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[11 July 2014] Moscow closes 3 border crossings into east Ukraine due to fighting - English

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UNRWA operating manager John Ging Israels refusal to reopen Gaza crossings has forced the UN to suspend the distribution of food ration to half of Gazas population. PressTv Report

UN humanitarian chief John Holmes confirms that Israel has closed the Gaza Strip border crossings in violation of international laws.

[23 June 2012] Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza - English Israeli warplanes carried out a series of air raids in Gaza, targeting many positions across the blockaded coastal territory. People here are angry over what they say the silence of the international community for not taking any action to put pressure on Israel to end its military attacks. Press TV met Abu Shaban family who escaped unharmed after their house was targeted. Israel has stepped up its assaults on Gaza over the recent days. The attacks have claimed over a dozen lives in Gaza since Monday. A number of Gazans, including at least one child, have been killed and many others injured in the latest Israeli attack.International activists say the world has to condemn Israel's military attacks on innocent Palestinians in Gaza and take decisive measures to end the suffering of Gaza's 1.7 million.Israel frequently carries out air raids and conducts ground incursions in Gaza. The blockaded coastal enclave has been cut of from the outside world as Israel controls Gaza's border crossings, airspace and territorial waters, turning the impoverished territory into the world's largest open air prison.

[30 July 2012] Iraq ruling party to interrogate Kurdistan president - English MPs from the Iraqi Prime Minister's State of Law Coalition are determined to interrogate the Kurdistan Region's President, Massoud Barzani. The MPs are now collecting signatures to grill Barzani in Iraq's Parliament. The interrogation issues cover four key areas: oil contracts, Kurdistan Regional forces halting the Iraqi army in border areas, oil smuggling and controlling border crossings.

[01 April 2013] Israel tightens grip on Gaza during Passover - English

Patients and doctors have protested inside Gaza\'s Shifa hospital as they marked the World Cancer Day. The number of cancer cases has been on the rise in recent years following two Israeli wars on the blockaded coastal strip. An average of one thousand cancer cases has been recorded annually among Gazans for the last two years. The Gaza Health Ministry says the Israeli regime\'s use of internationally banned weapons has sharply increased the number of cancer cases. During the 22-day Israeli war at the turn of 2009, Norwegian Doctor Mads Fredrik Gilbert who volunteered at Gaza\'s Shifa hospital said that some victims had traces of depleted uranium in their wounds. The majority of Israeli high-tech weapons contain depleted uranium. Most cancer patients lived in areas that were heavily bombarded by Israeli forces during the last two Israeli wars. Lack of medicines as well as cancer patients\' inability to receive treatment abroad due to closure of crossings by both Israel and the Egyptian military is putting their lives at grave risk. Experts have said that Israeli forces used internationally banned weapons like White Phosphorous and weapons containing depleted uranium against the civilian population of Gaza. Experts say such weapons are carcinogenic.