Pressure grows for Gaza ceasefire

Published: 5 January 2009 y., Monday
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Pope Benedit XVI is adding his voice to growing international calls for an end to the hostilities while Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is urging Arab nations to use their influence to rein in the militants.

 

Šaltinis: Reuters
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