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View ArticleProtests in Turkey over raid on aid flotilla
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View ArticleProtests in Turkey over raid on aid flotilla
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View ArticleIsraeli ships attack Gaza aid flotilla
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View ArticleAt least 10 dead in Israeli raid on aid flotilla
At least 10 people are reported to have been killed in a raid by Israeli commandos on a convoy of aid ships trying to reach Gaza. Half a dozen…
View ArticlePalestinian leaders condemn flotilla raid
The Palestinian President is quoted as calling the raid a "massacre"; the Hamas leader in Gaza called it a "heinous crime". The flotilla was…
View ArticleIsrael defends aid convoy operation
Israel has defended its storming of the convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships, claiming the activists onboard attacked their soldiers and were also carrying…
View ArticleNGOs deny aid ships had weapons
The flotilla included four cargo vessels and a Turkish passenger ferry carrying some 600 people. The Istanbul-based foundation for Human Rights and…
View ArticleIsrael under pressure over aid convoy raid
Israel is facing growing international criticism after its forces stormed a convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships, killing at least ten people. Six ships…
View ArticleBP says no spill solution until August
The CEO of BP has warned that a solution to the disastrous oil leak off the Gulf of Mexico could be as long as two months away. Tony Hayward, the…
View ArticleAnti-Israeli protests in numerous cities
Anti-Israeli protests have broken out in numerous countries in the Arab world. Observers say the raid on the aid flotilla in international waters…
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