Greece remained the center of attention as investors kept watch out for a deal on additional austerity measures, a prerequisite for finalizing the bailout deal.

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Expensive high impact players like Torii Hunter, Mariano Rivera and Mike Lowell are already off the market--not to mention Alex Rodriguez apparently in the midst of finalizing a deal to return to the Yankees.

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While Shin Bet Director Yuval Diskin was preparing the list of Hamas leaders IDF forces arrested in Judea and Samaria Wednesday night, Abbas was finalizing his deal with Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh for the formation of a Hamas-Fatah unity government.

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