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Updated: 14 min 39 sec ago

UN suspends Gaza aid operations

52 min 20 sec ago
The United Nations says it is suspending aid work in Gaza because staff have been killed and injured in Israeli attacks.
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Mummy of 'lost queen of Egypt' recovered after 4,300 years

2 hours 33 min ago
Mummy of 'lost queen of Egypt' recovered after 4,300 years
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Israel accused over Gaza wounded

4 hours 3 min ago
The Red Cross accuses Israel of failing to help wounded civilians in Gaza, as the UN suspends aid work there fearing attacks.
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Proxy battle

5 hours 48 min ago
Iran moves to take advantage of the crisis in Gaza
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Rockets hit Israel from Lebanon

8 hours 46 sec ago
Rockets are fired from Lebanon into northern Israel raising fears that the current conflict in Gaza could spill over.
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Backing the war

12 hours 10 min ago
Israelis strongly back offensive in Gaza - for now
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Israel bombs Gaza into the night

13 hours 40 min ago
Israel makes 60 air strikes on the Gaza Strip in a single night after the first daily truce to allow in humanitarian aid expires.
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Vatican deplores Gaza situation

14 hours 21 min ago
The Vatican's justice minister criticises Israel's actions and compares Gaza to a "big concentration camp".
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Canada expels US woman deserter

18 hours 16 min ago
A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails.
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Israel accepts truce 'principles'

20 hours 43 min ago
Israel says it accepts the principles of a truce plan for Gaza but its military offensive against Hamas has resumed.
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Rallying cry

Wed, 2009-01-07 20:21
Hezbollah woos crowds at Ashura rally in Lebanon
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Israel briefly halts Gaza attacks

Wed, 2009-01-07 15:14
Israel halts military operations in Gaza for three hours in the first of planned daily suspensions, it says, as ceasefire calls mount.
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Pressure grows for Gaza ceasefire

Wed, 2009-01-07 10:29
International pressure builds for Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a UN-backed truce.
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In pictures

Wed, 2009-01-07 06:31
Christmas time for Orthodox Christians around the world
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Women banned from Baghdad shrine

Wed, 2009-01-07 04:15
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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Blackwater men plead not guilty

Wed, 2009-01-07 00:34
Five employees of US security firm Blackwater plead not guilty in a US court to the manslaughter of 17 Iraqis in 2007.
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Strike at Gaza school 'kills 30'

Tue, 2009-01-06 23:29
At least 30 people are killed and 55 injured as Israeli artillery shells land by a United Nations-run school in Gaza, UN officials say.
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