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Seven rockets fired from Gaza hit Southern Israel
22 april 2014
Militants have fired seven rockets from the Gaza strip, landing in southern Israel on Monday during the Jewish Passover holiday, setting off red alert sirens and sending Israeli citizens running for cover.
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Photos link Russian forces to Ukraine unrest
22 april 2014
As US Vice President Joseph Biden arrived in Kyiv to meet top Ukrainian officials, the US released photos which it says show that many separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine are Russian special forces.
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Ukraine gun ambush risks Geneva deal
22 april 2014
This is the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk . The atmosphere appears to be more relaxed following last weekend’s gunfight near a pro-Russian separatist checkpoint. At least three people died in the ambush. The incident happened days after a key international agreement was signed in Geneva in a bid to de-escalate the tension in Ukraine’s eastern regions. The fragile pact is coming under more strain, as Moscow and the new pro-EU government in Kyiv accuse each other of breaking their part of the brokered deal.
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome cases rise
22 april 2014
At least 20 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS , have been confirmed in Saudi Arabia, taking the total number of infections up to 49 in just six days, marking an alarming and sudden increase of the disease which kills about a third of the people infected and has no cure.




Jerusalem bagel crackdown: Jerusalem municipality inspectors confiscate bagel stands and other stalls selling leavened goods near the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City for violating licensing laws
