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Last Updated: Wednesday, 2 January 2008, 15:20 GMT
Israeli tank on the northern border of Gaza - file picture
Hamas militants die in Gaza raid
Six Palestinian militants have been killed in an Israeli helicopter attack on the Gaza Strip, hospital sources say.
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2008: The year of Palestine?
In depth: Middle East crisis

Iraq map Bomber strikes Iraq Sunni militia
Ten people die in a bombing in the Iraqi city of Baquba, targeting a local Sunni militia opposed to al-Qaeda.
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem Syria hits back in row with Paris
Syria halts co-operation with France on the Lebanese crisis in an escalating row, Syria's foreign minister announces.
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