelis on Monday prepared to welcome home the last 20 living hostages from devastated Gaza and mourn the return of the…
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Ukraine says Russia is refusing to turn over the bodies of plane crash victims
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has refused Ukrainian requests to hand over the bodies of scores of prisoners of war whom the Kremlin claims…
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Hostage families protest outside Netanyahu's home, ramping up pressure for a truce-for-hostages deal
[ad_1] JERUSALEM — Relatives of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza protested Saturday outside the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, expressing frustration…
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Ukraine trains its sights on Russian border region, seeking to stir up discontent
[ad_1] Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war in the biggest single release of captives since Russia’s full-scale invasion in…
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Live updates | More Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released under truce
[ad_1] Eight Israeli hostages were released from Hamas captivity Thursday in the Gaza Strip as part of a temporary cease-fire deal that has lasted…
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Gunmen wound seven in rush hour attack near Jerusalem
[ad_1] RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel and Hamas on Thursday agreed to extend their cease-fire by another day, just minutes before it was set…
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Hamas is set to release more hostages for Israel-held Palestinians on the second day of a truce
[ad_1] KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas was preparing to release more than a dozen hostages Saturday for several dozen Palestinian prisoners held by…
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Egyptian officials say Hamas to free 14 hostages Saturday for 42 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, in second swap
[ad_1] Egyptian officials say Hamas to free 14 hostages Saturday for 42 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, in second swap ByThe Associated Press November…
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Four-day truce begins in Israel-Hamas war, setting stage to swap dozens of Gaza-held hostages for Palestinian prisoners
[ad_1] Four-day truce begins in Israel-Hamas war, setting stage to swap dozens of Gaza-held hostages for Palestinian prisoners ByThe Associated Press November 24, 2023,…
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Hamas captures hostages and prisoners of war, as Israelis share photos of those missing | CNN
[ad_1] CNN — Hamas captured a number of Israelis during its deadly attack on Israel on Saturday, the Israeli military said, as videos emerged…
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
[ad_1] Explorers have announced they found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast…
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Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs
[ad_1] Explorers have announced they found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast…
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Dozens of POWs freed as Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter exchange with Russia, a…
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Former Australian soldier to be charged with Afghan’s murder
[ad_1] Police have charged the first Australian veteran for an alleged murder in Afghanistan three years after a war crime investigation found that 19…
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Ukrainian civilians vanish and languish in Russian-run jails
[ad_1] KYIV, Ukraine — Alina Kapatsyna often dreams about getting a phone call from her mother. In those visions, her mother tells her that…
Entertainment
Robert Clary, last of the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ stars, dies at 96
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war…
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Ukrainian woman’s quest to retrieve body of prisoner of war
[ad_1] CHUBYNSKE, Ukraine — In the last, brief conversations Viktoria Skliar had with her detained boyfriend, the Ukrainian prisoner of war was making tentative…