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Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza Strip

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Aug 30, 2008
        
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Egypt opened its sealed border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave the coastal territory in a goodwill gesture before the holy Muslim month of Ramadan begins, officials said. Palestinians who live abroad or are seeking medical treatment and Egyptians stuck in Gaza because of the sealed border gathered at dawn in a nearby sporting center, where Hamas police... [read full story]                    

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EL-ARISH, Egypt (AFP) - Egypt on Monday closed the border crossing between Sinai and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after a brief opening allowed thousands in and out of the besieged territory, a security official said. "The...

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Rafah crossing point opened its gates for the second day for stuck patients, students and stranded Palestinian residents of foreign countries. Four hundred Palestinian patients and their companions are leaving the Gaza...

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Aug 31, 2008
        

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Aug 31, 2008
        

Palestinians collect their luggage, upon their arrival to the Gaza Strip from Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing terminal, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Egypt opened its sealed border crossing...

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Aug 31, 2008
        

Rafah crossing point opened its gates for the second day for stuck patients, students and stranded Palestinian residents of foreign countries. Four hundred Palestinian patients and their companions are leaving the Gaza...

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Aug 31, 2008
        

Palestinian officials reported that Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip yesterday, allowing more than 2,500 people to leave the Hamas-controlled territory and about 1,000 to enter Egyptian security and...

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Besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are getting a brief reprieve thanks to a gesture from Egypt. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. Egypt reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza for the first...

                   

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Aug 31, 2008
        

Hamas and Egyptian authorities yesterday temporarily opened the Rafah crossing for the first time in weeks, allowing some 2,000 Gazans to cross into Egypt or to return to the Gaza Strip. Around 1,300 Gazans, many of them...

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Aug 31, 2008
        

Gaza - The Rafah crossing point between the Gaza Strip and Egypt opened its gates for a second day Sunday, for the benefit of stranded Palestinians, students, and people seeking medical attention. Police officials said...

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GAZA CITY: Egypt cracked open its sealed border crossing with Gaza yesterday, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave the coastal territory in a goodwill gesture before the start of Ramadan. Palestinians who live...

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