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"We just had a child. We had to amputate both legs and the arms and the only crime they have done is been civilians, Palestinians living in Gaza. The relief now is not more doctors and more drugs the relief now is to stop the bombing immediately. This can not go on. It is a disaster"
Mads Gilbert
The Norwegian doctor who is working at a hospital in Gaza, was talking to Sky News.

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Lifestyle
  • Volkswagen shares up after Porsche takes majority stake
  • Octogenarian American in love with soil of Punjab
  • Volleyball tournament for Assam and Nagaland
  • Younis Khan blames PCB

    China
  • Suspected bird flu patient dies in Beijing
  • Hard times ahead for Chinese economy
  • Michael Phelps getting $1M to endorse Mazda in China
  • Pranab Mukherjee meets Chinese Vice Foreign Minister
  • Wedgewood, iconic tableware maker, goes under
  • Naval escort fleet to protect 15 Chinese merchant vessels from pirates

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    Dozens dead after Israel bombs UN elementary school in Gaza
    Thirty one people are believed to have died and dozens more wounded when the Israeli army targeted an elementary school in Jabalya in northern Gaza...

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