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The international community should immediately intervene in Gaza and end this war. It is imposing an intolerable price on civilians, killing more than 500, many of them innocent children, injuring 2,700 people and making daily life, which was already dire, all but impossible.
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Women banned from Baghdad shrine
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| Iraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax. |
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Is reality television real?
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| The 'real' in reality tv might be questioned elsewhere, but tabloid! brings you proof the genre is burgeoning in the UAE. |
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Israel Hits U.N.-Run School in Gaza
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| JERUSALEM, Jan. 6 -- Israeli soldiers battling Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday fired mortar shells at a U.N.-run school where Palestinians had sought refuge from the fighting, killing at least 40 people, many of them civilians, Palestinian medical officials said.
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France Wary of Strife Spreading From Gaza
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| PARIS, Jan. 6 -- Alarmed by a firebomb attack on a synagogue, French leaders expressed concern Tuesday that strong feelings over the Israeli offensive in Gaza could lead to street violence and increased tensions between Muslims and Jews in France.
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Mideast Mediators Seek Anti-Tunnel Plan
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| JERUSALEM, Jan. 6 -- The biggest hurdle to winning a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, according to diplomats and Israeli military officials, is a problem that has bedeviled Israel for years: how to stop Hamas from digging tunnels into Egypt in order to bring tons of rockets and other weaponry into...
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For Battered Gazans, Few Places Left to Hide
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| JERUSALEM, Jan. 6 -- It was shortly after noon Tuesday when Intisar Sultan walked through the clusters of dirty children and fatigued adults, leaving behind a U.N. school that had been turned into a refuge for families hoping to escape the fighting around them.
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In pictures
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| Christmas time for Orthodox Christians around the world |
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Friday, 03.13.2009
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Friday, 11.13.2009
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Tight security for Ashura in Iraq
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| Hundreds of thousands of Shiites crowded the streets of Karbala on Tuesday, to commemorate the annual Ashura ceremonies under tight security following a series of attacks. |
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Doctors stuck at Egypt-Gaza border
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| Frustration is mounting at Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip, where many local and foreign doctors are stuck after Egyptian authorities denied them entry into the coastal area now under an Israeli ground invasion. |
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Traditional Palestinian headgear sales booming
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| Donning Palestinian headgear, popularly known as the kaffiyah, Ahmad Shaaban, a dealer in fashion accessories in Cairo's famed bazaar - Khan Al Khalili - is seeing far busier trade than usual. |
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Blackwater case poised to set legal precedent
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| Ask attorney Hassan Jabbar Salman what should happen to five Blackwater Worldwide guards accused of killing 17 unarmed Iraqis and wounding 20 others, including himself, and his answer is simple: They should be hanged.
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UAE steps up Gaza relief efforts on War Orphans day
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| What was once her home has been torn down and her scant belongings have been scattered across the ground. She weeps as an airplane flies past her house. The war has robbed her of everything she had - home, warmth, food and her favourite toys. |
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Freej Fame
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| Director Mohammad Saeed Harib has set out to turn his popular Freej TV show into a world-class theatrical production. |
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