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                 Palestinian Prisoner Ends Record Hunger Strike

   by Associated Press

   The family of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike for a record 94
   days says he's ending his fast and will be released in three months'
   time.

   Fayha, the wife of Mohammed al-Qeq, said Friday he will end his strike
   "today'' and will be freed on May 21. She says it's a "very big victory
   for us and for him.''

   The 33-year-old al-Qeq is a journalist for a Saudi media outlet. Israel
   says he has been involved in militant activities linked to Hamas.

   He was fasting to protest being held without charges, a measure called
   administrative detention. Israel has defended the practice as necessary
   to stop militant attacks.

   His hunger strike was longer than fasts by other Palestinians or by
   prisoners in Northern Ireland in 1981, according to advocacy groups.

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