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Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to visit a southern Israeli town that is a frequent target of rockets fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, campaign aides accompanying him on his Mideast trip said Tuesday.
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A Palestinian gestures at a canal pumping sewage into the Mediterranean Sea in Gaza City, June 3, 2008. A year-long standoff between Israel and Hamas has left the territory’s sewage system in a state of collapse, flooding its postcard-pretty coastline...
