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| Gaza truce proposed after Israeli shell kills 30 (AP) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:22:18 GMT |
 AP - France and Egypt announced an initiative to stop the fighting in Gaza late Tuesday, hours after Israeli mortar shells exploded near a U.N. school sheltering hundreds of people displaced by the onslaught on Hamas militants. At least 30 Palestinians died, staining streets with blood.
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| Egypt and France propose plan to end Gaza conflict (AP) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:07:53 GMT |
 AP - The presidents of Egypt and France have proposed a plan to end the escalating Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Tuesday.
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| Diplomats push Syria to pressure ally Hamas (AP) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:09:55 GMT |
 AP - France's president sought Syrian help Tuesday to bring a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, while Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to the United Nations for meetings with Arab and European leaders.
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| US, Iraqi troops get the picture (not their man) (AP) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:40:11 GMT |
| AP - Army Capt. Christopher Loftis took in the scene: Iraqi soldiers raiding the home of a suspected insurgent wanted for participating in deadly attacks against U.S. and Iraqi troops. |
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| Member of Iraq president party killed in drive-by (AP) |
| Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:10:00 GMT |
 AP - Gunmen have killed a member of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's political party in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police officials said Tuesday.
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| European Peace Efforts on Gaza Hit Roadblocks (Time.com) |
| Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:19:58 GMT |
| Time.com - European efforts to broker a truce are hobbled by factors ranging from Israel's goals to the E.U.'s own positions on Hamas |
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| Palestinian working for Iran media held in Israel (AP) |
| Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:52:04 GMT |
| AP - A Palestinian working for an Iranian television station was held for questioning by Israeli police Tuesday on suspicion of violating censorship rules. |
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