North Gaza gets only 12 trucks food, water aid since Oct
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 23 (AFP): Just 12 trucks distributed food and water in northern Gaza in two-and-a-half months, aid group Oxfam said on Sunday, raising the alarm over the worsening humanitarian situation in the besieged territory."Of the meager 34 trucks of food and water given permission to enter the North...
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Woman killed when set on fire on US subway train
NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters): Police arrested a man they said set a woman on fire while she appeared to be asleep on a New York City subway train on Sunday morning, killing her.The woman, who has not been identified, sat motionlessly aboard a stationary F train at the Coney...
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Ex-Israeli agents reveal how pager attacks were carried out in Lebanon
JERUSALEM, Dec 23 (BBC): Two former Israeli intelligence agents have revealed how members of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah used Israeli made walkie-talkies booby-trapped with explosives for 10 years before they were detonated in a surprise attack in September this year.The two ex-Mossad agents told US CBS News how...
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38 dead, over 100 missing in Congo ferry capsize
KINSHASA, Dec 23 (AP): A ferry overloaded with people returning home for Christmas capsized on the Busira River in northeastern Congo, leaving 38 people confirmed dead and over 100 others missing, officials and eyewitnesses said Saturday. Twenty people have been rescued so far.The sinking of the ferry late Friday came...
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