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Palestinian Oscar nominee briefly held at LAX

JERUSALEM -- West Bank filmmaker Emad Burnat is hoping to make history Sunday by becoming the first Palestinian to win an Oscar, but he almost missed the chance to attend the ceremony when immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport initially balked at letting him in the country.

By Edmund Sanders

February 20, 2013

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