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Oh, Israel, lift your boot on Gaza's windpipe

Surrounded by a forbidding wall, watchtowers, and deadly buffer zones, I entered with a hard-to-obtain visa at the Erez crossing - iron gates, an interrogation by bored young immigration officers and scanners. On the other side is a kilometer-long caged walkway that leads into this part of Palestine, trapped between Israel, Egypt, the Mediterranean, and the general indifference of the international community.

 

Australian PM faces defeat:poll

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is heading for a shock defeat at elections on Aug. 21, a new opinion poll showed on Saturday, as government infighting and damaging cabinet leaks threatened to derail her campaign.

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