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Page last updated at 03:27 GMT, Wednesday, 7 January 2009

UN chief demands Gaza ceasefire
A Palestinian medic escorts an injured girl in Gaza City's Shifa Hospital
Ban Ki-moon urges UN leaders to act swiftly to end the crisis in Gaza as Israel says it will allow in more aid.
Venezuela expels Israeli envoy
Strike at school 'kills 30'
Bowen: Mourning the young
Brown warns of 'darkest' time
Aid worker diary: Exhaustion
Gaza conflict map

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Dubai sex man faces massive bill
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Blackwater guards plead innocence
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European flight lands in Baghdad
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