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A Palestinian gunman in rubble of Palestinian security building destroyed overnight 5-6 January 2009
Israel 'expands Gaza offensive'
Israeli forces reportedly widen their ground assault in the Gaza Strip to include Khan Younis in the south, after fierce clashes around Gaza City.
Humanitarian crisis deepens
In pictures: Casualties mount
Bowen diary: Deluge of envoys
Who is a civilian?
Eyewitness: Taking cover
Gaza City at dawn
Your say: Can a truce work?

A gas pipe in the Ukrainian city of Boyarka, near Kiev (04/01/2009) European gas supplies disrupted
Several European countries report major disruption to their gas supplies from Russia following Moscow's row with Ukraine.

Butterfly fish. Image: JE Maragos US vows 'huge' marine protection
The US is to establish "the largest area of protected sea in the world", banning fishing and mining, around its Pacific islands.


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Greek plans to exploit volcanoes
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ASIA-PACIFIC
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EUROPE
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MIDDLE EAST
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SOUTH ASIA
India truck strike over fuel cost

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ENTERTAINMENT
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TECHNOLOGY
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