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"We just had a child. We had to amputate both legs and the arms and the only crime they have done is been civilians, Palestinians living in Gaza. The relief now is not more doctors and more drugs the relief now is to stop the bombing immediately. This can not go on. It is a disaster"
Mads Gilbert
The Norwegian doctor who is working at a hospital in Gaza, was talking to Sky News.

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  • Former Test umpire passes away in Barbados
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  • Judge not Oprah Winfrey
  • Bush will leave it to Obama to reboot America
  • Laura Bush sets example
  • Party system is broken

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  • Daily Sport publisher breaches banking covenant

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