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Title: Outcry forces Hamas to rescind book ban (AP)
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Palestinian intellectual Radwan Abouyash holds a copy of the folk-lore book Speak Bird, Speak Again, as he and others protest outside the Hamas-run Education Ministry during a demonstration in the West Bank city of  Ramallah, Saturday, March 10, 2007. Dozens of Palestinian writers, academics and other intellectuals marched in the West Bank city Saturday to protest the Hamas-run Education Ministry's decision to pull the anthology of folk tales from school libraries. Just before the march, Education Minister Nasser Shaer announced that the book would be returned to the libraries, but only for use by teachers, not students. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - The Hamas-run Education Ministry on Saturday rescinded its decision to pull an anthology of Palestinian folk tales from school libraries and destroy copies, reportedly over mild sexual innuendo, following a widespread public outcry.


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Date Added: March 10, 2007 08:10:00 PM
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