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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Israel Imposes Security Clampdown on Jerusalem

Police and protestors clashed in several predominantly Arab suburbs of East Jerusalem but a promised "day of anger" largely failed to materialise as Israeli security forces imposed sweeping restrictions on movement in the city.

Palestinian men under the age of 50 were prevented from approaching the gates of the old city as a security cordon was thrown up around the al-Aqsa mosque compound, the focus of a fortnight of sporadic violence in the disputed Israeli capital.

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