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Page last updated at 09:33 GMT, Wednesday, 7 January 2009
An Israeli soldier on Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip, 7 January 2009
Pressure grows for Gaza ceasefire
International pressure builds for Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a UN-backed truce.
Frenetic UN diplomacy
Venezuela expels Israeli envoy
Bowen: Mourning the young
Aid worker diary: Exhaustion
Gaza conflict map
Ban Ki-Moon statement

An Austrian hotel owner lights a gas stove, 6 January Row halts European gas supplies
Exports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine stop altogether with both countries accusing each other of turning off the tap.

Measles virus Doubts raised over measles target
The UK is named as one of Europe's worst countries for measles, dashing global hopes of eradicating the disease by 2010.


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