Thousands protest Israel airstrikes across Middle East
Crowd after crowd gathered from Beirut to Dubai to denounce Israel s air assault on Gaza with protests turning violent in places. Leaders in Turkey Syria Lebanon and Jordan condemned the strikes while Hezbollah urged defense of Palestinians and demonstrators burned flags and clashed with police.
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Middle East
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Gaza Strip
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Ahmed Aboul Gheit
France
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah
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Nasrallah
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Hamdan
Youssef al- Azmeh
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Jordan
U.S
Alexandria
Hosni Mubarak
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Red Crescent
Dubai
Kuwait
Qassam Brigades
Youssef al-Azma
Damascus
Bashar Assad
Barzilai Hospital Goes Underground in Ashkelon War Fears
Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital, Israel’s southern coast’s largest, moved essential departments into an underground shelter after rockets from Gaza hit near the hospital and a nearby mall. The 500-bed facility now treats emergencies in fortified rooms while many patients were sent home to reduce risk.
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Israel
Gaza Strip
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Gaza
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Tzipi Moshe
Lobel
Shifa Hospital
Gazan
Gaza City
Keren Shaltiel
Stalin Voted Third Greatest Russian Figure
Moscow report says Soviet dictator Josef Stalin was voted the third greatest Russian historical figure in a Rossiya channel nationwide project. Rights activists condemn the ranking as glossing over atrocities, while medieval Alexander Nevsky topped the list with wide public votes and Stolypin placed second for his 1900s era actions.
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Bomb kills 14 Afghan students near Khost checkpoint
A bomb-laden truck targeted a police army post as a line of school children walked past a security checkpoint in Khost. The attack killed 14 students aged 6 to 10, a soldier and a guard, wounding 58 others. Afghan officials later cited lower totals. U S and U N condemned the attack while Gen. McKiernan blamed the Haqqani network.
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U.S
Abdul Rahman
Khost
Hamid Karzai
U.N
Yacoub Khan
David McKiernan
NATO
Siraj Haqqani
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Abdullah Fahim
Ministry of Health
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