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Dig near Al-Aqsa to continue

Published: Wednesday, 14 February, 2007, 09:40 AM Doha Time
JERUSALEM: An Israeli archaeologicaldig near Jerusalem抯 Al-Aqsa mosque will continue, Prime Minister EhudOlmert抯 office said yesterday, despite a freeze on plans to build awalkway to the compound housing the shrine.
The Haaretz newspaper抯website had reported the Jewish Quarter Development Company, agovernment agency, had withdrawn its request for a permit to build apedestrian bridge to the complex known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharifand to Jews as Temple Mount.
The report said that as a result, thesearch for ancient artefacts |
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