Israeli women stand near a building damaged after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in Sderot
Israeli women stand near a building damaged after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza landed in the southern town of Sderot July 15, 2014. Israel will intensify its week-old offensive against Hamas in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after the Islamist group continued firing rockets at Israel instead of accepting an Egyptian-proposed ceasefire. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
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Disabled Zambians needing HIV services face discrimination-report
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Guatemala: 2,000 Women Receive Cash to Help Ease the Impact of the Coffee Rust Crisis
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UK's Cameron turns to women and anti-EUers in major ministerial shake-up
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Nigerian State Rape Law Pushes Anti-Queer Agenda
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British PM Cameron sacks ally Gove, promotes women to cabinet
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Curbing time-consuming, dangerous searches for firewood
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German woman charged in Los Angeles with trying to extort Saudi sheikh
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