| Israel: Hamas still has 5,000 rockets in its arsenal
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 Despite three weeks of relentless attacks by Israeli forces to destroy Hamas' arsenal of weapons, militants in Gaza may still have nearly 5,000 rockets, enough to keep firing at Israeli cities for weeks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas started the conflict on July 8 with about 10,000 rockets. Since then, the militants have fired more than 2,600 rockets and mortars ...
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| Patrick Cockburn: Israel's propaganda machine is finally starting to misfire
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 To many readers the New York Times coverage of the war in Gaza comes across as neutered or as having a pro-Israeli bias. But not to Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador in Washington, who lambasts the paper for failing "to mention that a million Israelis were in bomb shelters yesterday as 100 rockets were fired at our civilian population."
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| Air Algerie cockpit voice recorder damaged on impact
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 French air accident investigators have read the flight data recorder (FDR) of the Boeing MD-83 that crashed in Mali while operating for Air Algerie, but work is continuing on the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), which was damaged on impact.
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| Industry dismisses Brussels' 'sin' tax claims
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 The EU trade association for the bloc's food and drink industries, FoodDrinkEurope, has shrugged off Brussels' claims sin taxes do reduce consumption of products high in salt, sugar and fat.
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| Beastie Boys Return To Paul's Boutique
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 A mural of the Beastie Boys has gone on display where the cover art for their album Paul's Boutique was shot. Should the street be named after them too?
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| Tearing Gaza Down
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 The power station, the port, government buildings and private homes have all fallen prey to Operation Protective Edge.
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| Middle Eastern carriers drop routes
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 Royal Jordanian and Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas have announced they are dropping routes due to the stresses facing smaller Middle East carriers compared with the region's giants.
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