Important News
- Cabinet condemns Israel’s resumption of land settlement process in Area “C”; reaffirms support for displaced families in Tulkarm
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- Israeli forces attack Palestinians with tear gas and stun grenades in Hebron, causing suffocation cases and fire to break out
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- Elderly sustains injury in colonists’ attack in southern West Bank
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- Prisoners' organizations: Escalating and systematic violations against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons in April
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- Israeli colonists continue attacking Palestinians, their properties in Masafer Yatta
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- Palestinian national heritage committee calls on UNESCO to immediately intervene to stop Israeli violations at Sebastia archaeological site
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- PCBS: 77 years after Nakba, Palestinian population has increased nearly 10-fold
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- German Government alarmed by developments in Gaza
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- One killed, others injured in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza city
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- Cabinet holds meeting in Tulkarm; PM affirms government continues efforts to alleviate residents' suffering
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- Israeli forces continue to demolish homes in Nour Shams camp amid ongoing offensive
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- Armed colonists graze their sheep near Palestinian residents' homes south of Hebron
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- UN organizations: 2.1 million Gazans face starvation, as Israeli genocide continues
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PCBS: Palestinian Consumer Price Index Declines 0.17 % in March 2007
RAMALLAH, April 14, 2007(WAFA)-The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Saturday that the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the Palestinian Territory with its 1996 base year (1996=100) reached 153.16 in March 2007, a 0.17 % decrease relative to March 2007.
In a press release, PCBS revealed that price developments for March indicates declines in the following major expenditure groups:
Food - 0.99 %, Medical Car - 0.87 %, Recreational, Cultural Goods and Services-0.06%, Textiles, Clothing and Footwear:-0.12.
PCBS added that there were increases in other major expenditure groups including: Miscellaneous Goods and Services: + 0.21 %, Furniture, Household Goods and Services: + 0.35 %, Beverages and Tobacco: + 0.48 %, Education +0.35%, Transport and Communications +1.04% and Housing+0.18%.
Remaining West Bank (The West Bank except for those parts of Jerusalem, which were annexed after 1967 occupation by Israel) - 0.22%, Gaza Strip: - 0.18% and Jerusalem: 0.08%.
M.H.(10:30 P)(07:30 GMT)
