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Reports of more than 40 killed at UN shelter, while 12 members of family killed in Gaza City air strike
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Bashar al-Assad says 'barbaric Israeli aggression' must stop immediately
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Trapped residents seek nearest thing to safety they can find as schools are turned into refugee camps
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Manmohan Singh says aim of terrorist assault was to damage India's reputation as rising world power
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Video (2min 40sec), Video: Hatem Al Shurrab, Islamic Relief Worldwide, describes what it is like to be an aid worker in Gaza
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Embattled Illinois governor Blagojevich's pick to fill Obama's old seat barred from swearing-in ceremony
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Proposed 3-metre wall around Dona Marta to guard rainforest compared to Israeli security barrier
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Australian allegedly set fire to husband because she suspected he was having an affair, court hears
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Obama refrains from making detailed comment on Gaza conflict
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German billionaire left 'broken' by financial crisis kills himself
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Israel needs an international bail-out
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Israeli shelling kills dozens at UN school in Gaza
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More than 40 Palestinians are believed to have died when Israeli missiles exploded outside a UN school being used as a shelter from the ongoing Gaza offensive
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Guardian Weekly: Bloodshed in Gaza
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Bill Richardson's guilt by association
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Atheist bus campaign spreads the word of no God nationwide
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We'll fight them in the headlines
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Internet database links African Americans to ancestors' voyages
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