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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: blockade

blockade stories: 4 news summaries

Sadr City Fight Kills 13; Insurgents Vow to Fight On

Authorities ease blockade in Iraqi slum

Apr 12, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - US and Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite insurgents in fierce fighting overnight near Baghdad’s Sadr City, Reuters reports, as authorities lifted a blockade in some areas that had been stifling the region. At least 13 militiamen loyal to cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were killed in the clashes in the Iraqi... More »

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Iraq • Sadr City • Robert Gates • Nouri al-Maliki • Najaf • blockade • Muqtada al-Sadr • Shiite militants

Gaza Exodus in 4th Day as Egypt Fails to Seal Border

Israel has new security concerns over flow of Palestinians into Egypt

Jan 26, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Palestinians continued to flood into Egypt for a fourth day today, despite Egyptian attempts to close the border using water cannons, barbed wire and a human chain of riot police. Hamas bulldozers smashed new holes in the fence, and cars joined the stream of traffic, the BBC reports;... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Libya • Egypt • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • blockade • UN Security Council

Gaza, Israel Spar Over Power Outage, Embargo

Israel resolute amid condemnations, worries situation could spin out of control

Jan 21, 08 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Gazans awoke to a second day without its main power plant or fuel as international leaders condemned the “collective punishment of the people of Gaza,” and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert resolutely said Gazans "will walk, without gas for their cars" until their "murderous regime's" rocket attacks... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • fuel • humanitarian crisis • Arab Israeli conflict • blockade

Gaza Loses Fizz in Face of CO2 Blockade

Attempt to bottle up economy idles
soft drink plant

Dec 17, 07 3:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The Israeli and international blockade of Gaza means Ammar Yagezi, a third-generation soft drink bottler, has been unable to supply Palestinians with Pepsi and 7Up. Tel Aviv says the freeze on imports of cement, fertilizer and—in this case—CO2 is for “security reasons,” but Time says the... More »

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Gaza • Hamas • Pepsi • 7Up • blockade

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