See the following reports:
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BBC Middle East- January 9th 2009
UN agency to resume Gaza aid work
The UN says its main aid agency in Gaza will resume operations there after receiving safety assurances from Israel. - January 7th 2009
Canada expels US woman deserter
A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails. - January 6th 2009
Women banned from Baghdad shrine
Iraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax. - January 6th 2009
Blackwater men plead not guilty
Five employees of US security firm Blackwater plead not guilty in a US court to the manslaughter of 17 Iraqis in 2007. - January 9th 2009
Israel 'shelled civilian shelter'
Israeli soldiers shelled a Gaza house they had moved 110 Palestinians into, killing 30, the UN quotes witnesses as saying. - January 9th 2009
Saudi tanker 'freed off Somalia'
A supertanker is released by Somali pirates after a ransom is dropped onto the ship by parachute, reports say. - January 8th 2009
Gaza 'human shields' criticised
A rights groups accuses Israel and Hamas of endangering civilian lives in the conflict in Gaza, including the use of "human shields". - January 8th 2009
Israel accused over Gaza wounded
The Red Cross accuses Israel of failing to help wounded civilians in Gaza, as the UN suspends aid work there fearing attacks. - January 7th 2009
Israel accepts truce 'principles'
Israel says it accepts the principles of a truce plan for Gaza but its military offensive against Hamas has resumed. - January 8th 2009
Mummy of 'lost queen of Egypt' recovered after 4,300 years
Mummy of 'lost queen of Egypt' recovered after 4,300 years
- January 9th 2009
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