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Palestinian family evicted from emblematic Jerusalem home |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
They lived here for over half a century, but today the al-Kurd family is homeless. Israeli police evicted the Palestinian family from their east Jerusalem home almost two weeks ago, in the wake of a prolonged court battle with Jewish settlers.
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Flour crisis looms in Gaza |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Mills are running out of supplies but Israel says its blockade of the Palestinian territory will end only when militants quit firing rockets across the border. Defence Minister Ehud Barak has rebuffed calls by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to reopen border crossings to avert a looming humanitarian crisis. The Hamas-run Gaza Strip has been mostly closed by Israel during two weeks of violence. Barak says "Israel is sensitive and attentive to the humanitarian needs" but "Hamas has to impose the ceasefire on smaller groups" and restore calm. |
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Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama in new tape |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri insulted Barack Obama in the terror group's first reaction to his election, calling him a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites. (Nov. 19) |
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UK Saudi tanker hostages named |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Peter French and James Grady have been named as the two British men held by pirates along with more than 20 others from hijacked Saudi Arabian oil tanker The Sirius Star. |
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Astronaut drops tool bag |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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A spacewalking astronaut accidentally let go of her tool bag and watched as the kit floated away. |
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