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Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Wednesday blamed Palestinian divisions for Israel's onslaught on Gaza, a reflection of U.S.-allied Arab governments' anger at the Hamas militant group.

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Banquet halls have canceled weddings, parents are holding makeshift day care centers in bomb shelters and motorists avoid driving during the day. As Hamas shells southern cities, hundreds of thousands of Israelis in rocket range are finding new ways of coping.

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A militant arrested in Pakistan has confessed involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks and is giving investigators details of the plot, a senior Pakistani government official said Wednesday. The revelation could add to pressure on Islamabad to either bring Zarar Shah and other suspects to trial or extradite them to India. "(Shah) has made some [...]

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Israel postponed all soccer games Wednesday, two days after a missile fired by Hamas militants hit a team's field just before practice.

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JERUSALEM, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Israel's bombing along the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt aims to destroy Palestinian smuggling tunnels and will continue until that objective is achieved, an Israeli military official said on Wednesday.

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Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers have taken their battle to the Internet.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec 31 (Reuters) – A candidate standing in Iraq's provincial elections in January was shot dead in a cafe in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, police said.

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DAMASCUS, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Syria does not want to put pressure on Hamas in its conflict with Israel, diplomats said on Wednesday, although the Israeli assault on Gaza has harmed prospects for a Syrian-Israeli peace deal.

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Dubai hotels scrambled to rework New Year's Eve plans Wednesday following a last-minute order to mute holiday festivities as Arab states sought to tone down celebrating amid the violence in Gaza.

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MOGADISHU, Dec 31 (Reuters) – Ethiopian troops propping up Somalia's Western-backed government are primed to withdraw in the next five days, officials said on Wednesday, potentially leaving a dangerous power vacuum in the Horn of Africa nation.