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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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    Cross-dressing doctor who killed wife found hanged
    (AP Photo/Robert E. Klein, Pool)In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, Dr. Richard Sharpe is escorted into the courtroom at the Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass., Monday, Aug. 20, 2007. Sharpe had...

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    Dozens dead after Israel bombs UN elementary school in Gaza
    Thirty one people are believed to have died and dozens more wounded when the Israeli army targeted an elementary school in Jabalya in northern Gaza...

    Four Israeli soldiers die in friendly fire incidents
    Israel's Golani Brigade 13th Battalion suffered heavy casualties on Monday in the army's Cast Lead...

    Arab ministers meet diplomats at UN over Gaza conflict
    The United Nations in New York has been a scene of high diplomatic activity, with ministers and diplomats from Arab countries trying to put pressure on the Security Council to act over the Gaza Strip...

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    US markets made modest gains Tuesday, extending the rally that began in late...

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