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"By function of this blockade, 1.5 million Palestinian men, women and children have been forcibly deprived of their most basic human rights for months. This is in direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law. It must end now."
Navi Pillay
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was calling for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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Lifestyle
  • London Assembly votes for Twenty20 cricket in 2012 Olympics
  • North-Indian sports industry feels the heat of global recession
  • Stress-free lifestyle can keep cancer at bay
  • Ex-Drug Czar Allegedly Accepted $450,000 in Trafficking Bribes
  • Best of both worlds

    Arts
  • Two Indian Americans win Bollywood-type dance competition
  • Jeev tied 10th in Hong Kong Open golf
  • Sadie Frost to make West End stage comeback
  • Madonna does middle finger routine as divorce from Guy Ritchie goes through
  • Second phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls on Sunday

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    Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
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    Thousands demonstrate against continuing U.S. presence in Iraq
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    Computers
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