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CNN Top Stories, 07.01.09 09:33 UTC

Israel offers short respite from strikes

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel will halt its bombardment of Gaza for three hours every day to allow residents of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory to obtain much-needed supplies, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

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Chigago Tribune, 07.01.09 07:30 UTC

Gaza school hit; dozens dead

Israel says militants fired first

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Telegraph, 07.01.09 07:00 UTC

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon calls for Gaza ceasefire

Un Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as Egypt’s president Hosni Mubarak has summoned Israeli leader Ehud Olmert to Cairo to discuss a peace plan that could end the escalating conflict.

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Belfast Telegraph, 07.01.09 03:03 UTC

Massacre of innocents as UN school is shelled

Hundreds of Palestinians had fled their homes for the refuge of the al-Fakhoura school, hoping the blue and white flag of the UN flying over the impromptu shelter would protect them from the Israeli ...

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Houston Chronicle - World, 06.01.09 23:04 UTC

Arabs push U.N. resolution demanding Gaza cease-fire

UNITED NATIONS Arab nations floated a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution on Tuesday calling for an immediate end to combat in the Gaza Strip and deployment of an international force to monitor ...

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Chigago Tribune, 06.01.09 13:33 UTC

Security Council calls on Israel and Palestinians to immediately halt violence

UNITED NATIONS (AP) The U.N. Security Council has issued a statement expressing serious concern at the escalating violence in Gaza and is calling on Israel and the Palestinians to immediately halt ...

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Times Online World News, 05.01.09 22:33 UTC

Ministers gather for summit on war in Gaza

David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, will join Arab foreign ministers and the President of the Palestinian Authority tomorrow for a UN summit on the war in Gaza. Arab nations are pushing for the UN ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 05.01.09 15:32 UTC

Diplomats make little progress in efforts to quiet Mideast guns

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- With little sign that the departing Bush administration will press Israel to halt the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, diplomats and political leaders throughout the Middle East ...

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The Independent, 05.01.09 09:31 UTC

Sarkozy heads out for Gaza peace push

The French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office says he has left for the Middle East to meet with Israeli, Palestinian and other regional leaders in a push to end the fighting in Gaza. News of the ...

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Times Online World News, 04.01.09 23:00 UTC

Gordon Brown calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Gordon Brown called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza yesterday after a rare split with America at the UN. Hours after the US blocked a bid by Britain to make the UN Security Council issue a ...